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Should just break up
“Family does no wrong”? No thanks. Throw this one back in the ocean.
Think about what a lifetime of this would be like. Think about what happens when you have kids and how they would treat them. Do you want your kids teased like this? (I wouldn’t.)
If your BF isn’t willing to defend your boundaries with his family now, he won’t later either.
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You can also play dumb when they make fun of and make them explain the joke. “Why is that funny? Oh because you just like being mean.” Usually make people uncomfortable enough to stop.
Um can we say 🚩, Get Out now.
Sounds like the family doesn’t respect your thoughts or opinions. I’d stand up to them once to see how they react and how your boyfriend reacts. If they apologize, maybe they didn’t realize you didn’t have the same sense of humor and felt hurt by their actions. If they laugh and poke fun more and boyfriend still doesn’t speak up, it’s time to move on.
If they are doing this now to your face, imagine the shitty demonizing convos they have about you out of earshot, blaming you for the evils of the world. Gtfo.
Red flag. Like imagine marrying and having kids with him. Would he defend his life partner & children against his family’s disrespect? Depending on how long you’ve been together, at some point your bf/gf becomes your chosen family. I’d fight anyone in my family for my long term partner and he has actually had to do the same when defending me to his family (super conservative immigrant family that constantly tells him dating my white american ass is a phase).
Like it doesn’t matter if it’s a huge slight or just a small thing that makes you feel disrespected. He should be sticking up for you and at the very least ask the family to stop with the jokes. It’s not your job to fight him and his family for basic decency
Ew. So they bully you basically and he defends them? Byeee
They r not even a good family to begin with. Making fun out of you? How will a well educated, good mannered, respectful family does that?
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People say to just break up but how long have you been together. It’s not that easy. Maybe tell him it’s getting to the point where you feel so hurt you want to walk away (if that’s the case).
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Start defending yourself. Make them super uncomfortable. Laugh in their face.
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Agree with everybody above. Only other “positive” thing I can think is if you are talking about his 20-something siblings (versus his parents, etc). I’m mid 40s now and I know I’m a lot more mature and thoughtful now than I used to be. Doesn’t make it OK for them to act that way, but also I suppose it’s possible it’ll take more than one convo for it all to sink in.
Definitely stick up for yourself! I personally would question my relationship with my boyfriend if he didn’t take you seriously when you shared that his family made you uncomfortable.