Wretched Parents! (GF's)

[evirus]

For the past few years now I have been able to bite my tongue around my girlfriend's parents. Having to hear such illogical and even heartless things spewing from their mouths (when Emily makes even the slightest mistakes, including the mistake of having her own dreams that contradict her parents' dreams for her), has become more then I can bear. But what I heard last night was the final straw in my mind. Apparently her father has a temper when it comes to questioning him about certain things that aren’t even slightly hostile in nature.

I have had pretty much enough of their crap, to the point where I honestly am going to tell them off the next time they so much as act rudely. I have had to put up with a ton of crap when it comes the way the treat Emily;

-Yelling at her from dropping a printer
-Yelling at her for being home late because she was at my graduation(even though they apologized I think the "if you do this again you cant see him again" threat was a little over the top) even though they knew she was going
-having her clean up after the messes they make
-questioning the jobs she does around the house cleaning wise, sometimes even in a tone implying she was slacking intentionally(she was born with CP if that gives you any indication of her physical ability)
-thinking the classes she has interests in are a waste of time even after the classes they chose for her result in bad grades
-lecturing her on the responsabilities of being an adult after not remembering her mcdonalds work schedual not more then an hour after getting it.(she was 19 at the time)

FYI: we're both 20

I guess I needed to get that off my chest and see what advise or comments you would give.


Almost makes me feel good that I'm a "godless liberal" dating their Christian daughter.

[skygazer]

1. My advice - this isn't your fight

It's hers. I'm sure it drives you nuts to see them act like that but you can't fight other people's battles for them. It's no good for you or them. Or your relationship.

She's 20. She's a big girl. If you start telling off her parents, it's not going to help anything. Do you really think being told off by their daughter's 20 year old self-described godless liberal boyfriend is going to make them see the light?

If it's a problem to her, maybe she needs to find some way of getting out of their house and living her own life. But that's not really your call to make. It's hers.