TOGGLE
ENTERTAINMENT - LOCAL BUZZ
BY TAMMI TAN
Local artistes share tips on what to do – and what NOT to do – when meeting a significant other’s family for the first time
Felicia Chin, Jeffrey Xu
Tip: Do your research and be prepared
A mutual friend of Felicia and Jeffrey’s once had a wise piece of advice to share with them. “You must prep each other. For example, if Jeffrey is meeting my mother, I should tell him what my mother is like and how he should behave,” said Felicia. “That way, he won’t be nervous and he’ll be prepared.”
She put these words into practice when she visited her beau’s family in Shanghaiearlier this year. “I wasn’t sure how I should behave as the girlfriend of a Shanghainese, like, what should I bring and how should I address his family,” the 32-year-old shared with us. “So before we went, I kept asking him what to do; it was very nerve-wrecking!”
However, her worries proved unfounded when she got there. “His parents were very nice and just wanted me to be myself; in fact, his mum was the one who kept taking care of me! I just had to be present,” she said. “It was nice lah, because it’s always nerve-wrecking to meet the parents.”
Still, it didn’t hurt for her to ask questions and do her research before the trip. Better to be safe than sorry, right?
SOURCE: TOGGLE
ENTERTAINMENT - LOCAL BUZZ
BY TAMMI TAN
Local artistes share tips on what to do – and what NOT to do – when meeting a significant other’s family for the first time
Felicia Chin, Jeffrey Xu
Tip: Do your research and be prepared
A mutual friend of Felicia and Jeffrey’s once had a wise piece of advice to share with them. “You must prep each other. For example, if Jeffrey is meeting my mother, I should tell him what my mother is like and how he should behave,” said Felicia. “That way, he won’t be nervous and he’ll be prepared.”
She put these words into practice when she visited her beau’s family in Shanghaiearlier this year. “I wasn’t sure how I should behave as the girlfriend of a Shanghainese, like, what should I bring and how should I address his family,” the 32-year-old shared with us. “So before we went, I kept asking him what to do; it was very nerve-wrecking!”
However, her worries proved unfounded when she got there. “His parents were very nice and just wanted me to be myself; in fact, his mum was the one who kept taking care of me! I just had to be present,” she said. “It was nice lah, because it’s always nerve-wrecking to meet the parents.”
Still, it didn’t hurt for her to ask questions and do her research before the trip. Better to be safe than sorry, right?
SOURCE: TOGGLE