Meet the Big Fat Greek Parents

Huge step for me in my relationship.

He met the family.
And when I say family, I mean everyone (except one brother and niece that were working).  Lord have mercy, they did not scare him away.

Originally, I asked my mom if he and I could just come over.  She wanted to invited everyone.   I protested.  We we on the phone and  my sister and her two kids, and my daddy were at her house in the background.  we had to repeat ourselves several times.  I was all "there are five of you there and we cannot hear each other - that's why I do not want everybody." She got it after that.

Yeah, we are loud.

The night before we are going to visit them, I check in with her.  She's like "I made dolma (which I requested), a lasagna, and pita."  So enough food for like 20 people basically.  I was like "For the four of us?!  you might as well have everyone over.  We'll come early so you can meet him before the chaos".  I had already talked to my brother and sister in law (not his wife, the other one) and we were going to meet them later anyway.

We get there and seriously...enough food for like 40 people.  She made all sorts of stuff.  It was insane.  Not to mention that we got to take like 2.5 bags of leftovers home.  And I mean grocery bags.  Seriously.

And then she complains that I am chubby.  Come on!

Ultimately, it was important to me that my daddy liked him.  Dad has incredible sense, as do I; but you know - sometimes one can be blinded by emotions, so I really wanted to see if he sniffed anything.  Moms is simply paranoid in general.  Probably because all she sees about internet dating is "To Catch a Predator" or some shit that ends in murder on Nightline.

She's all "What if he's just pretending to be good?  What if he's not?  Some people do that."  My dad just made that kind of mafia frowny thinking face as was like "I don't think so.  I don't believe he's like that."

Done and done.  That was all I needed from him.  Not that there was question, but I could tell that he liked the guy.  He trusts my judgment anyway, but it was good to hear him back me up.  She was being crazy and he was responding "so what if he is (blank) as long as he's a good man, that's all that matters."  to whatever she said.

All in all, it went well.  He was indeed bombarded by 18 loud ass family members and handled it like a champ.