Right Time for Introductions

I’m talking about introducing someone you’ve been seeing exclusively to your family. We all know the importance of meeting the parents, right? What about the rest of the family? Brothers? Sisters? Nephews and nieces?

In some countries, it’s more acceptable for women to introduce the guy to her family before entering the relationship. It’s all part of the courtship phase. My country is one of the countries wherein that sort of act is expected by society. However, times are changing and ‘dating’ has become an acceptable medium of ‘hooking up’ so some individuals fore go introductions until things become a whole lot more serious.

Now, it’s just finding the right time to make such introductions.

Personally, I prefer keeping my personal life private, not letting the guy be part of it, until I’m certain what he and I have is something serious. My reason for doing this is to keep my family from getting affected by becoming involved with a person who’s not certain if he’s going to stick around. I often even put off telling my brothers or sister about him until the time when I’m sure that I’m serious with the guy and vice versa. Sometimes, I even wait until we’re already together.

What about you guys? How do you gauge the right time to make the introductions? Do you put weight on letting the rest of your family know about him or her? Or it doesn’t really matter?