Men who were caught in a conflict between your SO and your parent; what happened and how did you handled it?
Men who were caught in a conflict between your SO and your parent; what happened and how did you handled it?
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Men who were caught in a conflict between your SO and your parent; what happened and how did you handled it?
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It was my wife and my grandma. Ultimately, I gave my wife some advice on how to navigate my grandma’s personality. I stayed out of it mostly but told my wife she had my support. In the end, the confrontation fizzled out due to my wife being respectful but holding her ground.
My mom was wrong, so I told her she was wrong and that she should mind her business. I think I said something like, “well then I guess it’s good for me that you aren’t in charge of any of my decisions.”
Basically whoever is right, I tell them I’ll handle it and to butt out. Whoever is wrong I tell them they are wrong.
I don’t have the patience or the submission level to care about who feels what in that case.
My mom has picked fights over menial bullshit with every one of my exes because she resented the fact that I was growing up. I’m now single for other reasons, but my mom now has minimal contact with me (my decision) and that’s how it’ll be the rest of my life.
Ages ago I was gonna go to college in Florida (I’m in NY) and I decided to stay because i didn’t want to be away from my girlfriend and my mom was fuckin PISSED. PIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSED
You’re going to want to find something sturdy like a desk or a door frame and just kinda duck and cover.
It’s never easy being in the middle, but I stayed calm, listened to both sides, and gently reminded them we’re all on the same team. Respect and patience helped us find common ground.
My parents (Asian immigrants) didn’t like that I was dating a white girl. I stonewalled them. Every point they brought up against her were ruthlessly shot down with reason and logic. Once they realized they couldn’t change my mind, they gave up. I’ve since closed them off from my relationship because the more they know, the more ammo they’ll have against my partner.
My ex wife always felt my mom was rubbing in her face how rich she was. I got tired of my ex taking away to long to get ready to go over my mom’s, picking arguments so she would have a reason not to go. I eventually just left her at home. My ex would also get expensive gifts from my mom and my ex would just give them away. I’m talking hundreds of dollars of stuff my ex wanted.
There is a reason why I live 10 hours from my family.