My parents loved DH from the start unlike past boyfriends.
Did your parents like your SO from the start? If not, what were they unsure about?
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They did. They weren't thrilled when they found out we eloped though. haha.
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Nope - and they almost disowned me when I got engaged. Hubs is Chinese and 3 years younger than I am (I'm Korean, btw) and my parents had a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge problem with this. They envisioned I would marry a white doctor 5-6 years older than me and live in a giant mansion somewhere.
Our engagement was filled with sadness and tension but after we got married, practically overnight, my parents realized how terrible they had been.
Now, they love hubs more than they love me. Psh, go figure.
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@Rubies: Really? Not a Korean Doctor?
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Yep. 'Course, DH has a LOT in common with both of them - it'd kind of be hypocritical if they didn't like him!
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They liked him as a person, but did not like that he was older than me. I was two months shy of 18 when we met and he was 21. Now they love him.
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@autumnlove: No! Isn't it that crazy? My parents experienced racism when they immigrated to Canada in the '70s and so they believed that my life would be easier if I married a white man.
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Yes, my husband is extremely likeable. I don't think there's anyone out there who doesn't like him, so yes, my parents thought he was great from the moment they met him. He's totally the nice guy.
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They certainly never disliked him or had concerns. But my husband is really shy and quiet so it took my parents a while to feel like they really knew him.
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@Rubies: how bizarre!!
@autumnlove: Same. My parents met DH after we'd been dating for 5 months and adored him. They call him their son now and treat him as such. Like @skibobrown DH is the nicest guy and no one has ever disliked him.
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They didn't like him, no. But we were kids, and he really was not a pleasant teenager. He was a know-it-all, never stopped talking, loud and annoying in general.
And then he hit 16-17 and totally changed. Once they saw how much he's changed over time, they started to like him and loved him by the time we got engaged. -
yup both my mom and dad love him. He has an amazing relationship with both my parents. he works with my dad and me my mom and him use to call each other the 3 muskiteers
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They did when they got to know him.
at first they weren't thrilled about the fact that I had just turned 19 and he was 25. -
They loved him from the start. Can't blame them, I did too!
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Yup! My mom had to convince me to go out with him! She told me she was worried that if I kept turning him down he'd move on and then I'd regret not giving it a chance. She said I lit up whenever I talked about him & anyone that could make me that happy for worth giving a shot to. She was right!! He is also the most charismatic person I've ever met, so it's hard not to like him!
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Yes, they loved him right off the bat. Pretty sure my mom loves him more than she loves me. She'll do anything at the drop of a hat if he asks. My mom and husband both suck up to each other. My dad likes him because he's very manly and is good at building things and they can work together without my dad having to teach him how to do things.
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@Rubies: That's so sad! Hopefully it's gotten better since then.
My parents liked him from the start, but my mom practically adopted him from the get-go. My dad still doesn't seem to know quite what to do with him (my dad is a contractor, hands on guy and DH is a office working accountant).
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In hearing about him, my parents didn't like him. He's younger than me and they thought he was going to be flighty and break my heart. Hah!
The minute they met him, they fell in love and said that I absolutely made the right choice. They still adore him and I think we're closer now because of him
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They liked him. It was kind of freaky actually, we found out that our families new each other! My aunt had stayed with his grandparents in Ethiopia for a year and they had visited me as a kid.
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My husband is very likable. Everyone likes him upon first meeting. My parents were no exception even though they have a hard time conversing since my parents speak broken English and my husband doesn't speak chinese.
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They didn't meet him until right before the wedding, but they didn't dislike him. My dad and stepmom still don't really know him, having only met him once, but my mom adores him.
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Yup. They loved him. They still do. I love how they have always treated him like a son even though we took our time getting married.
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My Mom liked him from the start, but I never told her about him until we'd already moved in together. This may sound weird but my ex-MIL didn't like him - she's heard about him even since we were just friends. He was clueless and he was the first guy I truly liked after the ex. The whole thing sounds weird but I was very close to her and her son (the ex) had turned her back on her long ago, so there wasn't that same awkwardness as if she also had contact with him.
Now the ex-MIL has met DH and she's even crocheted us a baby blanket and made me a pregnancy bracelet.
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No, they didn't want me to be with a white guy but they got over it. 9/11 happened and they changed their minds.
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They loved him. I was with my mom when I met him and she knew about him because he was friends with my brother. So the whole way home that night it was " Mr Artbee owns his own house. " "Mr. Artbee has a great job." "Mr. Artbee has a wonderful family. "
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@Grace: Oh yeah, definitely! They love him now!
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Yup. Pretty much no drama in that department. Parents, siblimgs, etc. all loved each other from the beginning.
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Yep my mom loved him. She thought I was crazy when I told her he would be the person I married after dating for 2 weeks though. I think that was only because I NEVER said that about my previous boyfriend and we dated for 5 years. I'm just thankful that she met him and approved of him before she passed away in 08.
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