How did it go? I bet she didn't ask you a thing. In fact probably gave you a bunch of cash. Because you're white. Now if you're Asian.......boy that's a night of grilling!

So how did your meet-up with your potential future in-law go?

Firstly, Be yourselves and of course be confidence. Secondly, be a good listener, not talk too much, but if her mother is a good talker, you can talk a litter more, tell something in your country but interesting. Of course you can talk about your families too. Families is the most important to Chinese. If it is not your stype, just talk it but not too much specificaitons. REMBER you can express different ideas, but NEVER say no to the different ideas. The different in culture can not be change easily. Hope it is useful for you! Good luck.

Use formal, deferential and self effacing terms to show that you are respectful. Instead of saying "ni hao ma?", say, "bo mu, ni hau". My Chinese romanization isn't good. You should ask your girl friend to teach you how. How the meeting and consequences turn out depends on your girl friend teaching you the correct ways to win over the hearts of you potential in-laws. At the same time, if your girlfriend isn't meticulous or care enough to teach you the customs of her culture in her family, then you know where you stand. It doesn't matter if the family is conservative or not. It's human nature. Since you are of different color, you have to do ten times better than the same skinned to achieve the same result. Remember the dinner scene in Amy Tan's "Joy Luck Club?" The mother came out of the kitchen bearing a plate of her specialty of steamed crabs. She effacively said, the crabs are not that good. Not tasty at all. So what the gwailo boyfriend did? He said, "No problem." and he poured soya sauce over the crabs! I almost died laughing in that scene. He should have known better. Remember the mother spoke flawless English! I would fault the daughter for not teaching him the proper manners of her culture! It are these little faux pas that cause big problems later. My two cents advice.

Thank you so much! I've been researching online and looking up basic greetings/introductions. I appreciate your response!