[scouse mac]

Ive been lucky, never really had any problems when meeting the girlfriends folks.

With my first two serious girlfriends we were friends before we hooked up so I already knew their parents and always got on well enough. The third serious relationship, where meeting the parents was a big deal, wasnt brilliant mainly due to the mother who is a controlling bitch. I got on ok with her but had to bite my lip on many occassions when she started spouting off on some bullshit tirade.

When I first met my wifes parents it was quite low-key and uneventful, we get on really well so no problem there.

I think its no coincidence that Ive never had any prob with the fathers due, I think, to the fact that the families were very high in female numbers. With the exception of one, all the families were made up of daughters and I think the dads enjoyed having another bloke around the house for a change.

Should I be fortunate enough to have a daughter at some point, I know I wont be very tolerant of any spotty little toad sniffing around her! It will probably be a case of 'Get thee to a nunnery!' and all that.