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When do I introduce him to my family

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HMum19 · 29/03/2022 13:35

I've been seeing someone for 3 months now, it's been going really well. We've got even closer recently and seeing each other a lot but we haven't made it official yet.
I was just wondering at what stage do people tend to introduce them to your family, more importantly my son?
I was thinking I'd wait until we were official before introducing him to my son or mum (I will with my mum so she's quite involved in my life), but he has mentioned a couple of times meeting my mum so it just got me thinking. I have met his mum as his mum lives with him and that's where we spend a lot of our times unless of course we are out and about.
Personally id quite like to see how he is around my son before id ever label him as my boyfriend, because that obviously a big factor for me in making someone my boyfriend, how they are with my son! But is it appropriate to introduce him to my son so soon?

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baileys6904 · 29/03/2022 13:38

How olds ur son?

To be honest, I have cheeses in the fridge that are older than 3 months, it's no time at all. Why the rush to introduce?

jelly79 · 29/03/2022 13:43

I wouldn't put any pressure on 'labels' does that really matter? As long as you know you are both going in the same direction then that's fine?

How old is your son? Just do it when it feels right but be gentle.

I introduced my BF to my DS4 at 5 months, we had a couple of brief hellos and park trips

Bananalanacake · 29/03/2022 13:56

I give it at least 2 years, introducing them stresses me out so I leave it for as long as possible.

JulieYS · 29/03/2022 13:57

Good question!

What about having a chat with your son first (depending on his age of course), just to see how he feels about it. I'm sure he's curious though. When my daughter started dating, I couldn't wait to meet her boyfriend just to see what he was like.

If your son is of 'discussing' age, he might take you by surprise, and be happy to meet him. I agree with you that it's important to see how they interact with each other - though it might take several interactions before you can properly see the lie of the land, so to speak.

Wishing you all the best with whatever you decide!

HMum19 · 29/03/2022 14:20

My son is 2.5 - im not in any rush to introduce them in all honesty and not in a rush for us to be official but just wanted to gauge what was appropriate, my mum keeps asking to meet him and the guy I'm seeing has made a few comments about meeting them, my friends however said it's a bit odd to introduce him to my family when we are still fairly new. The dating world confuses me!! It's a whole new ball game with a child 😅

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prettygreenteacup · 29/03/2022 16:52

My boyfriend met my parents after we'd been seeing each other for 6 months, by which time we were "official" and sure we wanted to make that step to meet families. I met his parents and sister around the same time. I have two kids who are 6 and 3, we've been together now 8 months and they haven't met him yet. We aren't in a rush for that but we both agree it will happen down the line.

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