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Re: How do I tell my parents about my girlfriend? - April 20th 2014, 05:19 PM

Hey there,

I think that if anything you should sit down with your parents on a day when they are in a relatively good mood. I know that she may end up getting angry, but at least she'll be in a good mood to start with so maybe it won't be as extreme. You'll have to be honest with her, but it also may take some explaining, too. For example, you can let your parents know that you really do like this girl and you can't imagine your life without her, but since she was met online, they may ask you to explain how well you know her or how the two of you ended up meeting. Either way, you are going to have to just end up being honest and up front about it.

I think the other option you'd have is to just tell them through the form of a letter, so at least they'd have time to process their thoughts before coming to you. I think you should still mention some of the key things I said above, only this would allow things to get out without nerves or interruptions getting in the way.

Maybe you can also explain that you gave it time to build up trust with this girl (I'm assuming) before anything happened.

But, honesty is the best policy here since it seems that they may be a little confused or unsure of the situation. You definitely don't want to leave them with any more confusion.

Remain calm, no matter what. Even if they yell, stay calm, because arguing won't help the situation.

If it helps you, do you think that you would be able to convince your mom to meet this girl? If you have Skype, for example, maybe you can set up a webcam chat where the two of them talk, or at the very least maybe you can arrange a phone call where your mom talks to her that way.

Perhaps you can find some other way of talking to your girlfriend, just in case, though, even if it's just letter writing or text messaging, it's still a start.

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