Understanding the British (Your Tips Please!)

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Irobot ..." Sunny... Different From The Rest..."

Hi there and welcome to the forum...

Think most of it has already been said by now but first impressions last, and be well dressed ( not a short dress ) as I expect his mother is the one who will have a unspoken private view of you at the time of first meeting you like...ohh she`s a nice girl or not, for some reason but that`s mum`s for you...

Be polite and honest and a small gift of flowers for his mother and a bottle of his fathers favourite tipple (drink ) maybe, and your in for life...

Your other half should of sorted his parents out way before this as you said you have already met his father who probably has said how nice and wonderful you are but this meeting does sound a bit Too formal... as they already know who you are and why you are there....The classic meet my Girl Friend / Fiancée is a UK statement of I am Serious with this woman my intentions are..... to his parents.

I think my approach would be to my parents would be along the lines of ...hi mom / dad here`s ?????? then make a pot of tea and have a casual chat..... Phil...

[archetype]

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.