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Love Life with Matthew Hussey

Meeting His Family? Your 3 Step Survival Guide

Love Life with Matthew Hussey

Matthew Hussey

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.82.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2016

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Meeting your boyfriend’s family for the first time can feel like a lot of pressure… especially when he saves your introduction for a big holiday get-together. What should you say? How should you act? Should you bring a gift and, if so, what??? First of all: breathe. You’ve got this. I’m going to take you through my simple, 3-step survival guide that will tell you exactly what to do. I’ll also share a secret that will take all of the pressure off. Hint: You actually don’t have to worry about impressing his family after all.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Love Life and I'm your host, Matthew Hussie.

0:06.0

It's so exciting to hear feedback from women who say things like,

0:09.4

Matt, I tried the advice from your podcast and I met someone incredible that same night.

0:14.8

But occasionally I'll hear something like,

0:17.2

when something finally starts to go right in my life,

0:20.1

I have trouble trusting that it's real and I just can't enjoy it.

0:24.3

If you can relate, I want you to stay tuned until the end of today's show

0:28.4

because there's something really exciting I want to share with you

0:31.2

that has the power to change your way of thinking forever.

0:34.3

But first, let's get to the episode.

0:40.6

We are here in this kind of holiday period and I know that it's very likely that

0:45.2

during this time you might be meeting the special people in your partner's life,

0:49.7

their friends, their family and I want to make sure that you do that right.

0:55.2

So let's get into it.

0:56.6

Now, the common question people ask about this is how soon is too soon to meet your partner's

1:00.8

family. I think this is overemphasized as something of importance.

1:06.3

I don't think it matters too much when you meet your partner's family,

1:09.6

but you have to temper how you behave in terms of if you meet them early, early,

1:15.2

don't go in there talking about like your son is just the best man I've ever met.

1:21.4

I just see myself with him.

1:23.9

He's just such a great man.

1:26.0

If the parents know that you met last week, then they're not going to respect you being

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