"distraction" - I like that
I met my husband's family one month after we started dating. He'd invited them up for his graduation, and I almost fell over when he said "Hey, my parents are in town, wanna go to dinner with them?"
I must have really loved him even way back then, because I didn't run screaming after I met his folks
It wasn't long after that when I introduced him to my parents. He must have really loved me too, because he didn't run screaming either...