Weddingbee Blog

I had the pleasure of meeting my future father-in-law only a month into dating Mr. Lemon. He happened to be in town for a conference, and suddenly I was interacting with the fam without too much anticipation built into it. My b-day soon followed, so my parents were in town to celebrate and Mr. Lemon was scheduled to meet them at a nice dinner out on the town when my latest medical adventure struck. Instead of chatting under normal circumstances, he met them while making a hospital visit, but charmed them over in that gesture more than he ever could have at dinner.

Yet, the chance encounters of the parents took their final leap of fate when my dad came to help me move into a new apartment around Mr. Lemon’s b-day… so his family was out in California to visit. Well, trickery abounded and suddenly we were all enjoying Korean BBQ and chatting up in full family style (minus my mom of course).

Now all of this happened within the first six months of our relationship, which has seemed to make the wedding plans with both sides of the family much easier. There wasn’t too much pressure built into the meetings, and we each got the chance to make wonderful first impressions. In fact, our moms have been exchanging adorable little cards across the country with wedding details and praise for the new members of the family. (The interesting twist is that Mr. Lemon’s parents are both English professors, which is the most frightening school subject for my mom, so she drafts about 50 copies of each note before it goes out.)

My mom recently called to share the latest note from Pennsylvania and teared up when she read it… I’m so lucky to be gaining such wonderful new family members!

Do you think your relationships with new family members has helped/hurt the wedding planning process??