my girlfriend’s family are all Finnish, so they’ve never heard of the dailymail. We spent the days visiting various family members, many of whom are elderly, funny and not at all xenophobic or racist. They’re absoultely lovely. It didn’t quite feel like a christmas break for me (so extremely busy) but it was good fun.
Previous girlfriend’s father was a preacher. He’d nag my girlfriend that i should come carol singing, to church, that i shouldn’t go to her sister’s wedding because i’m not christian and that I don’t earn enough money. Other than that, he was a really nice man. With her grandad, i had to pretend to be a good christian farmer boy to keep him happy. The rest of the family were great.
I’m happy that with my current girlfriend and her family, i don’t have to pretend to be someone else.