Here’s The Very Best Way To Introduce Your SO To Your Friends For The First Time

Here’s The Very Best Way To Introduce Your SO To Your Friends For The First Time

There comes a golden moment in every relationship when you’re ready for your two worlds to collide by introducing bae to your friends. You may have in mind the perfect time for a get-together (or have rehearsed all the funny anecdotes you’re going to tell), but you might still be wondering just where should your friends meet your boyfriend or girlfriend. This relationship milestone may require a lot of vulnerability – on both your end and your partner’s. But that doesn’t mean you should be nervous. It just means that you’ll need to pick a place where everyone is comfortable and where it’s easy for the ice to be broken.

Ideally, this means a very chill situation – somewhere fun and low-pressure, and where all parties can talk and get to know one another. So, go ahead and cross ragers and raves of any kind off your list. Weddings and birthday parties can be a bit dicey because it puts a lot of pressure on your SO, so play those by ear. But definitely not a funeral or any kind of big, intimidating event, especially with family to meet on top of friends. (Introducing your SO to your family is another milestone that both needs to be planned out and needs for the timing to be just right.) So, how should you go about setting up this introduction?

Licensed counselor and dating coach Marquita Johnson (aka the Millennial Dating Coach) says her top places for introducing your SO to friends are restaurants, parks, sporting events, concerts, and festivals. Ler mais