15 Times Meeting the Family Was Funnier Than Any Movie Script

Meeting your partner’s parents is always a stressful event that often turns into a sitcom scene, where you become the main comedic character. Here you might accidentally break the wall with your elbow, get covered in tomato juice, or discover that your soup bowl is actually the dog’s. We put together 15 hilarious stories that prove: the main thing is not to make an impression, but simply to survive!

• We were about 19–20 years old. My boyfriend and I are standing by the river, fooling around, all wet and covered in sand. Then I flipped him over myself, a car pulls up, and my boyfriend’s elegant mother steps out of it and says, “My son needs exactly someone like that, who can put him in his place when needed.” © mirtanmir / Threads

• A guy invited me to his birthday party to introduce me to his parents. We’re sitting at the table, and suddenly he pulls out a box with a ring and drops to one knee in front of me.
  I’m in happy shock, and his mom looks at him wide-eyed and loudly says, “Son, what are you doing?! We agreed to invite Maria’s daughter over tonight to introduce you two. Why are you in such a hurry?” To say I was shocked is an understatement.
• I gave money to a homeless old man a few times. He never asked for anything, I just felt sorry for him.
  And here’s the thing: I met my future in-laws at the train station (it was our first meeting) and took them home. We arrived at the house, walking to the entrance. And suddenly, this man pops out of the trash bin and, grinning from ear to ear with his toothless smile and waving his arms, shouts at me, “Hello, son!” My mother-in-law was stunned. © Achronim / Pikabu

• Today, my 17-year-old brother brought a girl home for the first time to introduce her to our mom. Mom got scared of the meeting and went to visit a friend... © AHbKA / Pikabu
• Once upon a time, about 30 years ago, my wife’s aunt brought her future husband to meet her mom. She prepared for the visit, baked a mountain of pancakes, seated the potential son-in-law, and started to feed and question him.
  But he seemed sluggish, eating without much appetite, yet not refusing food. Then the aunt tries a pancake herself, bites, chews... Ew! And spits it out.
  — Mom, did you try your pancakes?
  — Not yet, I haven’t had time...
  — Well, you should try them!
  Mom takes a bite... Oh my goodness, the pancakes are bitter! They did a little investigation and found out she had generously poured baking soda instead of sugar into the batter. Mom was surprised:
  — Oh, and here I was thinking how great and fluffy the pancakes turned out! Son-in-law, why didn’t you say anything?
  — Well, I didn’t want to be rude...
  They all had a good laugh, and then the mom concluded:
  — Well, — she said to her daughter, — at least he won’t drop dead from your cooking!
  And that’s how they’ve been living ever since. © MihZlobin / Pikabu

• We went to meet my husband’s family. I was really anxious about how they would accept me because I’m 8 years older than my husband.
  So we arrive in the town, and I’m all on edge, chewing gum. And suddenly, my dental bridge with 4 upper teeth comes loose. Shock! A beauty beyond words. At least I had a reason to talk less and listen more. © Anna Yamchinskaya / Facebook
• I remember the first time my boyfriend brought me to meet his parents. It was a holiday, so the parents of his older 27-year-old sister’s fiancé were supposed to come too.
  I was terribly nervous right up until they served soup, and his mom started fishing out the chopped green onions from his bowl with the tines of her fork because “Kevin doesn’t like them.” 30-year-old Kevin just sat there, waiting until he could eat. Few scenes in life have moved me as much as this one did over the next 23 years. © Oksana Rogovaya / Facebook

• I was dating a girl. And we somehow ended up at my parents’ place, but they were busy with something. So there we sat in the room, waiting and chatting.
  My mom walks in. She greets us, “I take it you’re Mary?” The girl replies, “I’m Ann!” And my mom says, “Nice to meet you.” She turned around and left.
  I had previously dated 2 girls named Mary, so that name stuck in my mom’s memory. I recently caught up with Ann, we still chat occasionally. She still remembers that story. © guru87 / Pikabu
• Meeting the parents. I’m all nervous, sitting at the table set with food. We were sitting on a white couch, and I was making timid attempts to engage in conversation.
  Then I noticed the tomato juice and, like a true expert in tomato juice, I decided to give it a little shake and turned the whole box over a couple of times. The thing was, the juice was open, and the entire white couch, the mom, the cat, and everything else got splattered with red liquid. We didn’t break up, but now I’m always told, “Careful, the juice is open!” © Overheard / Ideer

• The day before, I met a girl. We had a great time at her place. Suddenly, someone starts persistently ringing the doorbell.
  The girl hisses, “It’s my parents! Okay, just so you know, we’ve been dating for a month. Don’t you dare mention we just met yesterday.”
  After saying that, she opened the door and let her parents in. Her mother scrutinized me with an icy smile. The father looked sullen and indifferent.
  — Hello, — the mother greeted me with exaggerated warmth. — Well, let’s meet. I’m Elena.
  — Nice to meet you, — I replied. And I don’t even know why I lied. — Max.
  So, we had tea with them. It was a bit unusual responding to Max. But confessing at that point felt incredibly awkward.
  — Are you crazy? — the girl asked when she saw me off in the hallway. Yet, she still agreed to meet again. About a month later, our relationship grew stronger and became steady.
  I was invited to the father’s birthday. The hardest part was keeping a straight face when saying,
  — Elena, I’m sorry, but I’m no longer Max. Now I’m Greg. © *****runner42 / Pikabu

• I brought my boyfriend to meet my parents. I warned him they were a bit crazy: they might ask about family, upbringing, and illnesses. But they surpassed my expectations!
  As soon as we sat at the table, they asked him to show the balance on his bank card. I’m not joking! And after seeing the amount, they asked him why there’s so little money and how he plans to take care of me on such a small budget.
  They even added, “Before you, she dated a guy who didn’t even take her to the sea. We don’t need anyone like that.” © Caramel / VK
• This is my friend’s story. His tall British friend is dating a Japanese girl from the countryside and going home to meet her parents. He nervously practices etiquette and the language for weeks beforehand. They make it to the parents’ traditional home, and he bows correctly, ducks into the home, greets them flawlessly and everyone is impressed.
  He breathes a sigh of relief and leans against the wall with an elbow — the wall turns out to be made of paper, and he goes crashing through it into the parents’ bedroom, all his groundwork evaporated as he saw their stupefied faces... © Treepixie / Reddit

• Today, I was at a festive dinner with my girlfriend at her parents’ house — a meet-the-parents event, so to speak. I’m sitting across from her mom at the table, and suddenly I feel she’s stroking my leg. I loudly say, “What the heck?” Everyone fell silent, her face stretched in surprise, and then a cat appeared from under the table. © EMBARRASSMENT / VK
• I was meeting my in-laws for the first time, and I’m pretty independent, so when they offered to serve me some dinner (it was a late dinner for us, they had already eaten) I said no thank you, I can do it. I took one of the 2 bowls on the counter and served my soup. My mother-in-law (at the time, my husband and I hadn’t been dating but a few months) comes in after I finish and has this weird look on her face.
  She said, “I don’t know how to tell you this, and I didn’t want to tell you while you were eating, but that was the dog’s bowl.” I almost threw up. We can laugh about it now, and I have a great relationship with them, but she will never let me live it down. © dearlauren / Reddit
• I came to meet my boyfriend’s parents. I had eaten a lot at home, but it was impossible to refuse the food, so we sat down to dinner. They served a huge portion of mashed potatoes with meat. I managed to push down the potatoes and started choking on the beef, listening to comments about how slowly I was eating.
  Then I felt incredibly nauseous. While everyone was distracted, I shoved pieces of meat into my pockets. It was embarrassing and funny at the same time. © Overheard / Ideer

Well, it seems the most important thing when meeting the parents is not to get confused with your own name and not to drink tomato juice! Which of these stories made you laugh out loud? And do you have a story of your own? Share it in the comments below!

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