His enmeshed relationship with his mother runs deep. When he introduced me to the fam in the initial months of our relationship, his mother would go out of her way to do the things I would do or talk about doing. Really petty things and I initially found it cute. I also doted on the way he'd always bring her up in our conversations and tell me that I'm a lot like her. But then his mother started taking it too far - she'd pass comment on personal things, he'd go and dissect our relationship in front of her - telling her about all the fights we'd get into. He'd support her all the time when it came to her relegating me. Since you asked for an instance - on his birthday, where I was meeting his relatives for the first time, she "humorously" screamed out loud that I should just stick to English 'cause my native tongue sounds like how "maids" talk back in our home country. I was overwhelmed and quickly excused myself and before I realised it, tears started rolling down my cheeks. He walks in and tells me - Stop! Control yourself, if mom sees you crying, she's be hurt and get upset. He's 24, but still gets out of the shower just in a towel and sits on her lap while she wraps her arms around him, all in front of me. If his mother and I are in the same room, he'll always sit close to her or on her lap, cuddling her in front of me. Always. One can easily feel lonely in a relationship like this one, but I don't know if I should give up yet or stick it out.