Man's epic comeback to aunt who nags about marriage and kids at dinner
When you've been in a relationship with someone for a while, the likelihood is that when you get together with your respective families, the line of questioning might get a little bit uncomfortable. You may face questions like 'When are you getting married?' and 'Are there any plans to start a family?' - and if you're not planning on either of those things, it can make you feel awkward.
When one man was having a family dinner with his "nosy" auntie and her questions got too much, he snapped and provided her with a sassy comeback and it made her quieten down and hopefully reflect on her intrusiveness - but he was left wondering whether he should've bitten his tongue.
He took to Reddit to say "I don't think I'm in the wrong here, but I might be wrong." He then explained what had happened. He wrote: "I have a nosy aunt who wants nothing in the world but to constantly berate me for 'not being married and having kids'. I've dreaded going home to spend Christmas with my family for years thanks to her. I have a girlfriend, mind you. But we both want nothing to do with kids. We despise them.
"She would ask me questions regarding my being unmarried and childfree over dinner and throw some backhanded commentary in the most passive-aggressive way that I could not confront her openly.
"One time I'd had enough of her bulls**t. During a New Year lunch with the family, she went like 'Are you sure you're not gay?' deliberately choosing to ignore my girlfriend who was also there. I was stunned. The whole table went silent for a while. My girlfriend could see I was about to explode so she squeezed my hand under the table. Thank God for her. Instead, I calmly said 'No. Why? Do you want to watch us f**k or something? Jeez Aunty M. Didn't know you're such a pervert'."
'I don't want children staying up late at weekends - I really need adult time'
He then explained that she was "red-faced from embarrassment", stating her ill-advised train of thought was due to the fact that her nephew wasn't married, so that's why she was asking about his sexuality. He then said she was "nosy about everything that doesn't concern you at all", causing her to "immediately" leave.
"She hasn't bothered me with her bulls**t since", he said. "My parents didn't think I overreacted but some of my family members think I should have just let it slide and or ignored her knowing how she is to not ruin the family lunch. Am I the a**hole?"
In a later update, he described his aunt as "mean and bitter", saying that his parents have asked her not to ask him personal questions, and he's even asked her himself, but she'd respond saying things like: "Dear boy. Everyone's been asking and talking about why you're not married. I'm just voicing our concern for you."
In the comments, people said that it was right that he called out the toxic behaviour. One wrote: "People need to stop placating family members with their toxic behavior. Stop. Call people out for their racism or bigoted opinions. No harm no foul. If they can talk s**t, they can hear s**t spoken back." "Not the a**hole and made me lol from the epic comebacks", another added.
"I'm just going to say this...your parents and your girlfriend took your side, and that's what matters the most! All other family members don't matter", someone pointed out, whilst another said: "You are not only not the a**hole, you ARE the hero we needed for pushy, overbearing relatives!"
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