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How did you feel about your partner's parents the first time you met them? Have your feelings changed since then?
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I honestly thought that they were incredibly conservative. I'm a fairly even blend of liberalism and conservatism, but I was a little worried that they wouldn't accept me at first... Especially since they were a strong church family and I have bounced around to several different churches over the last few years. Even though they are quite conservative, I feel much more comfortable around them now, like I can actually just be myself, but there's still some more work to be done! :P
Looked his mom the most..until I really got to know her. His dad was gruff at first and not to happy that I came with two kids. But we grew on him and he loved my kids very much and they called him grandpa. He grew on me too and I loved talking about business with him more than anything. He was very encouraging of me and I know he loved me.
Ummmm.....his family is.... Interesting to say the least. I wonder what I'm getting myself in to.
Nice woman who could try to run things if sufficient boundaries aren't set up in the beginning.
I thought they were interesting, I've lost a bit of respect for them in the years since we met, but I love them both.
I liked your dad. Remember when your brother told me that you didn't live at the house...
Frightened, no.
totally different from my parents in many ways. interested in knowing more about me... it made me feel good. extra, extra caring and i am glad that over time,they understood that we needed some space and privacy. i like them very much....
They're nice and decent people but I'm still afraid of them especially the mom! Hehe
His Mom is very talkative, and his Dad is very quiet. I think highly of them, and that will never change.
Though I knew them since birth, there was lot of work to be done to gain their acceptance and trust. Without support from my husband the job was tougher and has left a lot more bitter memories in me, but finally they turned around during their last days.
Ha. I have always known them from birth. It's so long long ago .... I can barely recall :-)
I haven't met them yet
I was very nervous, afraid they would like me at all. I still feel a little distant, I think mostly because they aren't always very accepting of my kids.
My first thoughts: incredibly Jewish, slightly (unintentionally) snobby and his mom is unbelievably hard to read. I can never tell if she's pleased or about to yell at him about something. My feelings about them are the same after 3 years.
My mother in law was the same, you could tell she was "thinking it" but wouldn't say it.
Female, >50 years, Dating, WA, US | Dec 12, 2011
Female, >50 years, Dating, WA, US | Dec 12, 2011
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