So the new beau is coming back to meet the family right after Easter and I'm excited yet nervous! It's been awhile since I've done this and I'm hoping everyone gets along because I plan on keeping this one around for a long, long time.
I don't anticipate anything going to awry, but one never knows!
Do you have any funny disaster stories about bringing home a new boyfriend or girlfriend to meet mom and dad? Where is merc....I bet she'll have a good one! lol
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I don't have one, actually... I rarely took anyone home to meet my parents
But... I do have a story about introducing Chris to their friends after we were already married. It's a small world story, that I'm sure I've told before, but probably not here.
My dad's best friend, Johnny, lives in California and about every 5 years, they'd come back to Michigan for the whole summer. The first time they came for a visit, I was about 10 and had the hots for one of his sons, John-John. He was the first boy I kissed and we exchanged letters and stuff for a couple months after they went back home.
I visited them when I was 17 and we picked up where we left off for the next 3 weeks.
Fast forward about 15 years. I'm newly married. Johnny's back in town for the summer and even though all the kids are grown, they come too. When they're visiting it's party!party!party! time (or was back then before everyone got old and sober). One night the whole gang got together for a BBQ and I dragged Chris to meet everyone. I was really excited about it, too.
We arrived and I'm taking him around and introducing him to everyone... saving John-John for last. We get to him and he's standing with his girlfriend. I begin the introductions: "This is my husband, Chris.... and this is John-John." They shake hands and I move along to the girlfriend. Before I can begin, Chris has a sh t-stunned look on his face and says, "OMG! Hi! How've you been?"
I look back and forth between them trying to figure out what the **** is going on.
Turns out they had dated for about 6 months when Chris was stationed in Alameda.
So... my first boyfriend. His last girlfriend. 3000 miles away from their home. Both in my parents back yard. Weird.
She also had a kid, which freaked my mother out. Thought the kid might be Chris', but the kid was around before Chris made his appearance.