Parent Gossip

If you are meeting your partner’s parents for the first time it is important for it to go well because first impressions count. Here are a few tips to ensure it goes well:

Dress to impress – turning up in ripped jeans, greasy hair or messy stubble on your face will not bode well with your [...]

I have met my boyfriend’s parents as we have been going out for nearly three years now. We regularly go around to their house for Sunday dinner and some evenings just to pop in. I have a good relationship with my boyfriend’s parents however I have heard terrible stories about people who are not so [...]

I am one of three girls, I have two other sisters and I have no children of my own. Therefore I can’t really pass judgment on how my parents feel about myself and my sisters. However, my youngest sister is eight years younger than me and she is definitely the baby of the family and [...]

I was not brought up in a really strict household. My parents taught myself and my sisters what was right and wrong. We were not smacked or hit, if we did something that was naughty or we were cheeky we were shouted at and if we did something which was really naughty, we had a [...]

Do your parents give you much privacy? I believe there is a fine line between caring and wanting to share experiences with your child and then the other extreme of being far too nosy and molly coddling your child so that they feel smothered.
From my personal experience, mum’s and dad’s like to know what [...]