Do your parents like your DH?

JulyFiveBride · January 2010

My mom loves him. She thinks he is hilarious. She totally took him in like a son.

My dad loved him when we started dating. I actually had a really crappy boyfriend when DH and I met and my dad hated him. DH went out for lunch with my dad one day (they knew each other from the church DH worked at) and my dad asked him why he hadn't asked me out, lol. He knew we liked each other and that I didn't like my boyfriend. He told him "she'll say yes." But then once we started dating he started having all sorts of issues with him (all dumb stuff like he didn't like the way he dressed?) He was excited when we got engaged, but then didn't show up to our wedding. But last time we saw him, he actually sat DH down and told him how wrong he was about him and that he judged him for all the wrong reasons. They have been getting along since then, but who knows. My dad is a fickle man, lol. I don't even know on any given day if he likes ME.

KristenBtobe · January 2010

They love him. Love him! So do my grandmas, he gets better birthday and Christmas gifts from them than I do! They think he's smart, thoughtful, respectful, and a great husband and father (all of which is true). But his family thinks I'm pretty great too so it works out nicely.

the_mulva · January 2010

Yep. But then, my mom respects me and trust my judgment. Anyone I love, she loves. Can't blame your mom though, NNO. Based on the things you've said here, your H sounds like a royal f' up.

sapphirebride06 · January 2010

My parents tolerate him, but only because they have seen him in a drunken state and know how ugly and mean he can be. I know they hope we end up divorced but that's the general consensus that knows him. My mom knows the most and knows how great he can be - but she's witnessed some of the worst of it too. So they have never been rude, but sometimes it's hard to not see the struggle to be polite.

trapani2be · January 2010

Mrs.McLovin:
My parents like my DH, but do not like DH's family.

This for me too.

betsnup · January 2010

My mom & her family love him - it has been asked numerous that if for some crazy reason DH and I get divorced, if they can keep him. I think they like him so much because he is a little different than my family - my family is full of AWs, and we are always loud and jockying for attention. DH is fairly quiet, but hilarious, so when he does pipe up, they think whatever he says/does is gold. Plus, he's always so willing to help out my family, and they love it.

My dad is a bit of another story - not because he doesn't like DH, but because I think they can't really relate. They get along, I think my father is very happy with our relationship, it's just that my dad and DH couldn't be any more different. My dad is loud (he says some crazy shiiiit), a big hunter, etc - all things that DH isn't.

kgail11 · January 2010

late reply... when my mom was alive, DH & I had been dating just a few mts, but she instantly liked him. Now, my dad LOOOVES him, and it's bc they are so similar. Very dependable/business-minded type people.

I can empathise w/the comparing of the exes though - my Mamaw, who just doesn't think before she speaks, sometimes says how she remembers how cute a couple we were. I just don't even respond.. it's not worth it. She'd NEVER say that around DH though. That's wrong!!! I hope your mom wises up soon!