Her Boyfriend’s Parents Have Started Staying With Them For Multiple Months Out Of The Year, And It’s Making Her Feel Uncomfortable
If you’ve ever had your in-laws stay over at your house, you know how stressful the experience can sometimes be.
How would you react if your in-laws stayed with you multiple times a year for months on end?
One woman is beginning to feel uncomfortable after her boyfriend’s parents started staying with her and her boyfriend for multiple months out of the year.
She’s 28-years-old and lives in Australia. For three years, she lived with her 26-year-old boyfriend. His parents traveled from India to Australia to stay with them for a while. They ended up living with them for months.
“I was excited to make an impression and went out of my way to make them feel comfortable,” she remembered.
“They were nice to me in the beginning, but some of their demands started making me feel queasy in my own home.”
Her boyfriend’s parents made themselves a little too “at home,” and she began to feel as though she was living at their house instead of them living at hers.
For instance, his parents were uncomfortable with the two of them sharing a bedroom, so her boyfriend had to sleep in their living room for two months.
His mother was incredibly controlling of the kitchen and the food they ate and wouldn’t let her go to the grocery store.
Victoria Chudinova – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Then, her boyfriend’s dad accused her of not helping his wife in the kitchen, although she wasn’t really allowed to help!
Her boyfriend’s parents had issues with the house and were constantly arranging furniture. They also hardly helped with tidying the house. In addition, they wouldn’t introduce her as their son’s girlfriend whenever they met with friends.
She felt very alienated when one night, her boyfriend’s dad told her he was uncomfortable with a dress she was wearing because he felt it was too short.
By the end of their three-month visit, her boyfriend’s parents ended up thanking her boyfriend for their accommodations instead of her.
She expressed her disappointment with the visit to her boyfriend, but he dismissed her concerns, telling her that they could do what they wanted because they were guests with different values.
Later on, she got some space from her boyfriend as she moved to a different city in Australia for work.
She’s been there for four months and said having a long-distance relationship has been great for her and her boyfriend, who she flies to see once a month. Eventually, they plan on moving back in together.
She’s been getting ready for her next monthly visit with him and was very excited until he dropped a major piece of last-minute news.
His parents are going to visit him for another two months and will be there while she’s visiting.
“I am shocked that my boyfriend wouldn’t consult me or warn me before their flight tickets were booked,” she said. “I was also told that these visits will be frequent, and I have to be ok with this when I move back in with him.”
Although she would never expect her boyfriend’s parents to stop visiting them completely, she doesn’t want to live through any more two to three-month-long visits that involve changing their lifestyle.
What would you do if you were in her position?
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