Excerpt: “When meeting a partner’s family for the first time, it naturally can be a stressful, sometimes overwhelming experience which is why is it critical that you and your partner are in agreement about important aspects of your relationship,” explains Los Angeles-based psychologist, Yvonne Thomas, Ph.D. “Meeting the family often means that the partner sees the relationship as a serious one, in which he or she feels in love and may see a future together. Meeting the family can be the first step the partner takes in starting to formally integrate you into his or her family.”
Read what Yvonne Thomas, Ph.D., a relationship therapist in Los Angeles, has to say on ravishly.com’s “Important Conversations To Have With Your Partner Before Meeting The Family.”