Usually representation of parents each other happens during training of young people for a wedding. At this moment the acquaintance of relatives, discussion of details and the future of couple begins. It is important to think over this meeting that in family there were good relations, and there was no stiffness in communication.
Instruction
1. Try to get acquainted with parents of the partner before the general meeting. At first you need to make a good impression on them, and after it to acquaint with your relatives. Because of good attitude to you they will in a friendly way accept also your parents who could bring up such wonderful person.
2. It is desirable to begin acquaintance of parents long before the wedding. In prewedding vanity, discussing financial issues, it is difficult to build up trusting and friendly relationship. Therefore pick up some holiday (your birthdays or new year), and suggest to celebrate with everything together. Some more meetings in a similar sort, and they will become good acquaintances.
3. It is better to carry out acquaintance of parents in the neutral territory that all felt as equals. It is possible to go to restaurant or cafe, in a quiet situation to get acquainted and find a common language. If the young couple has the apartment, it is possible to invite parents to himself. So you will be able to control the relatives, the situation will be not too official and you will show the independence.
4. If you have no own apartment, and the restaurant seems too official, invite parents to get out to the nature. Fresh air and shish kebabs will lighten them the mood, and acquaintance will take place in the weakened state. But undertake all preparations that adults really relaxed, have a rest and with all the heart communicated to new acquaintances.
5. If in communication between parents there is any tension, it is necessary to smooth it. Use jokes, derivation attention or give the conversation another turn. In advance talk to the partner and define common interests of parents. If the conversation comes to a standstill, just transfer it to the necessary subjects.
6. Anyway it is possible to transfer a topic of conversation to young couple for the sake of which all and gathered. It is possible to tell about the beginning of the relations and about plans for the future. Or at once to pass to children's memoirs, and parents will already complement a conversation with the favourite moments from your childhood. They can long discuss the children and is interested, everyone will have curious history.
7. You treat parents equally, you should not support blindly the parents and to belittle others. You have to reach neutral position, try to reconcile them and to create the pleasant atmosphere. If in a conversation you do not share opinion, state criticism softly and carefully that to offend nobody.