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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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 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
Today, my boyfriend said angrily that he should never have gotten together with me, that he should have known a woman with divorced parents would have daddy issues, and never be quite right in the head. His own parents are divorced by the way, and his mom is extremely overbearing. FML
Today, I overheard my boyfriend talking to his mom about me. It sounded like they were planning something for me, like a marriage. They were planning how to break up with me. FML
Today, I heard my boyfriend talking with my father in the backyard. I thought he was asking for my hand in marriage. He was actually telling him about his plans to break up with me. 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, my boyfriend's parents decided that I was untrustworthy and that if they ever saw him with me he'd be heavily punished. They're travelling hundreds of miles just to make sure he stays in the house and doesn't talk to me. FML
Today, my boyfriend proposed to me. Everything was going perfectly, right up until he brought me back to his house to tell his family the good news. When I excused myself to the restroom, I overheard his mom say, "I thought you were going to break up with that stupid slut?" Welcome to the family. FML
Today, my boyfriend stood me up. At dinner with his parents. FML
Today, I went to my boyfriend's house, intending to break up with him. Instead, I was greeted by his whole family throwing me a surprise party. I had to sit and listen to his whole family talk about what a great couple we are and how we're going to last forever. FML
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lVluse 15
Prove them wrong.
happyllama12 5
Well, look, just talk to him for about 20 minutes about how you're not that bad. Unless you are.
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Comments (89)
Trisha_aus 15
36- then you haven't read a lot of Fmls.
xRezSynn 15
Show them otherwise.
samcro3 8
If your parents hate your significant other, it usually means he/she is the one.
bobsux 5
OP, I can tell that your boyfriend's parents really like you.
JessalynVictoria 6
Been there, done that... And it sucks when the family of your significant other doesn't approve. My fiancé just ended up telling his mother and aunt like it or not we're in it for the long haul after countless negative comments about me. Me personally I don't really care if they like me or not. I'm not engaged to them. Though I would like to have less awkward visits in the future. The only advice I've got is just suck it up, stand tall, don't let their opinion of you affect you, and show them that they were wrong. People have been battling with their significant others families since well, forever. If he's worth it... Go for it, screw what anyone else says.
glittercookies 12
Well if both his parents sat him down for a serious talk about you, then maybe you do need to reevaluate the way you may come off to people.
Norelli 2
I swear this is fro my brothers "girlfriend" Cece. And yes, she is this biggest mistake of his life. He was handed everything on a silver spoon and a full scholarship to his dream college and she tried to talk him out of going back to school and just living with her. Too bad her uncle is arrested for child pornography and her mom and her are psychopaths pushing 400 pounds and bipolar... Tsk tsk tsk
windfuelsfire 10
That's the strangest prelude to a marriage proposal I've ever heard of.
Gremlinswife 13
Been there. My mother in law did the same thing to my husband 4 months before our wedding. We've now been married almost 16 years and she is on her 3 divorce. Hopefully your boyfriend has a backbone and told them to take their advice and shove it. If not. Run. As fast as you can.
my2centsworth 15
If he truly cared about you, he would have asked his parents not to interfere in your relationship and he would not have repeated to you the hurtful things they said. No good will come of his making you aware of their distain.
crammer1 6
I have to agree. It just causes hurt and resentment. OP's boyfriend should have put a stop to it right away instead of conversations for 20 minutes about it. We all have times when we have friends or family that date significant others that we can't stand. I also know that you can't convince someone that the person they love is wrong for them. They have to find out for themselves.
opalescent 5
As someone who is on the boyfriend's side, I tell my parents every. time. they. do. this. to stop interfering in my relationship, and that I am an adult (20). Their response? "You only think you're an adult, we love you and know what's best for you." I let my boyfriend know about this dynamic because it would not be fair to him otherwise. He would think I didn't care about him if I kept making BS excuses not to come over to his house when my parents are forcing me to stay home, and he would otherwise have no underlying explanation for the insecurity and anxiety that I feel on a weekly basis.