Meeting the future in-laws!
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Hey /adv/. I need some advice. I've been friends with this guy long-distance for four years. We started dating September 4th. We're engaged now. Yes, I know, this is fast. The thing is, we live in two separate countries. He's British, I'm American. I know that I'm going to have to meet his parents at some point, maybe within the next few months, and I'm scared shitless. How do you make a good impression, especially with our situation?
>>16612615
Be kind, have outstanding manners, bring a small token of appreciation to give them if they invite you to their home. A baked good, flowers, something like that. Being that they are foreign, you have an opportunity to research what is culturally appropriate/expected in such a gift. You may not think there's a big difference between UK and USA, but you'd be surprised how oddly different customs are in each.
Generally just be excited to see them, extremely gracious and kind and you'll be fine.
>>16612615
Just basic manners and friendliness are all you need, really. Eye-contact, smiling, hand-shakes or hugs, being happy to converse with them and getting to know them, always offering to help with whatever is going on, ect.
