When I was single and would talk with my friends about dating, I always said that I would have no problem with meeting parents on Day 1, not so I can get on their good side, but to get to know them and I know they would want to know what guy is taking their daughter away on dates. I would kind of want to do the same with my daughters.

And it actually came true! I met my girlfriend's parents after out first date. Some background: Both my girlfriend and I are Vietnamese Americans, so there might be some dating cultural norms that we and our families follow. It also helps that we live 10 minutes from each other and our families go to the same church.

Her parents already knew a little bit about me before we ever met face to face, so they invited me into her house to talk and eat a little bit. I wasn't nervous at all, but I knew my girlfriend was nervous cause they asked me a lot of questions about school, career, being Catholic (her family is devoutly Catholic) etc. I thought it was a great experience and would definitely recommend it, especially to guys if the girl's family is protective of the girl.

My parents are different though and they don't want to meet my girlfriend for a couple of years cause they want us to figure out if we're meant for each other by ourselves first. I think that's also a good strategy. My girlfriend's family just likes getting to know her friends well, and since I've been spending a good amount of time in my girlfriend's church activities (which her family attends), I've of course gotten to know her family well.

I think it's really situation dependent, but I hope this helped!