Life is to be lived with purpose. Fulfillment of that purpose requires strategy. The strategy I'm using is an Art. The Art of War.

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Meet my Family

My boyfriend is coming to visit me this weekend and he is going to meet my immediate family.
He met my mother briefly once and he's met the cool cousins and aunt but now he is going to meet the people that I dread him having to meet. My family are generally socially normal but in the past whenever I've brought I guy home I regret having done so. It generally always kills the relationship.

As a teen and young adult I tried to give instructions like don't ring the doorbell, stay in the car while I run in and get this, but every so often a brave one decides to enter the lair. I think people working on the assumption that most people are alike can't comprehend how different my family might actually be.

I haven't told the family he's my boyfriend as this is something I don't feel comfortable discussing with them.
Every guy but one that I introduced to my sister has said "I don't think she likes me." The worse part is not so much how they treat the person, if you don't mind being ignored and looked at funny, the worse part is the critique that follows.

The hell I feel I have to go through with my family just to be in a relationship makes me want to leave town and never have to introduce anyone to them.

My goal is to let him meet my mother and be done with it. But he wants to meet everyone. I've warned him although I don't he fully comprehends my concerns and fears. I guess I'll have to be strong and tell them to stop hating.

I've discussed my concerns with my mother and she said, "why would you think they would treat him mean?" I went through the history of my dating and she just laughed. Even she had to admit that her children can be difficult.

His family has been great to me, I'm hoping that mine will return the favor or at least be neutral. *sighing*

2 comments:

Jez Chill said...

Just make sure your boyfriend doesn't act like the kid in the Toyata commercial... making inappapropirate lawyer jokes or comments that will upset your peeps. Soudns like a milestone, what's the next step after your family agree he's a great catch?

AMES said...

Jez Chill

I love that commercial its so silly. I don't know what happens after he meets the family. I guess he'll know why I'm weird.

Leelee81

You'll meet him this Friday. And like I said above- he will know why I'm weird. I'm just hoping my mother keeps her cool, I feel like she is on edge wanting to show out.