If there’s one funny scene in a rom-com, it’s typically this one.

The one where the male love interest is introduced to the parents for the first time and Dad brings out a shotgun and duck tape to welcome the new man into the home. Or when Mom brings busts out the photo album that just happens to contain the foreskin from her little baby boy.

Meeting the parents for the first time can go horribly wrong, but it’s a necessary step in advancing the relationship. It has many functions, one being a signal of interest. We show our affection for someone by buying them flowers, asking them out, proposing, and of course introducing them to the family. Which brings us to the question you’ve been asking yourself, “when should I introduce her to my family?”

There’s nothing casual about bringing her over for taco Tuesday at your parents’ house. On a whim, you’ll never spontaneously steal her away to your childhood home. When the time comes you’ll have gone over the calculations and will have determined that yes, now is the time to introduce her to the family.

Mom and Dad have a way of swaying you in a certain direction. If the relationship is too new and you’re unsure about her, your parents’ opinion could determine if she sticks around or not. Before jumping the gun, considering the following before bringing your new love interest to meet the parents.

You Hit Your # of Dates Goal and Feel Successful in MegaDating

How many women do your parents have to meet before it gets weird? You wouldn’t bring home every girl you date would you? Dinner with the family at your childhood dinner table is a privilege reserved for only the best of the best. Bringing home a new woman every few months is troubling, not only for you but for your parents. So how do you know it’s time?

MegaDating is how you ascertain that the woman you’re dating is worthy of taco Tuesday with the family. Sure it sounds like a macho frat-bro dating strategy, but it’s not. It was developed by a woman, myself in fact. The point of MegaDating isn’t to find out which STIs are most common in your neighborhood, but to find a mate that you genuinely like.

Think about it. If you only date five women and choose from the lot, your options are rather limited. With MegaDating you’ll date at least five different women every month if not every two weeks. This means that by the end of a three month period you’ll have dated at the very least 15 different women. Using this tactic of dating prolifically increases the chances of finding someone awesome.

How many dates do you need to go on before you know someone? There’s no magic number. This is completely your call. To be safe I’d say that it’s not necessarily the number of dates that matters as much as the various contexts you interact with your date in. Take her on a brief weekend vacation, to meet the friends, go to a concert, expose her to different contexts and see how the dynamic changes.

Make sure you’ve gone on enough dates with various women as well as the woman in question. MegaDating enables you to compare her with other women so that you can properly gauge your compatibility. The number of dates you go on with her will be used to refine your compatibility gauge.

You’re Not Thinking That There Are a Ton of Better Options Out There

How do you behave when you’re on a date with this woman? Are you ducking out to the bathroom to check your Tinder messages or are you present? Are you constantly worrying that you’re spending time with the wrong person and that someone better is out there?

It’s true. The odds are we will never find our soul mates. With a less than 1% chance of finding the person you’re most compatible with, it’s natural that you have a case of romantic FOMO. As modern romance would have it, we don’t have to find our soul mates in order to be happy. What matters is that you enjoy this person enough to want to see them again, and again, and again. It’s natural that you’re thinking about potential suitors out there in the abyss of Bumble that you’ve never met before.

To put your mind at ease, you’ll need to commit to MegaDating. If you date 30 women and have found that the one you’re currently dating is by far better than the rest, you’ve won. Odds are you won’t find many if any women better than her.

If You’re Trying To Choose Between Two Women

The MegaDating blueprint ensures that you’ll find women that turn you on. Women that you want to stay up until dawn talking with, women that you want to take to Paris on a whim, the kind of women you want to introduce to your family. But what happens when you’ve found not one, but two diamonds in the rough? When should I introduce her to my family you ask -now.

Not all at once of course, but if you’re unsure about which woman to continue dating, ask your parents. Don’t let them decide of course, simply ask for them to offer a new perspective. The people that know you best might see something you can’t. So here’s what you do.

Disclose your dating style to your parents. Tell them about MegaDating and that its purpose is to truncate the length of time it takes to find a meaningful partner. Once they know you’re not a Don Juan, tell them about the quandary. You’re dating two awesome women and don’t know which to continue dating and want their thoughts.

Take one over the house on Tuesday and the other on Wednesday. Ideally, you bring them over on back to back days. Don’t’ take one over on a weekday followed by one on the weekend. After the dates are over ask your parents for their thoughts. Remember that you’re merely asking for their opinions, not giving them the reigns of your romantic life and allowing them to decide your new relationship for you.

You’re Seriously Considering Giving Up Your Bachelor’s Card

Is monogamy in the cards? You’re not inviting her over to your parents’ house so that you and your Mom can swap recipes. Only serious contenders make it this far. Inviting her to dine with the folks is a precursor to becoming your long term girlfriend. Don’t lead her on if you’re not serious about making your relationship exclusive.

Have You Already Met Her Family?

She’s already revealed her cards.

Her feelings and intentions with you are no longer a secret. If you’ve met her folks she’ll expect to meet yours as well. The longer you hold out the longer she’ll suspect that you don’t reciprocate her feelings. If you were never feeling her, you never should have met her family. Be honest about your affection throughout the relationship. Allowing an imbalance to grow will only make things more and more awkward.

If you were turned off from her family enough to the point that you want to end the relationship, don’t let it drag on. Cut your losses before you feel as though you’ve invested too much time and energy to pull out. Ending the relationship should be easy when you know that you’ve got another date waiting for you. MegaDating will help you get over an ex.

After You’ve Had Sex A Few Times

There are stages to each relationship.

Most involve a date, a kiss, sex, meeting the friends, the family, proposal, children, house, etc. The step we’ll focus on for the moment is sex. Sex will be a focal point of your relationship as it progresses. Your wet and wild life between the sheets is a main factor in determining the relationship’s longevity.

Sex is a way to build affection and confirm feelings. Being that it builds bonds and can make or break a relationship, sex before meeting the parents is recommended, if not a must. Going into a family gathering sexless is almost like not knowing her last name before meeting her parents. Sex is a crucial element of the relationship. Get to know her character inside and outside of the bedroom before she comes over for a family dinner.

Still Asking Yourself, “When Should I Introduce Her to My Family?”

If you don’t appreciate your buddies’ unsolicited advice you wouldn’t be alone. What worked for your friends might not work for you. Talk to a professional, like myself, to get a handle on the situation.

When we chat, not only will we talk about when you should introduce her to the family, but how to MegaDate, how to build sexual tension, when to have sex, and of course how you know when it’s time to ask her to be your girlfriend. Book a 1-on-1 Skype session today to start mapping out your love life.