How to: Survive Meeting Her Friends

No matter how long you have been with the woman in your life meeting her friends can still be stressful. While your relationship may be thriving it is important to understand that meeting her friends can either make or break your relationship…
It is important to remember that her friends are very important to her and that their opinion of you may have an affect on her opinion of you. Making a good impression on her friends and gaining their trust will ensure that they don’t do anything that can be detrimental to your relationship.

Having confidence and introducing yourself to your wife or girlfriend’s friends is the first step to survive meeting her friends. You already realize that these people are important to the woman in your life so go ahead and take the initiative and introduce yourself. This is critical because it lets them know right away that you have confidence and that you are not intimidated by them. It may also impress them by letting them know that you are interested in getting to know them and that you aren’t simply putting on a charade because your wife or girlfriend is insisting that you meet them.

Once you have become acquainted with her friends, be sure to remember their names. If you aren’t good with names, use whatever association tricks you have to and make sure you don’t mix up their names later on in the conversation. They may all dress and act alike but being unable to distinguish them sends the message that you aren’t really interested in getting to know them. Calling one of your girlfriend’s friends by the wrong name can be almost as damaging as calling your girlfriend by the wrong name. Not only will the friend be insulted and no longer rooting for you and her friend to get along but your girlfriend may be hurt that you couldn’t even be bothered to remember her friend’s name.

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