Her Boyfriend’s Family Has A Tradition Of Wearing Ugly Sweaters To Christmas Dinner, But After She Refused To Wear One, His Brothers Accused Her Of Being Uptight
A woman has been dating her boyfriend for a couple of months now, and he recently invited her to come to Christmas dinner with his family, which they hold a little before Christmas.
Her boyfriend and his brothers have a family tradition where they make their brand-new partners wear an ugly Christmas sweater that they pick out.
They claim this is a “rite of passage” and the way that they like to initiate new people into their family.
When he first told her about the tradition, she thought it was adorable. She figured the ugly Christmas sweater he was talking about would be covered in bells and lights or even feature a picture of Santa getting stuck down a chimney or something.
“…But when they mailed me the sweater, my jaw dropped,” she explained. “It was probably the most vulgar Christmas sweater I’ve seen (without getting into it, let’s just say that Santa was making gestures/participating in an act that was not ok for children to see).”
“I personally thought it was gross, and it was bad enough that if someone at work saw me wear it, I’d definitely get in trouble.”
“I told my boyfriend that in no way would I wear this, but he said I was being a wet blanket and unsupportive of his family tradition. I said I’d wear any other sweater and would even pay for one myself, but he just called me a spoilsport.”
She is in love with her boyfriend, so it occurred to her that she could just put the sweater on for Christmas dinner and beg his family members not to take any photos of her, but the day of the Christmas dinner party arrived, and she decided against that.
She chose not to wear the sweater at all. Since she had to drive from work to her boyfriend’s family’s house, he didn’t know that she didn’t have the sweater on.
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She got to her boyfriend’s family’s house, and one of his brothers opened up the front door. As soon as he saw her, she could see on his face that he wasn’t pleased that she did not have the ugly Christmas sweater on.
“My boyfriend was really pissed when he saw me, and we argued in the guest room for a little bit,” she said.
“His brothers teased me for being uptight, and I could tell the jokes embarrassed my boyfriend. I ended up leaving the party early without my boyfriend, and we’ve been fighting via text since.”
She’s left wondering if she should have been more light-hearted and if she should have put the sweater on to meet his family.
What do you think?
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