Today, I told my boyfriend to stop criticizing my son for his table manners. He said, "It's man things, you wouldn't understand." He acted surprised when I blew my top and told him to leave. FML
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Today, my boyfriend yelled at me from the other room for washing the dishes "too loudly". FML
Today, I explained to my man child of a boyfriend that we don't reuse dirty dishes. We have to wash them. He doesn't think it's gross and yelled at me, throwing the pan in the sink. Oh, he also refuses to wash dishes. FML
Today, my son won't go to his team dinner because the other kids made fun of him for "eating like a monkey." My wife says this is my fault. Funny, when I tried to teach him not to eat with his fingers, she got mad and ranted that "people ALL OVER THE WORLD eat with their fingers, it's normal, stop criticizing him!" FML
Today, my boyfriend wouldn’t stop smacking and slurping his food. I told him to at least chew with his mouth closed. He looked me dead in the eye, with a mouth full of chewed up pizza, and said, “No.” FML
Today, I had to explain to my mother that it's inappropriate to hit on my boyfriend when his parents are over for dinner. FML
Today, my boyfriend screamed at me for not cleaning his son's bedroom. The kid is 13 years-old, and there's nothing physically or mentally wrong with him. FML
Today, my boyfriend's 12 year-old son was making such loud and disgusting sounds while eating ramen noodles that it took every ounce of my self-control not to punch him. FML
Today, my boyfriend was serving dinner, and decided to circle the table with my son's plate while making UFO noises. My son grabbed at the plate and spilled it, making a huge mess. They both decided that I should clean it up. FML
Today, after I can't count how many times, my boyfriend of 5 years decided to break MORE things in our home, because I asked him not to let our son speak to me rudely. His response, "He said 'OK' so you should have shut up." Basically, he's raising my kid to treat me like he does. FML
Today, I was yelled at and called rude by my boyfriend’s mom because she made us dinner and I didn’t touch the broccoli. I’m a person who will normally bend over backwards to appear polite and courteous, but eating food I don’t like is where I draw the line. FML
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ellenness 14
I feel like we need more context here. how old is your son? does he mean manners are a man thing or is being critical a man thing?
angus 17
Teach your kid some table manners. The kid will have to function in society one day and being ridiculed or bullied for not having polite table manners isn’t fun… blowing your top won’t help then you idiot.
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Comments (5)
angus 17
Teach your kid some table manners. The kid will have to function in society one day and being ridiculed or bullied for not having polite table manners isn’t fun… blowing your top won’t help then you idiot.
ellenness 14
I feel like we need more context here. how old is your son? does he mean manners are a man thing or is being critical a man thing?
tiptoppc 21
I grew up under a single mom. Even she taught me proper manners. Wtf is wrong with you?
BurnInDemonFire 39
Wait... for having table manners or lacking them?
Vesi 30
I think the bigger problem here is '"It's man things, you wouldn't understand."'. That is one of the most sexist and degrading things a guy can say to a woman. As for table manners.. he doesn't need to be criticized, he needs to be led by example. Negative toward the kid is not going to help.