The Sarah Diaries: How Soon Is Too Soon To Meet The Fam?

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The Holiday Season can be stressful for multiple reasons. If you’re single, well, do I really need to explain? But being in a new and exciting relationship can bring all kinds of new stress to the party. How soon is too soon to introduce them to your family? What are the odds that you’ll still be together for the next big family holiday outing? (Because nothing says awkward like being asked what happened over and over by extended family – I speak from experience.) How do you determine who’s family you’re meeting first?

Man… I can feel my stress level going up just thinking about it, and I’m single!

Thankfully, someone somewhere put together 5 all too important relationship questions you should ask yourself before inviting anyone home for the holidays, or really at any time:

1. How Long Have You Been Dating? The shorter the time period the more likely he might not be the same boyfriend you have next holiday season. Is it worth the potential discomfort of bringing someone who your family will never see again?

2. How Committed Are You? If you are only casually dating or you are seeing more than one person at a time –  don’t bring anyone home. Go alone and spend some quality time with old friends and family.

3. Is He Really Serious About You? If you can’t easily answer this question it’s probably better to go home alone.

4. How Formal Is Your Family? If Thanksgiving is a casual affair leave the decision up to him and don’t sweat it.

5. What’s Your Life Stage? The younger you are, the longer you should be dating someone before bringing someone home for Thanksgiving.

Hopefully this helps you figure out what your plan of action is for next week! Worse case, wait until closer to Christmas and review these questions again.

-Sarah

Sarah@983thecoast.com