For my first relationship, it was pretty awesome. Her mother and sister approved of me right away. Her stepdad was the issue. Not sure why he hated me so much. The one time I met her real dad (during her graduation), we hit it off well.
For my 2nd relationship, both her parents accepted me with open arms and I even asked her dad for advice from time to time and I earned his blessing to propose to her. All 3 of them saw me off during my deployment and they sent a video to my mom since she could not be there. When it was found out she cheated on me, her parents sent me a message apologizing on her behalf and wishing me well in life.
My fiance and I were living in the Los Angeles area when we met. Her family was all in the Cincinnati area where she is originally from. So we flew back so I could meet them and they could meet me.
She has five brothers and four sisters. Most of them have spouses and kids. I was overwhelmed because I have one sibling and wasn't used to the chaos. Plus I had trouble remembering names.
They were all really nice and welcomed me with open arms as part of the family. Her parents were great.
I've been back there many times since then. Some of them have come out to visit us in California, too.
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Only ever so slightly awkward, more for her than me. They were still under the impression that she was still married to Jim (he got a sex change a few years before and then reverted so, she stopped considering herself married to him) and they had no idea who I was or that I'd been fucking her quite regularly the previous couple years so, we had to keep it a secret even though I'd been living with her the whole time! I think, when they were here, I just went back to my house to sleep.
The 2nd time I met them a few years later was a touch more awkward because her dad (in his early 80's) took a dump and stuffed up the toilet and I think I had to deal with it! Jim should've dealt with it because he was a professional janitor at Pitt! What made it even stranger was that her dad was a famous author in India! By that time, he had 28 books out. I guess it'd be like you dating Steven King's son and Steve comes over for a visit and stuffs up the toilet and YOU have to deal with it! Why do I have to clean up this famous guy's shit? Shouldn't he be self-conscious enough to deal with it himself? For that matter, of the 2 of us, SHE should've dealt with it because it's HER dad!!
To be honest they already knew me, because the girl who has become my wife was my tutor and after school companion, and I often spent the afternoons and weekends at their place - which is the home we moved in after getting married.
So, first ever encounter I was a 14 years old kid that their daughter brought home and they always said how polite and nice I was. She's three years older than me so they were very relaxed about me staying over during the weekends.
When some years later she presented me to them as her boyfriend, they were extremely happy.
The first time that I went to meet my ex-wife's family she asked if I could fix her mom's toilet. She also had 5 sisters and they were very flirty like as if any guy one of them brought home was fair game for the rest, lol.
Then her brother in-law was there standing in the yard giving me dirty looks as we drove away.
Considering my future wife was going to divorce from her previous husband, I really could not complain. Little by little we went well along with her mother, brother, son, stepdaughter, etc. The only person not accepting the situation was her father, but then he died a few years later after we met. Actually I was lucky.
Hmmm. It seems very strange. A bit transactional. Are you engaged? Why would they throw considerable money? Are they boosting your boyfriend's value?
Yeah I never had problems with a girl parents or thier siblings. I did have a girlfriend sister that like me too much if you get what I mean and I have had girls mom's not like kinda like I am not good enough for her daughter but I always get along with the girls dad and brothers.
I didn't meet my husband's family until after our first child was born. They live on another continent and we eloped. Visits were to see the grandchildren really, but my mil and I grew very fond of one another.
wait.. they gave you a car? then hells yeah you are the luckiest and they like you very much
I knew my wife's grandparents my whole life and her parents knew my aunt and uncle so we had a head start. I went over to her house one night during the week and it was like I knew them forever.
Most times when in my teens and 20's, I really liked my girlfriend parents, and they seemed to like me, and that was a good feeling to start with.
They were very welcoming. They didn't find me a place or buy me a car though.
my in laws loved me. They treated me better than my ex wives. Maybe because they knew their daughters were hard to love and they wanted to be supportive of their difficult daughter
I've had bad luck in this department, which is perhaps telling.
Some pressure, no pressure at all
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