How long do you date someone before you meet their family?

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What is this about meeting the family? I stay with them short enough, so that when the body turns up, they won't know who I am.

I have never made it that long.

Um I put 6 months at the max. Seems reasonable to me. I didn't meet my bf's parents until after about 9 months but they lived 2000 miles away.

It depends how old you are. When you are 14, you tend to have to meet the parents straight away because the person lives with them. When the person you are dating has moved out, I guess it depends. The last person I dated for a while, I only saw her mother on her birthday or when she was in hospital (the girl, not her mother), and her father whenever we met up for drinks. I guess it was six months before I met them. Although, due to the complications inherent in every part of my love life, I'd met her mother years before. I'd met her years before too. And I'd met her brother before I met any of them. Weirder still, I met her brother's brother before she met her brother's brother, and I was witness to her seeing her brother's brother for the first time.

Modern families, eh?

Not that soon.

depends if they have a family dog or not, if they do i want to met the dog...and those other people too i guess, like yesterday

6 months.

depends how quick we click. me and my ex got really close really fast. i met his grandma the second date. (she was babysitting his son)

The guy that I am "dating/seeing" sprung meeting his parents on me. We went for a hike in the area where they live, he said he wanted to borrow a tool of some sort from his dad, so I went along. It turned out great, even considering I am older than he is by a fair amount. We all went out for dinner. However, he freaked out about commitment issues and did not call me for about a week after (he is 31). So that wasn't particularly fun!