Thanks everyone for your posts.

He has said the same thing, just be myself - which of course I plan to be anyway. I guess its just that I want to be prepared and of course if I need to do/get anything (thanks for the suggestion about bringing presents) for his parents I'd want to do/get the right thing.

As I mentioned, we both live outside of Europe, and at the moment he and I live in different countries too. We were planning on a holiday to Spain and he's also mentioned that we should come by the UK too to spend a few days at his parents' home. In that case the type of presents to bring (and lugging them around) would be a little tricky.

Now, I know I should've listened to my mother when she told me that learning to cook will help me in the future. I lack domestic skills (read: cook, go to the market, etc) but I suppose I can be a kitchen assistant (god help us all). The thing is - will his mother be mortified?!?!

Can any of you ladies share your experiences when you first met your parents-in-law? Your experiences would really help . For the Brits, were there any apprehensions that your parents had when you introduced your Filipino/Filipina partner to them?

I do love this man to bits and I since his parents are so important to him, I would really want them to like me too. I am not the first girlfriend to be introduced to them, (his previous relationship lasted six years!) but I hope to be the last.