Hold me (added the story)

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After 16 years of knowing each other, I'm meeting SO's parents for the first time today.  They'll be here when I come home from court this afternoon.   I'm so nervous I feel like I'm going to barf.  

ETA:   I posted the story a ways down in the respsones.

[ax2]

Wow. ((holds UMcB))

Can I ask the circumstances which led to you not meeting them for 16 years? I assume they're not local (this is a stupid question, but I'm going to leave it because it's funny I even asked)?

[luckyval]

Well that's not nerve racking at all - how did it come about that you haven't met them before?

[AHappierHour]

((Hugs)) you will be ok

How did you go 16 years without meeting them?

[karmasabiotch]

We are going to need the back story on this one.

[Jalapeñomel]

16 years? How is this possible?

[Deleted]

Whoa, 16 years? I met J's family after 2 months.


I'm sure everything will be fine!

[Deleted]

Wow. Have you been together with your SO for all that time?

[snickers]

16 years?!
I am slightly jealous, lol.

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The Story:

When we met in 1997 we both lived in NM and his parents lived in NJ. I had once chance to meet his mom about six weeks after we met but SO sprung it on me with one hours notice. Unfortunately he sprung it on me right after a soccer game where I'd been smacked in the face with the ball and had an eye injury and had gone to the doctor immediately to have one eye dilated. So in addition to smelling like a jock strap and my black eye, I looked like this...


Since we weren't serious yet, I declined.   Then I moved to Montana for law school and he stayed in NM because of school.  We did the long distance thing for three years and that didn't lend itself to meeting parents.   Then we broke up and were just friends for three years, so why meet parents, and then lost touch for quite some time.   We got back together about a year and a half ago and this is just the first time his parents have come out since we bought our house together  and he moved up with with us full time.