Not a child, but my adult son In my family, the parents of the male has always called the girl's parents to congratulate them on their daughter's engagement. We have never met the parents, although I an sure it will happen soon enough. We all live in the south, but the kids live 8 hours from us, and only 2.5 from her parents. I am thinking we will all go to the kids place at some point to met and have dinner; hopefully in the next few months.
While I do plan to call the parents the next day after the engagement, I am just curious what others do. I know my son is going to propose next weekend, and her parents are thinking of coming in for the evening. My thought was to call the parents the next day, but a very tiny part of me feels like I am calling to gloat that my son chose their daughter. I don't really feel that way, but I just feel a bit odd making that call.
Any thoughts of what I can say to this couple I have never met or spoken to that sound sincere? We really like their daughter, so of course I will mention how happy we are to have her as part of our family. Because we are different religions, I have gotten the feeling that they may not be thrilled with my son, but know he makes their daughter happy. Because of this, I have in my head these people will not be my best friends; I sure hope my initial thoughts are wrong and that they are lovely people.
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