How soon would you want to meet your boyfriend's close friends/family?

[Thanatos]

So ladies, I've heard a variety of responses on this question in my personal life and now I'm hoping to get a broader perspective.

Once you become "official" with your guy, how long until you want to meet his family/close friends?

For me we have to have been together at least three months before I'll start introducing her to my close friends and generally it has to last around a year before I will introduce her to my family. The latter is because I have a very uncommon family life (brothers are significantly older and married) and it is very complicated to introduce a girl to them all, also I have a niece and nephew, so I really don't want to expose them to anyone unless it is really serious as I don't see them too often due to my career choice.

It's not that I have an issue with meeting their family and friends, I'm just a very private person and cherish those I'm close to. I'd still take her out with friends etc. I just have a few friends that I've known for most of my life and we have an agreement that things have to be going pretty steady before we introduce a girl to one of them.

So ladies, what say you? How long till you want to meet your guy's family?

ASAP!

Within the first month.

Within the first three months.

Within the first six months.

Not before a year.

[Bombshell13]

Close friends and family are two totally separate things. I'd say friends like as soon as it's official because I think it's super important that he can hang with my friends and I can hang with his so on weekends it doesn't matter who we hang out with, we're both comfortable and we can do things besides just the two of us. Family I'd say around the four or five month mark. More than three but less than six I guess.. I don't know I haven't ever gotten to that point.

[ZipTie]

For me, after I become "official" with a guy, With in the first couple months I would want to meet his close friends. And if this is someone I could be serious with for a while, a few months I would want to meet his family. I like things to be open, situations not relationships. I would want it to happen naturally.

[cuteshark]

I answered within 6 months, but I might be biased because his ex was bragging that she was introduced to his parents after 2 weeks while I still haven't met them after 5 months. Oh well, there's no rush though, I wouldn't want to introduce the person until I'm sure it's going to work long-term.

[whist]

Well, my boyfriend's family lives in another country so I'm comfortable waiting until whenever, haha. If the family was somewhere close by, around 6 months is nice.

[Anonymous]

time doesn't matter in this case

it's when your relationship feels real and solid. that could be as little as a month or as much as a year. it depends on the couple involved