I was extremely nervous to meet my wife’s parents before we got married because I have had such bad luck with previous partners.
My first girlfriend in high school had a dad who was a gun freak and he would brandish his weapons in front of me as an intimidation tactic.
When I met my next girlfriend’s parents, they acted racist towards me. This came out of left field, because I was told incorrectly that I was accepted by her family in a moment of weakness on her part. She was more interested in lying as long as it meant avoiding any form of conflict with each other. That made me realize fairly early on why we were so different and why we would have inevitably grown apart. Thankfully things are drastically different this time around. Instead of having ignorant or hateful in-laws, I have two stoners who smoke as much medical cannabis as I do. In fact, my wife said her parents worriedly asked her if I smoked weed when we first met because they said it wouldn’t work if I wasn’t pro-cannabis. Not only am I pro-cannabis, but I have been a medical marijuana card holder in my state ever since the first years they were giving out medical marijuana cards to people with approved medical conditions. When I finally visited my in-laws for the first time we all shared a joint around the kitchen table. I immediately knew I would get along with my wife’s parents for the long term which actually made me feel great inside.