According to a new survey from Toronto-based singles website Meet Market Adventures, 86 per cent of single people would invite a significant other to spend the holidays with their family after dating less than one year. Further, 22 per cent said they would extend the invitation after only three months of dating.
So brave, people. The holidays are a stressful time for even the best relationship. Some of us don't make it. Take this quiz to see if your relationship will survive the holidays.
Your baby's idea of a great Christmas gift is:
a) His and Hers matching doorstoppers.
b) A romantic weekend away and a nude self-portrait.
c) Waiting until after Christmas "when everything's on sale" to get your gift.
Decorating the tree together gives you the opportunity to:
a) Eventually get the job done, but not without arguing over differing tinsel-hanging techniques, and having one of you say, "Fine, do it yourself then!" and plunking down on the couch to drink wine while continuing to criticize the other's tree-trimming.
b) Bond over your similar taste in decorating while you string popcorn and share warm, fuzzy memories of tree decorating as a child.
c) Find out how neat glass Christmas ornaments sound when they pop when hitting the wall because you missed your honey's head.
You go shopping together for something for your mothers:
a) You give yourselves a time limit and head to the mall and end up leaving with two pairs of slippers.
b) You spend a wonderful afternoon looking for just the right thing and finally settle on gifts you both agree will be perfect for each of them.
c) Your honey suggests you start at the sex shop.
Christmas with your date's family is:
a) An organizational nightmare that ends up being an exercise in seeing who you can tick off the most as you try to fit in visits to all four sets of parents because both your parents are divorced.
b) Better than Christmas with your own family.
c) Like having a Christmas tree, ornaments and all, shoved up your butt.
What best describes the relationship you have with your date's family?
a) They welcome you but constantly make references to your date's last love and how much they miss him or her and wish they were still together.
b) They treat you like a member of the family and often give you better presents than they give your date.
c) They ask you to wait in the car while they give their son or daughter their gifts.
Your mom buys your date a really ugly sweater for Christmas, you:
a) Force your honey to wear it and then giggle maniacally every time he or she does.
b) Wear it that night to bed with nothing on underneath.
c) Come across it later in a bucket full of rags your date uses to clean the floor.
Which Christmas Carol best describes your relationship:
a) Deck the Halls
b) O Come All Ye Faithful
c) Blue Christmas
If you answered...
...mostly a's, put on your helmets and hide any sharp objects and you might just make it through.
...mostly b's, dust off your copy of It's a Wonderful Life and warm up some rum and cider. You guys will make everyone sick with your holiday bliss.
...mostly c's there's still time to consider the preemptive strike before you blow a wad of cash on him or her.
Good luck!
