We have been dating for a little over a year and my boyfriend brought up our parents meeting. For context, our families are super different. For me, it’s just my brother and mom and dad. For him, it is parents, aunt and uncle, sister, cousins, etc. Big vs small. His mom is Colombian, his dad and my parents are white.
His parents work jobs – nurse and furniture installer. My parents own a tech business, and have for 15 years. His parents are religious, mine are not. They do share similar political views though.
I’m worried that it will be awkward and that they won’t have much to talk about. I’m a little worried that my parents won’t take his seriously since they are so different. They like him, and they have seen pictures of his family, but idk why I’m scared of them
Meeting.
TL:DR: nervous about parents meeting because of different lifestyles
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It’s OK to be nervous but they’ve all met strangers before. They will find stuff to talk about. You’re overthinking this.
Your parents are middle-aged (at least) and have all been in a million situations where they have to make conversation with people they don’t know well and share little in common with. If they are generally pleasant/sociable people it should be totally fine. In my experience these meetings are mostly just about getting to know each other and making sure the other family seems nice.