Today, I found the courage to tell my parents about my boyfriend. They simply reacted by lecturing me about how much he'll ruin my life, and how much they don't like him. They haven't met him yet. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out that my parents think my boyfriend is the devil. FML
Today, my parents met my boyfriend for the first time. They spent the entire meal trying to convince him to dump me, all while I was sitting right next to him. FML
Today, I met my boyfriend's parents for the first time. I thought everything went well, until I got a text from him later saying, "Come on mom, she isn't THAT bad." FML
Today, my boyfriend told me all about how his parents sat him down last night and had a 20 minute talk with him about how I'm the biggest mistake he'll ever make. FML
Today, I was invited by my boyfriend's parents for dinner at their house. The dinner went well I thought, until I was getting ready to leave. Before I could make it out the front door, I could hear them discussing their disappointment that their son would ever consider someone like me. FML
Today, I went to my boyfriend's house to meet his parents. After hundreds of passive-aggressive comments, my boyfriend and I went into the kitchen. I started complaining to him about how his parents were horrible and mean. Little did I know, his parents had followed us in and were right behind me. 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, I met my boyfriend's parents. Later on, his mom pulls me aside and tells me to back off, saying he will never marry someone like me and he should be with a nice girl like his ex. They broke up after he found her in his bed with his roomate. FML
Today, I introduced my boyfriend to my parents for the first time. My dad took one look at him, sighed and said, "You deserve someone better. Someone who is responsible, and has their priorities straight in life." Beyond upset, I told my dad that I love him. My dad disgruntledly responded, "I was talking to him." FML
Today, I finally let my parents meet a boyfriend of mine for the first time ever. My dad mentioned how he was happy to finally meet him, because for the past 4 years he'd thought I was gay. FML
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Top comments
DevilsMetsGiants 30
Don't even let it faze you. Enjoy being in a relationship and don't focus too much on them because they're being really unreasonable.
player20270 32
overprotective parents are tough to deal with, but be patient and don't give up on your life.
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Comments (51)
QueenOfSuppness 25
Thats so unfair, don't listen to them OP they don't know what their talking about
mds9986 24
They're*
1dvos_grl3 21
Oh, looks like we have a grammar nazi here.
mds9986 24
Not usually, but the basics are good to know in the long run. Just giving the person advice so she doesn't make the same mistake again in the future.
BeastyMcbeast 19
Its like saying "loose" when you mean "lose" or "too" when you mean "to." The basics are important because it usually totally changes the definition of a sentence. Small things like periods in quotations at the end of quotes and that kind of stuff doesn't matter on here usually.
player20270 32
overprotective parents are tough to deal with, but be patient and don't give up on your life.
mfmylifesrsly 30
This is just like my parents. FYL, OP.
DevilsMetsGiants 30
Don't even let it faze you. Enjoy being in a relationship and don't focus too much on them because they're being really unreasonable.
igg125 30
Dad goes to store buys gun.
christian1509 21
First boyfriend?
Cads1 24
Going by the stats, they do have a 50/50 chance of being correct.
JohnTheDonJuan 11
Your math is flawed. You're assuming that the circumstances are controlled completely by chance. which they rarely are in the physical universe we occupy. Just a for instance, the guy probably has a track record of either being a good guy or a bad guy which skews the odds in one direction or the other. Just because there is two outcomes doesn't mean the odds are 50/50. You must factor in all the possible mitigating factors to obtain the true odds. which as I said before is rarely if not ever 50/50. argument slain.
Cads1 24
Cool story dude. Noted and forgotten.
ShadowlessSpear 21
Everything is chance. Even if it isn't 50/50
cheeeksss 29
OP, I am literally going through the exact same thing. My mom dislikes my boyfriend and keeps making remarks on how our relationship will fail; and she too, has not met my boyfriend. Honestly, don't let it get to you. I was letting my mom's opinion and remarks fill my head and I argued with my boyfriend over it. But I realized what I was doing before it was too late. My mom isn't in the relationship, therefore her opinion isn't what counts. I hope you don't let it bother you too much. If your boyfriend makes you happy, that's all that counts. Best of luck.
vikky538 29
Parents... Always protective of their kids. Your parents are no different
countryb_cth 38
No, what OP's parents said was over the top. They haven't even meet the guy yet and they're already bashing him. That's not being protective, that's being overprotective and jugemental. I feel bad for you OP, as long as he makes you happy try not to worry about what your parents think.
1dvos_grl3 21
Just ignore them and keep doing you.