How do I tell my parents ?

[Gedster]

Ok so first off, I have a pretty good relationship with my parents. Anyhow, I've been going out with this girl now for nearly 2 months and I still haven't told my parents. So we've been best friends for 3 years and I talk about her a lot, but they still just assume were mates. And now I'm finding it really hard to go 'oh dad you know that girl, oh we've been dating for like 2 months' ya knows weird right? Also it's kinda our prom on Friday and I feel like I should tell them before all the pictures come out of us being together.
I guess the thing that is stopping me is I don't want them to be mad at me for being too young or something (I'm 16). Like I think they should be fine but who knows ? My bro has a serious gf for 2 years , but everyone was surprised cos he never had a gf before. So like my parents just sorta expected him to have one but I just have this feeling they wont take me seriously ????
Sorry for the long post.

[ska8er]

Tell ur parents that u want to go to the Prom
and u have a girl that u asked and she said
she is happy to go with u. Take it that far
with ur parents and say nothing else. Wait
until after the Prom to decide what if any
thing to tell ur parents. Introduce her to
them and let them get to know her then
c what happens after that. Enjoy ur Prom.

[BlackParadePixie]

16 is not that young to be dating. You said you are open with your parents, so why not be open about this? No reason not to be IMO.

[mick01]

There seems to be some contradictions here. You say you have a good relationship with your parents but they don't know you've been going out with a girl for 2 months. And they may not take you seriously if you tell them you have a gf, even though your 16. And you're going to your prom and they either don't know you're going or that you're going with your gf.
Sorry if this is too blunt, but it doesn't seem like you have a very good relationship with your parents at all. And it also seems that you might want to assert yourself a little more because what you are doing is pretty normal stuff for a 16 year old but you're afraid of your parents reaction. If you're not going to speak up for yourself now, when will you?

[antandlope]

Well... “mirror what your brother did” is my advice. If you don’t want them to know you’ve been going out for 2 months then just say “hey I’m going to take this girl to formal” or, you could straight out say “hey, so I’ve got a girlfriend... her name is...” and they should get it :) have fun at prom!