It's come down to the final two days of getting C's belongings out of the apartment. Most of what is left to do is just cleaning.
But tomorrow, in the midst of things, we're going to have lunch.
With both sets of parents.
For the very FIRST time.
(assuming that all goes according to plan and his parents don't have to rush back to Ohio for anything.)
Now, I love my parents a great deal.
I love C's parents, too.
And still, I'm nervous. Almost as much as when I met his parents for the first time. I've got the same thoughts in my head: "Will they like each other? Will they get along? Will we manage to get through it without some Hoffman/DeNiro/Stiller-esque shenanigans? Will my mother manage to refrain from saying something that is either resentful or incredibly embarassing? "
Ok, I never thought that last one when I met his parents.
I knew I'd say something embarassing. I'm awesome like that. :)
C doesn't even really see the point of getting the parents to meet each other. He has the idea (and I'm not sure where he got it from, it doesn't seem to be from his mom and dad) that it is perfectly normal and acceptable for the parents to meet for the first time at the wedding. Personally, I think that's crazy. They're going to be related for the rest of their lives at the wedding, shouldn't they at least have met before that day?
Is it? Is it just my family (and three of my friends' families) that has so included the other family that by the actual wedding, we're all already family? How did it work out for you?
Nope, not just you (and your 3 friends). My husband and I had been together for 7 years before our wedding, so we were pretty much one big happy family by then. However, both sets of parents are divorced, his dad re-married, and my dad lives in another state. BUT, my mom and brother joined us with his family (his mom and brother) every year for Christmas and Thanksgiving since about year 3. The only people who met for the first time on our wedding was everyone meeting my dad b/c he came fom another state. But, we had a 'meet n' greet' the night before b/c I had a lot of distant relatives that hadn't met yet. Oh, I loved my wedding.
ReplyDeleteWhen is your date?
We're not even engaged yet! We know it'll happen, hopefully once we stop getting huge curveballs thrown at us, like finally being about to close on a house to unemployed in a span of 16 hours.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you. I'd be nervous the first time my parents met my bf's parents. I'd be thinking what if they end up hating each other?
ReplyDeleteMy mom and my husband's mom met for the first time at the wedding(both our dad's have passed) It wasn't a biggie, and they haven't seen each other since then.
ReplyDeleteSuzanne