Meeting Your Family - [The Courtship Series #7]

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Yeah, sure. You can ask me anything. I don't know.

I think I'm okay. Am I actually not okay? Well, I just, I don't want to worry you or anything.

But I am just a little bit anxious is all. Um, well, look, this is going to be the first time I've met your parents. And I know that you tell me that they're wonderful, and that we're going to get along just fine, but still, it's a big step.

It's a big first in our relationship. Let me put it this way. You know, several years ago, when I was just out of college, I got my first job.

I remember my boss sat me down on the first day and impressed upon me the importance of first impressions. And you know, that's something we all know, right? First impressions are really hard to overcome.

They're very important. And I'm, I just really want this to go well. Well, I know we haven't been thrown around the M word a whole lot yet.

But we've been going out for a while now. And I'm really, really in love with you. I think we have a long term future together.

I really do. And so it's important to me. Well, it's important to me, first off, because I know it's important to you.

Your family is your family. And I know it's important to you that they like me. And I want to get along with your parents.

I want them to know that their daughter is in good hands. I want them to have confidence that you've chosen well, that I am the kind of guy that you think I am. And that their little girl deserves.

But it's more than just that. This is about trust, baby. Well, I think you also think we have a long term future together.

If you didn't, I don't think you'd be taking me to meet your parents. So I recognize the trust that you're showing in me and in our relationship and in our future. And I don't want to let you down.

It's important to me that this be a good experience for all of us, for you, for me, for your parents. Something that we can look back at in the future and smile about. Something where we can say that the first impression was really good.

And over time it proved to be the right impression. And again, like I said, I love you. I want to take care of you.

I want to meet and exceed your every need. And I want your parents to have confidence. I want them to have confidence that you are with the right guy, that I'm able to take care of you, that I'm willing to take care of you, that you're safe, that you're loved and cherished as much as you actually are.

I take you very seriously. I take this relationship very seriously. And I want your parents to know that.

I want them to have confidence in that. Sure, go ahead. Tell me.

Well, I wouldn't say that it's that I'm worried. Okay, okay, okay. I'm shutting up.

I'm shutting up. Say your piece. Right.

Okay. Okay. You're right.

I don't have anything to worry about. Thank you, my lover. No, really.

For all of that, for the reassurance, for the comfort, for telling your parents wonderful things about me. It definitely helps set me up for success. That's, that's for sure.

You're so sweet to me. You know, I really do think I'm with the right girl. And if your parents are anything like you, then they must be pretty wonderful people.

Well, they sure raised you the right way. But I'm not joking. Baby, you're an amazing person.

I'm completely captivated by you. I'm head over heels for you. The day we met was, gosh, it was unexpected.

But it turned out to be one of the most important and one of the best days of my life. It was just a start. And who could have predicted that we would be here, where we are now? I love you, too.

You mean the world to me, baby. You mean the absolute world to me. You know, now it's your turn to shut up.

You've made me feel ways that I had never felt before. You've made me feel ways that I had never felt before. Well, you've made me willing to face fears and insecurities that I'd had my whole life.

Things that were buried very deep. Things that I had never really worked on, because I never really had an incentive to. You've made me want to work on them and change them and adapt and adjust to be better for you.

Well, it's a combination of things, I think. Part of it is just how madly in love with you I am. And part of it is how willing you are to do the same for me.

I have noticed those changes in my life. I've noticed. And I can't, I can't thank you enough.

You know, every time you do something like that, every time you change something to be more compatible, to be better, to improve our relationship, it just shows me again how much you love me. It shows me again how wonderful you are. No, it's true.

There's a lot of people out there that have a take-me-or-leave-me-I'm-not-going-to-change-for-anyone kind of attitude. And they call that being true to themselves. And the fact of the matter, though, is that we're all imperfect people.

But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't strive to be better. And anyone who decides that they are not going to change for anyone has decided to be stagnant. They've decided not to get better.

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