[NorthMountain]

He dodged a bullet ... the whole family are psychos.

[NorthMountain]

That said ... the right response to this nonsense (IMO) is to get up and leave as soon as the psycho family shows up. Don’t answer their questions ... just leave.

[dfwgator]

I remember when first dating my wife, who is originally from Cuba, I had to deal with the ‘chaperone’. A lot of cultures still do. IMHO it’s not necessarily a bad thing, but in this case, it was just a bit overboard.

[Bulwyf]

Oh, I have stories lol.

[mairdie]

>>He dodged a bullet ... the whole family are psychos.

I’m on your side. Pure creeps.

Dating today seems infinitely more difficult than dating back in the day.

We met at work, at school, at activities and we flirted and talked enough to know if it was worth spending more time together. One thing guaranteed was that it was certain we had SOMETHING in common to start with.

Is it the ME TOO movement that stops a more natural getting acquainted relationship?

[JimRed]

He dodged a bullet ... the whole family are psychos.

Or...committed Christians looking out for their adult but unmarried daughter.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

He dodged a bullet ... the whole family are psychos.

Pretty much.

People have to be taught how to date and how to socialize. It is becoming very apparent that the last ones that got any training were the ones that turned 18 before 2000.

My neighbor grew up in the south and his school had a class on how to ask a girl out, what you should and should not do, how to relate to her parents, how to interact with her siblings the whole kit and caboodle. It also included how to act at an interview and other things.

Maybe we should bring that class back. Along with Home Ec because some of the kids in my Life Skills class are to the point that they do not even know that there are questions they should be asking.

[tlozo]

He dodged a bullet ..

LOL, look at his picture, I think the girl dodged the bullet.

[tlozo]

[rollo tomasi]

In this age of "pump and dump" I don't see a problem. Back in saner times you used have a chaperone on dates.

Heck, look at the one of the Sicilian "things" with Michael Corleone in 'The Godfather'. Michael's first date with Apollonia's had her entire family in tow.