lurna301
Glendale, United States
Today, my boyfriend's mother introduced me as his "friend". We've been together for 10 years. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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Anonymous
Classic
Today, my boyfriend introduced me as a friend to one of his friends. FML
Partners
Alpharetta, United States
Today, my boyfriend introduced me to his friends as his "sex partner." FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, I was introduced to friends of my boyfriend as, "My other girlfriend." FML
Anonymous
Kansas City, United States
Today, my father-in-law is still introducing me to family friends as his son's girlfriend. I have been married to his son for 5 years, we have a child together and another on the way. FML
ohmylantis
United States
Today, my boyfriend was introducing me to some business partners. As he was going along telling me their names, when he introduced me, he called me by my best friend's name. FML
Anonymous
Today, I found out my boyfriend's parents consider me more of a clingy friend than a girlfriend. We have been together over 5 years. FML
highlandgirl10
Canada
Today, I brought my boyfriend of a year and a half to meet my parents. Turns out he dated my mom. This should be a fun dinner. FML
Riley99
United States
Freudian
Today, I was introducing my boyfriend to my parents for the first time. I meant to say, "Mom, Dad, this is Tom." Instead, I said, "Mom, Dad, this is Mom." My boyfriend is now jokingly reconsidering our relationship, and my parents won't stop making fun of me. FML
pleaseno
United States
Nice to meet you… again
Today, my mother invited me to a nice restaurant to meet her boyfriend whom she's been seriously dating for a month. Imagine my surprise when she led me to a table and my boyfriend's father stood up, shocked, to greet me. Rather than being horrified, she is now planning double dates every week. FML
Anonymous
Cedar Rapids, United States
Sneaky
Today, after dating someone for a year and a half, upon meeting his mother for the first time he'd told me she has bad anxiety and that he’s going to introduce me as his friend, and the only reason I was meeting her was because she was selling her deceased husband's car. FML
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theslimshadylp 6
What a bitch. Introduce her as your boyfriends great grandmother.
Epsilonyx 15
10 years? And you're still his girlfriend? I think that may be the reason she referred to you as his friend. He either sucks at commitment or this is a very open relationship. Still a mean thing to do, of course.
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Comments (179)
Ugi 27
If you've been living together for 10 years then you can't be much less than 30. "Boyfriend" and "girlfriend" have the sort of playground, teenage, childish ring to them that many older people are not comfortable using with mature adults. You are not a "girl" any more than she is. It could in fact be that she was not wanting to imply that you were a child and then couldn't immediately think of a better term. I would probably use "partner" rather than GF under those circumstances but again that's a fairly new term to people a generation older. It could be that she just became flustered and no ill was intended.
whyisitincapital 25
Um, does it really matter what she calls him? Besides it sounds more like the mother doesn't seem too fond of OP being with her son. FYL OP.
MyaaBayyBee 6
Time to get married !
screamingsniper 7
ok what do you want to be called "daughter-in-law"..... you might want to take off the gas mask all that asbestos is polluting your thought processing.....
Needafarm 22
it is really nice that your "boyfriends" mother refers to you in that manner, but at the same time she is trying to send you both a message to sign a piece of paper and make it official. You don't get any of the benefits of being together for 11years if something happens. If you decided to leave him and you have been paying all the bills for a few years and all the property is in his name then he gets to keep them and you are out of all that money and the possessions. I understand that there are reasons people don't get married, and some want HUGE weddings and are saving for them, but in the meantime learn to protect yourself. My fiance and i plan to get married by a justice of the peace then have parties for both families to come to in our respective states since we have elderly grandparents who have a hard time getting around and friends and family who would not be able to make it to a wedding due to financial restrictions.
Needafarm 22
Also, my fiances mother referred to me as his "friend" several times to some friends and family members at a few parties we attended and my grandmother use to ask me all time how my "friend" was doing meaning my fiance before I got a ring.
obviousboy 8
Holy shit boyfriend for 10 years. At that point, there's rarely marriage in the future. :P
Jackasss_fml 14
Well get married you moron. If you could not make up your mind whether to marry him after being together for ******* 10 years, then I think you are better off being just friends. YDI !!
Bonzer 2
Your name fits well with your comment. Add "ignorant" to the beginning and it becomes perfect.
perdix 31
How are we so sure that the mom's assessment of the relationship isn't more correct than the OP's? Maybe the OP is what the boyfriend hangs onto until something better comes along. The ten years just shows how ineffective his search has been.
thew_fml 14
she was not being disrespectful. just the opposite. she was being discrete. everyone she introduced you to knew what she meant by friend. it's a common term in this situation.
TheJester12 15
Hint hint . Hint hint
mal2012 4
All yall sound crazy... Older ppl and MATURE ppl will say Friend alot of times. Gf n bf is something our young generation says... Op will figure it out.
sweetmama88 6
I have a funny feeling that he could be hiding something , and question him why didn't he say correct himself.