Today, my boyfriend and I went to my parents' barbecue. He knew my family is extremely religious, so what did he do? Called for silence to make an announcement, namely: "God isn't real." Cue a riot that ended in us being kicked out and me all but disowned for "putting him up to it". FML
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Today, my boyfriend came to a family barbecue. I guess my dad heard him talking about the "fun" we'd be having later, because over the next two hours, he tripped my boyfriend up on concrete, threw a beer can at him, and sprayed him full-force with a water hose. All "accidentally" of course. FML
Today, I took my boyfriend to dinner to meet my parents. He agreed to be on his best behavior, but when my mom told us about some shady stuff going on at her job, he replied that it sounded "fishier than Justin Bieber's cunt." We were quickly kicked out. FML
Today, my parents met my boyfriend, and to say it went badly is an understatement. My mom went outside to relax by chain smoking and the shouting, and the screaming only ended when my dad took my boyfriend by the scruff of the neck and threw him out the front door into the street. FML
Today, my boyfriend introduced me to his family. They were drinking and having fun, so I joined in. I had one too many, got really goofy, and then suggested the farting game. "Sorry, I can't hold my liquor!" I quickly explained. My boyfriend's mom shot me a cold look and said, "It's non-alcoholic." FML
Today, I broke up with my boyfriend of 5 years after finally realizing I'm a lesbian. He then outed me to my very religious and conservative family. FML
Today, my son told our whole family and all our friends that I kicked him out for being gay. I kicked him out because on more than one occasion he got drunk and sneaked random men in the house while he was supposed to be watching his younger siblings while I worked nights. They believed him. FML
Today, I accidentally said "Yes Daddy” to my boyfriend while at dinner with his parents. They threw me out. My boyfriend did nothing to defend me. FML
Today, my boyfriend met my parents, siblings, and some other family members. Thirty minutes later, he broke up with me and stormed out, yelling no way was he staying with me because they’re all fucking psychotic. He's my second boyfriend driven away by my family. FML
Today, my parents threatened to kick me out of the house if I didn't agree to convert to their new brand of Christianity. This is a day after they ranted at me about how I should speak my mind more and not let myself be controlled by other people. FML
Today, my son announced he was leaving our religion. I told him that, as sad I was, that I accepted and loved him. He seemed disappointed, and I noticed him discreetly fiddling with a camera. A little snooping led me to his Reddit account, where he called us all, "inbred, illiterate, bible-thumpers." FML
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nyrangersfan9 13
If he can't respect your family (and their religious beliefs) enough to be polite, he isn't worth your time.
_DudeGuy_ 16
Hm, I can't tell who's worse. It's either your boyfriend or your parents. Also, if your boyfriend is an atheist, good luck having Christmas with your parents and him.
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_DudeGuy_ 16
Hm, I can't tell who's worse. It's either your boyfriend or your parents. Also, if your boyfriend is an atheist, good luck having Christmas with your parents and him.
Awahso 25
The boyfriend is worse by far.
life_sucks225 13
50, you can't judge a person by their beliefs..
DLBL 22
That's exactly what you CAN judge them for.
glamorous18 10
yeah but if they're not willing to accept the other's family the way they are, then they're totally not worth it.
girlbye23 15
No but you can judge them by how they respect yours...
SaySayGurl 10
I'm Atheists and I celebrate Yule gladly. Give me all the free stuff! But I just try to ignore religious stuff and don't call it "Christmas."
queendeadjesters 2
There's nothing wrong with what the boyfriend did. God isn't real.
MrConcise 34
I'm with 63. I'm atheist and don't associate Christmas with any of the religious stuff, but instead with family, friends, and vacation. It's by far my favorite time of year.
then000bster 16
I'm not bashing Christians as a whole, I'm just saying as individual people the parents are worst. They "hold" themselves to the standard of being, as OP said, extremely religious. They should be aware that people don't believe God exists. I know it was extremely rude of the boyfriend to make it such a big announcement, but the parents should have been the bigger person in living up to their beliefs, unless of course the parent received Gods message that he should start a fight ;)
LemonandLime 13
Dude, Christians know that there are people out there who don't believe in god. However, for someone to deliberately go out of their way to say something like the ops boyfriend did is not only rude but disrespectful of her parents and other people's beliefs. Mocking others for their beliefs isn't ok when its done by atheists but not ok by Christians.
RrubiksCuber 6
Christmas nowadays is the holiday of capitalitic consumerism, having absolutely nothing to do with religion, so it's ok.
Attackofhubris 1
#79 Sure it is, because one view is correct, and the other believes is an omnipotent magic sky fairy..
domking1315 20
I would like to see how the wedding reception would go years from now
domking1315 20
If he even makes it that far...
nyrangersfan9 13
If he can't respect your family (and their religious beliefs) enough to be polite, he isn't worth your time.
slooby_fml 25
If they're anything like the freaks who hold up "god hates fags" signs and protest outside abortion clinics, then I'd do the same thing
nyrangersfan9 13
#15, yeah those picket signs people are insane, but some famous person (I forget! Woops!) said something along the lines of "Don't argue with stupid people. They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." No use arguing with zealots.
_DudeGuy_ 16
I am an atheist, but would never question someone's views. The only time I even talk about religion with my peers or Christian family is when it was the cause of a war or we see something like a "god hates fags" sign. It's people like op's boyfriend that makes us all look bad.
zango1 15
20 - I think it was Mark Twain.
yupitssoph 18
I agree. Just because you don't agree with something, doesn't mean you have to be a total asshole. I don't consider myself religious at all but as long as people aren't using religion as a method of oppression, I see no problem in it.
Ms_Jessie22 8
Westboro Baptist Church is the group responsible for sentiments such as "God hates fags" and "Thank God for dead soldiers." But you're right, we shouldn't judge others on their beliefs.................
Zomg_Okay 26
87 - Oh, please. Give the WBC some credit for being thundercunts of their own volition. They're asshats using hate tactics to bring in publicity, money, etcetera and if they didn't have their religion to justify it they'd find something else.
lectricpharaoh 9
The thing is, there is no 'atheist handbook' that advocates the type of bigotry the WBC espouses. However, all the stuff about their sky fairy hating gays can be found in the bible, and Christians try to gloss it over. The bible is full of hateful passages, even though there are some good bits, but many Christians prefer to ignore them, or pretend they are being 'interpreted wrong'. It's a good thing it's just a bunch of made-up stories.
lspartz 6
True Christians don't pull that crap. And I think ur being very disrespectful but calling it a fairy tale considering everything about evolution contradicts something else in science. Plus the Bible isn't a hateful book. U can hate sin, but not people, and I wouldn't call that a bad thing.
daringtoride 27
Definitely FYL. I'm not one of those people who are obsessed with religion (actually, I don't really know what I believe in), but even I think that was pretty disrespectful of him and warrants a serious talk with him.
StanSmith2013 26
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Can't blame him. Who doesn't like winding up the religious folk? He picked a bad time to wind up your family but they reacted a little too harshly.
assassinbanana0 20
And his behavior, completely aware how religious they are, is acceptable?
MzZombicidal 36
You can't blame him for interrupting a nice, family barbecue to announce to an extremely religious family that God isn't real? I'm not religious and even I would be pissed at someone being so incredibly rude!
Metallica36176 16
They reacted too harshly? Not only was it rude as the previous comments stated but, its THEIR house. The boyfriend came over to their house. When you're at someone elses house you respect their rules. That was very rude. People that start shit will eventually mess with the wrong person and get.knocked the **** out. ;-)
slimkelsey 17
Lack of respect for your family and their beliefs.....get rid of him. That's a big no.
williamcarter93 13
I would agree with this except I don't know whether or not OPs family would respect the boyfriend's lack of belief. Respect is a two way street
catwho 18
It could of been he was being pushed on what he believed or family trying to convert him before this. Though I agree he went to far.
perdix 29
You were going to have to choose sides one day anyways.
hashshim 23
Not really, I can't see any reason why the two is them can't have an interreligious relationship. Unless of course OPs boyfriend continues to be so intolerant.
summer_2k13 8
Kick him to the curb
Iceman225 11
wat.
SkyGuy32 17
That's a big problem. If OP's family is extremely religious and he can't accept it, then there will be a lot of major problems with OP's family in that relationship. However, if it was an isolated incident and he was 'just kidding around,' OP will probably just have a 'talk' with him.
JanisEvans 10
And why does everyone seem to assume one has to get on with one's in-laws for a relationship to work?
theycallmekitty 13
Atheists who go around preaching that God doesn't exist are just as bad as Christians who go around shoving religion down people's throats. Please can we all just live our lives and believe what we want to believe. Your boyfriend was looking for a fight. I don't understand why he would want to upset the parents of someone he cares about.
LissaMccracken 23
Exactly! People should just respect others. I don't understand people!
nyrangersfan9 13
I totally agree. Unless someone specifically asks or your in a philosophical/religious conversation, I don't think you should share. And even then, you shouldn't be as blunt and blatant as OP's boyfriend. It's just rude.
edmunson 22
Amen! And I don't even appreciate puns...