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All rights reserved.  \nCover photograph by Rob Bennett for The New York Times  \nThis ebook was created using Vook.  \nAll of the articles in this work originally appeared in The New York Times.  \neISBN: 9781508005926  \nThe New York Times Company New York, NY  \n[www.nytimes.com](www.nytimes.com)  \n[www.nytimes.com/tbook](www.nytimes.com/tbooks)[s](www.nytimes.com/tbooks)  \nA Meeting That Couples Often Find Daunting  \nBy LINDA MARX  \nFebruary 9, 2014  \nWith Valentine’s Day just ahead, now may be a good time to consider some of the more difficult things we do for love. Meeting the future in-laws is among the most daunting of those tasks, and since many of these meetings occur in the winter months, often a chilly one, too.  \nOne of the reasons the meetings can be cold-weather propositions is easy to understand. Most couples want to get meet-the-family weekends out of the way before the marriage proposal is made. And while Christmas is often cited as the most popular time to propose, the latest American Express Spending and Saving Tracker indicates that about 1 in 10 unmarried people anticipate asking or answering a marriage proposal on Valentine’s Day this year. And one in five expect a proposal by year’s end.  \n(With such a hopeful sample to question, maybe in early March, results would show St. Patrick’s Day as the most likely day to get engaged, and on Halloween in October, but we digress.)  \nCheryl Clisby, a wedding planner in Boca Raton, Fla., said: “I have girls come tome before the winter holidays in hopes they will get engaged by spring. If it didn’t happen by Christmas or New Year’s, they are pretty sure it will be on Valentine’s Day.”  \nMs. Clisby cautioned that a Feb. 14 proposal could feel a bit overwhelming and seem a little like a cliché .“Restaurants are overcrowded, the day can feel rushed due to the commercialization of the holiday, and a proposal anniversary is not a stand-alone date,” she said.“But cliché can turn out well if the groom plays it smart, and the bride is actually surprised.”  \nBut first, before that all-important question is posed, comes the meeting with the future in-laws.  \nThe pressure to please and to make a good first impression at these encounters can create more anxiety than those jittery hours leading up to the first date. And things don’t always go as planned. Months or maybe years later, however, some of the excruciating moments become laugh-out-loud funny and could make good scenes in a Ben Stiller  \nromantic comedy. Here are a few examples of nerve-racking introductions we have come across:  \nAnna Whitlow,  \nJose Posas  \nOn Nov. 26, 2008, the first Thanksgiving that Anna Whitlow spent with Jose Posas’family in rural Georgia, the couple arrived late at night, let themselves into the house and placed their crated dog in the garage. Since Mr. Posas’ father and stepmother, whom Ms. Whitlow had never met, were already asleep, she retired to the guest room by herself while Mr. Posas, who is now 33 and a sports neurologist, went to another room. “This was a very traditional family, and I was supposed to be properly introduced the following morning,” said Ms. Whitlow, now 30 and an account supervisor with Murphy O’Brien, a public relations firm in Los Angeles.  \nBut in the wee hours, the dog started barking in the crate, so Ms. Whitlow hopped out of bed and entered the garage, closing the door to the house behind her. She let the dog go into the backyard, then turned to re-enter the house, but discovered that the door had locked behind her. In a panic, Ms. Whitlow, pajama-clad with uncombed hair and no makeup, crawled under the slightly opened garage door and tried to find another entrance to the house. She found a door on the side, but it was also locked.  \n“I didn’t want to meet his family in such a disheveled state, so I frantically looked for ano","cbCaitVRCVc2FeW7","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitVRCVc2FeW7","pdf",1957640,92,"English","# A Meeting That Couples Often Find Daunting\n## Holiday timing and proposal expectations\n## Wedding planner perspective on Valentine’s Day proposals\n## Nerve-racking introductions: family meetings as comedy-ready moments","[{\"question\":\"Why are meetings with future in-laws often stressful?\",\"answer\":\"Couples feel pressure to make a good first impression, and expectations around love and timing can heighten anxiety during encounters that don’t go as planned.\"},{\"question\":\"What caution does the wedding planner give about a Valentine’s Day proposal?\",\"answer\":\"She warns that Feb. 14 proposals can feel overwhelming and cliché due to crowded restaurants and the rushed, commercialized holiday atmosphere, though a smart groom and a bride’s surprise can still make it work.\"},{\"question\":\"How do the document’s anecdotes frame awkward family introductions over time?\",\"answer\":\"The text suggests that even excruciating moments can later become laugh-out-loud stories, suitable for romantic comedy scenes.\"}]","FIELD NOTES: NAVIGATING THE WORLD OF WEDDINGS | PDF",1790236764,32]