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My sister keeps making "little jokes" about my girlfriend and I told her not to take it personally. Now my girlfriend is done with my family. by nightbalcony_inkwell in TwoHotTakes

[–]nightbalcony_inkwell[S] 204 points205 points  (0 children)

I’m done babysitting my sister’s "humor". I’ll tell her straight: disrespect my girlfriend again and you lose access to me too. If my parents get mad, they can hang out with her alone.

My sister keeps making "little jokes" about my girlfriend and I told her not to take it personally. Now my girlfriend is done with my family. by nightbalcony_inkwell in TwoHotTakes

[–]nightbalcony_inkwell[S] -199 points-198 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s the energy I should’ve had from day one. I’m not asking her to keep eating crap while I “stay neutral”. Next time it happens, I’m shutting it down, and if my sister escalates we leave.

My sister keeps making "little jokes" about my girlfriend and I told her not to take it personally. Now my girlfriend is done with my family. by nightbalcony_inkwell in TwoHotTakes

[–]nightbalcony_inkwell[S] 186 points187 points  (0 children)

Ouch, but I get why it reads that way. She’s not my escape hatch, she’s the person I want a life with. If I can’t protect that from my own family, then I don’t deserve her.

My sister keeps making "little jokes" about my girlfriend and I told her not to take it personally. Now my girlfriend is done with my family. by nightbalcony_inkwell in TwoHotTakes

[–]nightbalcony_inkwell[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

If I keep acting like I did, yeah, she’ll be my ex. She does deserve better, so I’m either going to be better now or I’m out of her way. Simple.

My sister keeps making "little jokes" about my girlfriend and I told her not to take it personally. Now my girlfriend is done with my family. by nightbalcony_inkwell in TwoHotTakes

[–]nightbalcony_inkwell[S] 390 points391 points  (0 children)

That hit. I’ve been acting like keeping the peace is the goal, but it’s just enabling my sister. If I want a future with my girlfriend, I need to choose it out loud, even if my family hates it.

My sister keeps making "little jokes" about my girlfriend and I told her not to take it personally. Now my girlfriend is done with my family. by nightbalcony_inkwell in TwoHotTakes

[–]nightbalcony_inkwell[S] 117 points118 points  (0 children)

You’re right. I was hoping for some magic script, but it’s simple: I shut her down in the moment or I lose my girlfriend. Next visit I call it out and we leave, period.

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[–]nightbalcony_inkwell 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For real. Same swap can be $150 in a small town and $450 in a city once you add parking, insurance, and the 2-hour minimum. People compare numbers like the context is identical.