My boyfriend works for my dad! lol So my dad knew more about him than I did when we started dating!

normally they meet mine first, because i live at home
and also because my family is open and friendly and i don't find it a big deal to "bring a guy home"

My fiance met my mum first bc she was was visiting me on her vacation . . .then I went to his parents house for a wknd. But as the final step he came to meet my dad and stay for a few wks of vacation at my parents house.

I tried the whole "him meet my parents" thing. Didn't count on the fact that since I'm the oldest, they would be absolutely merciless with him and come down on him like a ton of bricks; he almost got scared out of the relationship because of how harsh they were, not just to him, but to me in front of him FOR bringing him! I just wanted them to love him as much as I did... I was so naive. *sigh* If I have another guy that I get into a serious relationship with, I will definitely go visit his parents first. I might get grilled, but I would rather take the heat and get it over with than put him through the apocalypse that is meeting mine without thorough preparation.

Eh, doesn't matter. My mom is really fun so I'd probably take a new guy out drinking with her before he'd introduce me to his parents. Meeting a boyfriend isn't a big deal to me or my mom.

My parents are very uptight and conservative, so I am always afraid to show them guys I date unless I am absolutely sure that he's the one.

It seems like my bf's always meet my parents before I meet his. It's just not a big deal and my parents like to know who I am spending time with. It matters to me that everyone gets along and I like to see how the bf and the parents interact. I recently met my currant bf's parents and we spent the day together and it was wonderful. It def let me see who he really is. Everyone acts like themselves in front of the fam.

Usually they meet mine first. My parents are realyl nosy and like to know EVERYTHING lol, so naturally they want to meet the guy that has my interest!

I don't really have a rule about it, whichever one happens to meet first.

My boyfriend met mine first. He's known my stepfather since he was a kid, and he asked my mother for her permission before he asked me out on a date.

My boyfriend met my mom first, then my dad, then I met his parents. I don't care either way. I was glad he met mine first, I wanted to spare myself the pressure as much as possible.

Meet his parents first ... always ...

It really doesn't matter whom meets whom first. What matters is that all are treated with respect and try to get along with one another.

Meet mine first. My dad has outstanding 'he'll turn into a jerk later' radar.

I met my fiance's dad first, then he met my parents, then I met his mom. If I'd had my druthers, though, I'd have wanted him to meet mine first.

Haha Bekkachan! My parents are like that too. My mom has no filter. She told me to date other guys when I traveled away for an internship in front of my bf of 4yrs! I ended up listening to her advise and met someone better. Damn. I hate it when mom is always right.

My little brother is the best at calling out D-bags too. I always listen when he doesn't like a guy.

And I wont even tell you what they said to my fiance and I when I brought him home. Talk about raking him over the coals. . .

my family is so open and friendly, of course he met them first. I still wish I'd never met his evil mother..

I'd say meeting mine has always come first...

Whichever one happens first! He met my parents long before we started dating. Then I met his parents officially before he met mine.

I think geography has a lot to do with it. He met my parents first because they're in the area, whereas his parents live two states away. It took him 2 months to meet my parents and I took 6 months to meet his.

Meet his parents first. I never introduce any guy to my parents, unless I know I'm going to be in it for the long term. With my guy, it's a really long distance relationship so I met his parents first time last winter, and he's meeting my parents when he flies down next week.

Ahk! I'm about to meet my SO's parents over the holidays. The live out of town, so he's hung out with mine a bunch, but I'm still a mystery to his!

good luck Liberty

I know I'm scared sh*tless for him to meet my parents. My parents have a funny way of deliberately scaring guys. The first thing my dad likes to say whenever he meets any guys that my sister and I bring is, "I can kill you from 400 yards." And my mom's is, "I know where all of the human pressure points are".

I met my gf/ex's mom first, then she came over and met my whole family, and last month I actually finally came over and met her dad...to fix his computer.

brookberrys .. that's really sweet

ha ha - our parents met each OTHER first! it's a long story. Basically everyone met everyone before we started dating because my mom and I were traveling through Scotland and stopped by their summer cottage to say hello.

I met my fiance's siblings and mother before he met my mother when she was visiting me. I then met his father and when I went to visit my family he also went to visit them and he met my dad. It was all kind of chaotic because I live overseas, but in the end it worked out ok.

And oh my myst, I thought my dad was hard on my fiance, but it seems it is nothing in comparason to yours!!!

when I lived at home they would meet mine first as soon as they came to pick me up, it wasn't a big deal.

Though with the last guy I dated our parents knew each other and my parents met him before I did!

He'll be meeting mine on New Year's Eve. It'll be a while before I meet his since they're in TN and we're in TX.

in a perfect world i would have preferred to meet his parents first, but we had interesting circumstances with the family meeting. about 2 months into our relationship, i was up in NYC (we lived in florida and i was on a business trip in NYC, which is where my family is from - NJ actually) and i broke my knee and landed myself in the hospital for a week. so, the first time that my man met my mom and family was when he flew up to be with me, and they picked him up at the airport while i was laid up in the hospital JUST after knee surgery on heavy meds. not the way that i would have liked it all to go down, but 2 and a half years later, we're still all happy with each other, and i've spent quite a bit of time with his family.

like skigurl exactly!

They usually meet mine's first but that is because they are always around. I don't plan it that way it just happens. I have yet to meet my current bf's parents.

Since my parents have a habit of dropping by without too much notice, I try to prepare my boyfriends beforehand.