Meeting your fiance’s parents can be stressful. Even if you haven’t had the experience yourself, you’ve probably seen the movie Meet the Parents and know that it’s good for a few laughs. How about when the groom-to-be’s parents meet the bride-to-be’s parents? Once again, Hollywood answers that question in the movie Meet the Fockers.
Fortunately, not every young man is as inept as Ben Stiller and not every future father-in-law is as cynical as Robert DeNiro. As a result, not every parent/in-law meeting is as stressful or loaded with pratfalls and laughs as you might believe. Last weekend Kathy and I met Matthew’s future in-laws, Charlie and Jeannie Kothe. Even without a script I can say that they’re very nice people. Although that meeting would probably make a rather boring movie, it made a wonderful weekend and we look forward to Matthew and Lisa’s marriage.
