Hey all! So I have to meet my boyfriend’s parents this week, he has made that very clear that it’s time and I have to meet them so there is absolutely no getting out of this. I have incredibly bad social anxiety, I am unable to hold a conversation especially when I care what the other person thinks about me, I usually end up just blurting short one word answers when they ask questions about me and then I want to cry cause I feel like I’m ruining the interaction and they won’t like me. My boyfriend is being really supportive of trying to be accommodating and he promised he won’t leave my side and that if it gets really bad we can leave, obviously I will not be using that as an option because then they might take that as me not wanting to be around them. Also for context we are going to be meeting at a Fourth of July party with a bunch of other people there, all of which I also don’t know, so my only comfort person there will be my boyfriend. Do any of you have any tips to relieve anxiety in public or any tips to make it at least seem like I’m not anxious? #relationships source