Thank you both for your thoughts.

Anita – I have met his family & his friends & find that he is no different around them. I have met them quite a few times in fact. He has also met mine just about the same. I usually leave meeting the family & friends till quite late, but realised that actually this part is very relevant & important in establishing who someone is as a person as opposed to what you want them to think, or like PearceHawk said, what they conform too.

I know of a friend who has become official with her boyfriend, all over Facebook you name it & they haven’t even met each others family yet!! It’s good to know that what I am doing is ok & ‘normal’.. it’s nice to have this normalised as I guess my mind can worry – bane of my life!