My DD,18, and her boyfriend have been together for almost 3 years now. For the first 2 years his family were very nice to her and she enjoyed spending a lot of time with them. In July though her boyfriends younger brother and his girlfriend started to send my DD very nasty messages and since then her relationship with the family has been hard and has ended up leaving DD very upset on many occasions.
Recently DD found her boyfriend had cheated at a party, he says he was drunk and didn't know what he was doing. After a lot of tears and arguments she decided to stay with him and try work it out. But a week later the brothers girlfriend posted a status on Facebook about girls who stay with cheating boys are pathetic losers and DD felt like it was indirectly aimed at her and she said to BF about this which led to them arguing and her telling him she wanted a break for a few weeks until she can think properly about now she feels. She didn't speak to boyfriend for about a week until this weekend and he ended up telling her his mum had read their messages and said she was just throwing a paddy because she didn't get her way about something like she always does.
My DD has been really badly hurt by a lot of her boyfriend and his familys behaviour and to hear that his mum had said that really makes my blood boil. It had also really upset my DD.
I'm just at a loss what to do. DD is obviously getting really upset by things the brothers girlfriend, the mum and sometimes even the boyfriend are doing and saying. We've had a lot of tears and I don't know how to help her.
Its not so much the boyfriend and he treats DD really well 90% of the time and I can deal with silly arguments as that's what happens in relationships. It's mostly the family's behaviour towards DD.
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jennyf68 · 16/05/2016 00:42
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