in fact, i'm so serious about her, i'd eventually like to introduce her to my parents - and now i'm realizing i have literally never done that. in my teens i got used to sneaking around - i have no reason to do that now, but my brain instinctively gets freaked out when i even think about telling them i'm dating someone.
i need a script, maybe, for bringing up that i suddenly have a girlfriend they've never heard of. they'll like her, i think, but it's just this weird embarrassment. it doesn't help that i've been spending weekends at her place and saying i'm crashing with a friend (i'm an adult, they literally don't care, i just don't like them explicitly knowing i'm having sex)
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so how do people...do this? i don't know how to be in a normal relationship, everything's great when we're alone, or with friends, or in public surrounded by strangers, but the idea of meeting each other's families (well, my family, hers are... let's not get into it :/) like a Real Couple is a bit nervewracking. but i know i want to do it, i realize how early it is but we have such a connection and i can imagine a future with this girl so easily. for now, though, i just need some idea of how to break the ice with my mom about being in a relationship. idk, maybe i could even practice a conversation with someone.