Well finally we managed to sort the meet the parents malarky so that both our parents could meet up before our weddings which is in 5 weeks time omg!! Anyhoo Pauls parents drove up yesterday from Livingston to Kintore(where mine stay) which is a 3.5 hour drive and landed at my parents house just as I was leaving to get Paul from work. It was rather amusing to see both our parents meet n greet for the first time as it was obvious that they were all nervous but excited too. My mum had also been looking our for them since 2pm and had worked herself up into a mini frenzy by the time 3.15pm arrived and they appeared. Anyhoo, I left them to it and went off to pick Paul up from work.
Well when we went over in the evening to join them for a chit chat my mum had already bored the socks off my soon to be MIL with photos of me as a child (sooo very embarassing!!!!) and of more recent ones of me and of our HUGE family! If that wasnt scarey enough for the woman she also started chatting about her various ailments that she has and both women continued to compare notes on their health and its history.
Meanwhile my Dad and soon to be FIL were getting on like a house on fire, this is the first time I have seen Pauls Dad genuinely happy, smiling and very talkative as he is normally quiet, shy and sometimes unresponsive. So it was lovely to see the change in him and that he was seriously getting on really well with my Dad.
So we left them to chat away for longer as by this time it was 10pm. Today we are to join them for a meal out at Bennachie Lodge, Kemnay so I am hoping this goes fine too and that we can wave them away on Sunday afternoon feeling relieved and happy. And I am so glad they have managed to meet now than leaving it to the night before the wedding.
How has everyone elses meeting of their parents altogether gone? Would love to hear more stories. xx
26th December 2007 - the day I met my special man
8th August 2008 - the day he was mad enough to propose to me
24th July 2010 - the day I felt beautiful inside and out and
became Mrs Dickie for life. xx
CommentAuthorHalloween_Bride
my parents met fil2b at my sons bbq properly last year lol & my dad & fil got on because they share the same interest in the same music & bikes & trikes, mil2b isnt with us any longer but when my mum met her at h2b's best mates (she is female) ann summers party they seemed to get on pretty well xxx
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CommentAuthorMrs (Dove) Pidgeon
Its lovely they got on.
I was dreading our parents meeting for no particular reason- just nervousness! We all went for dinner at our venue and it was lovely. And they liked it. (I actually got something right with this wedding!) So all was good.
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CommentAuthorjenniebean
so pleased for you they seem to be getting on well which is always a bonus . my famiy and my h2b family have met many times as we have been together 10 years next month so no worried there
CommentAuthorkellyc13
thats so nice they just clicked, im so nerveous about mine meeting they just seem to come from different worlds at least i know my dad and FIL will get on as they both share the same taste in bad jokes x
thats lovely hun! our parents are yet to meet!! thatll be fun x
CommentAuthorMrsB
Our parents have met mil & my mum HATE each other don't really know why and mil HATES my sister still haven't heard the reason they got on with my dad because they had to and she hasn't really said much about it haha ohh well they may get on in the future haha x
CommentAuthoramie23
my parents have met heb mum and they seem to get on fine. i am still waiting to introduce them to h2b dad and wife. his dad is alot older than my parents and h2b is quite embarassed of his dad. he has a very dirty mind for a 70 odd year old man. i suggested we all meet up for a meal but as fil2b tends to choke on food or spit when talking (lol) we need to think again. i get on fine with him tho so cant wait for them to meet
CommentAuthorTerribabylove
My parents and h2bs parents have only met briefly, they havnt actually met and had a conversation so not sure how they will get on but didnt think about them meeting before the wedding day until now, :-/ now iv gota sort something out but have got plenty of time lol, im hopeing they get on. I think future mil will get on better with my dad cus there both born and bred bikers which will be weird lol xx
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CommentAuthorLaticschick Holland
ours met at our engagement party at h2b's dad's house. they all got on really well
CommentAuthorHelen
My dad lives in Spain, so he probably won't meet mil2b until the week of the wedding !!
CommentAuthorKimi
Our parents met when we moved out and again when we relocated to a mortgaged property they all helped us move and decorate.
I keep inviting my dad now to come for a meal with the in-laws but something keeps cropping up on one side or another but he's said he does fancy it.
The days are flying by, can't wait :)
CommentAuthorljeh92
D'ya know what? My parents aint met his parents yet.. Theyre so different.. his are quite old whereas mine are still quite young.. im the eldest you see and he is the youngest.. were gonna have a little engagement bbq so they will meet then (:
Soon to be Mrs Laura Naylor !!
24th June 2011
CommentAuthordebs x
My parents have met H2B Dad but not his Mum as they are seperated and she doesnt live near us but Im not worried they wont have to meet up much and im sure when they do they will all get on fine x
CommentAuthorspooney24
I am similiar with the age thing ljeh92 as I am the youngest of 6 and my h2b is the oldest of 3 and so there is a big difference between his parents age, being quite a bit younger than my parents.
Just back from the final meeting with the photographer and now getting ready for the meal out with both parents, mmmmmmmmm......this should be fun lol!! xx
26th December 2007 - the day I met my special man
8th August 2008 - the day he was mad enough to propose to me
24th July 2010 - the day I felt beautiful inside and out and
became Mrs Dickie for life. xx
CommentAuthormrs pinkalice
our parents have met twice, they got on fine but there not the kind of people that would be friends if they didnt have to be if you know what i mean? totally different people lol xx
CommentAuthorEriksfjord
We won't be able to do this until the rehersal - as my Dad is flying in from Portugal!
CommentAuthorMrs Daltry
the friday before the wedding glenns parents went up my parents for tea,they had a fine time and they all really get on,however if it had been glenns real mother i think my mum might of been more enclined to smack her out
CommentAuthoriluvcakes
Aww that's fab June hunny, am glad they got on well :0) Our parents have yet to meet ...... and I'm not sure if they will in the near future! My Mum and Stepdad now live in Greece (I don't talk to them!) xxx
Became Mrs Robinson 4th October 2012 xxx
Can't wait to do it all over again on the 4th October 2017!!
