Some of my guy friends have met my parents. Its really cute, because if we’re at a dawat or a party or whatever and they’re there and my parents are also there, the guys themselves will be like “oh we wanna meet them”.
When my mom first started meeting my guy friends she would be a little uncomfy. But then she gradually just got used to it when she noticed that the guys are achay bachay.
Just curious, but how do your parents react when they meet someone you’re friends with of the opposite sex, esp. desi?
And how many people are comfy meeting their friend’s parents, when their friends are of the opposite sex?
Re: Meeting your Girl-friend or Boy-friend's Mommy and Daddy
Well my folks are over analytical, they ask who which where what why and how.
Is he single? Is there something cooking between you and him? Could there be anything between you and him? If not him shall we look for someone for you...yada yada
I think my parents would auction me off if they could.
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My mom doesn't mind. When ever she is over in Geneva, i have my 10 to 15 closest friends over for dinner. 6 or 7 are normally girls. She knows all my female friends really well and talks to them if they call.
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I’ll start the bidding at 20 dirhams and a small chocolate cake.
My parents never actually met any of my female friends. But those girls used to call me at home, and my parents never made any kind of comment about it, other than ask just once who the girl was.
I think the one thing I recal my parents saying though, is that I’d better not ever get any calls from hindu girls…
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They wouldn’t want me socialising with chicks but if it’s a classmate or colleague and I give her a lift home or have a conversation with her they wouldn’t have a problem with it.
If my dad found I’d been dating girls he’d beat the crap out of me and God forbid what would happen to mom if she found out, I sometimes joke I’m going to marry a awaara type chick, you know the types who go Bhangra gigs and work in the corner shop etc. and she’s like “Do tauba, we don’t associate with them sorts”, lol.
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My parents usually ask a 100 questions, but once they get to know the person they eventually chill out. They're usually more worried if he's desi and muslim, if he's non-desi and non-muslim then its much easier to handle.
Funny situation happened recently. My parents know about one of my best friends gora Bulgarian whos over 6 feet tall. I had to go pick up my dad from the airport and needed company so took him along with me (dad has met him before) But my dad needed to see family friends of ours after we picked him up, so the three of us went to our Pakistani but relatively modern friends' house. I must say they were rather surprised, they made us stay for dinner however, and it must have appeared as though he was my bf or something, but I made it clear we were friends. Uncle and Aunty never said anything to me about him after that. haha they were so shocked, but as long as my parents are fine and my concience is clear I dont care what anyone else thinks :p
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I lived right near our Uni campus in downtown TO. And since it was just My sis and I there, we always had tons and tons of friends over all the time...My mom would spend about 4 monthes in TO with us a year...and the trend just continued so my mom and dad were always really comfortable with my friends...They never asked who is what or anything, they knew if I was interested in one of em, they would be the first to know. Even now that I am married and live in Calgary..all my friends back home still go over to meet my parents and go out to dinner with them and things.. The funniest is that all my friends regardless of Guy or Girl...all discussed/discuss their love lives with my mom for some reason....she was just always really open and understanding within her limits.....
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my dads pretty cool about meeting my male friends… (well back when i was in uni neways.. now i have no friends).. my mum at first looked at every guy as a potential for her daughter.. but that soon died down.. my parents arent too fussed about it.. they’re pretty cool
Ive only ever really met one male friends family.. they were cute greeks haha.. they thought i was pretty
