Watching the Bachelor has gotten me thinking (a dangerous pastime I know). All the contestants in this show make a super big deal about bringing an SO home to meet their family, which seems like a foreign concept to me. I have met the family and introduced my family to every guy I've ever dated, even one I was only with for three weeks; all very early in the relationship (in fact I met my husbands grandparents the day before we started dating- we even accuse his grandfather of setting us up).
So what is your experience? Did you bring home serious suitors only? Did "meeting the parents" equate to some sort of step forward in the relationship, on par with moving in together? Or is introducing your family just par for the course with any relationship?