Does anyone else have a problem with getting grooms parents and brides parents to meet? Maybe it is just mine. FI and I have been together for 7 years and are getting married in October. We have been engaged since last august. My dad works out of town alot, I'm talking gone 3 months home 2 weeks. My family has invited his parents out for get togethers and FMIL always has an excuse why they cant come. My parents have a 4th of July bash every year at their cabin and the past 2 years I have tried to invite FILs, but they didnt want to come, and this year FMIL said they dont rough it so they wouldnt be coming. Um we dont rough it either, just because it is called a cabin doesnt mean anything, it's just smaller than their house. My parents invited them out with us for dinner for my birthday, FI's birthday and just to lunch, but they always say no. Is it just me, or does this seem odd that his parents dont want to meet mine? FI tells me that his mom just doenst like crowds, but when it is just us, my parents & his parents that is not a crowd. She goes to the races to watch FBIL race all the time, and there are crowds there.