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Finally snapped at Boyfriend’s crude comments

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PeachTea9 · 09/03/2025 17:55

I’m at my wits end with my boyfriend and need to vent!

For context, I’m 31 and he’s slightly younger at 28 and we’ve been together for just under a year.

He has started making increasingly crude comments and I am now getting the silent treatment for telling him to shut it and grow up earlier.

These only began a couple of months ago and started off fairly innocently by being a bit more ‘direct’ with compliments towards me which I didn’t mind to begin with.

This has now progressed to making comments publicly about people we either see out and about or people we know.

Examples:

-‘doesn’t she squash him when they have sex’ (a slightly larger lady compared to her partner - these are friends of mine)

-You could crack an egg with that (a woman we drove past walking home from the gym wearing flattering leggings)

-‘He must be hung like a horse as he’s a bit bloody dull isn’t he’ (after meeting a friend and her BF for the first time)

And the final straw which made me snap today, we drove past a lady on a horse and he said ‘I wouldn’t mind her riding me like that’ and I flipped.

I should have said something previously in hindsight as my anger was building up.

He said I need to lighten up and not be so prudish but for me, this has crossed a line. I said I’m a grown woman and this sort of talk just gives me the ick.

Do you think I overreacted?

OP posts:
JustLookingHere · 11/03/2025 07:57

PeachTea9 · 10/03/2025 10:28

He doesn’t think all women should be small - I’m not tiny and he loves my figure.

But he said you should be complimented he finds you attractive so definitely a red flag!

Agix · 11/03/2025 07:37

PeachTea9 · 10/03/2025 10:05

He won’t meet my DD again until he starts behaving like a normal adult again which he managed for most of our relationship.

I’m expecting a sincere apology when we meet up next - I’m an independent woman who has raised a child almost single-handedly so don’t need to stay with anyone, but at the same time I am not perfect either. This isn’t me accepting behaviour, it’s being clear a line has been crossed.

I am sure we have all been out with the girls and something has been said after one too many glasses - if this meant relationships had to end then everyone would be single surely 😆

"I am sure we have all been out with the girls and something has been said after one too many glasses - if this meant relationships had to end then everyone would be single surely 😆"

Erm, no. In the years partner and I have been together, he's never made a crude comment to me/in my presence (and I doubt to his friends either, none of them are the type, but obviously I can't know for sure) and I've never made a crude comment like the ones your partner is making full stop, to anyone.

I mean, you do you, but this would be a red flag for me and I would absolutely not want this man in my daughter's life... Gross.

Jumpers4goalposts · 11/03/2025 06:46

Throw him back. It will only get worse.

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 10/03/2025 21:09

He doesn't respect you OP.

Don't drag it on for the sake of it.

It's still early days and he should be making you feel like the luckiest woman in the world.

Not compatible and there'll be someone best for you out there.

Keiththecatwithamagichat · 10/03/2025 19:19

Sounds like you're going out with Jay from the inbetweeners. I'm not sure I could get past the ick.

Careertimenow · 10/03/2025 19:16

SororitySister · 10/03/2025 17:53

Most women are misogynists, if we're honest.

Watch Geordie Shore it's an eye opener women are getting some themselves. No such thing as being a lady anymore. Young women ain't waiting for him to come to her she's going to him.

DiduAye · 10/03/2025 19:10

His behaviour is inappropriate and huffing is classed as abusive Throw this one back you deserve better !

Ilovecleaning · 10/03/2025 18:48

Childish twat. Bin him.

Missj25 · 10/03/2025 18:37

He sounds crass
who actually talks like that ! ! and to their gf , I’ve never gotten crude , no matter the age ..
💯 would give me the ick !
Plus you don’t want him talking like that Infront of your DD & he will …
As another PP has said , can you imagine how he speaks when you’re not around…

L0bstersLass · 10/03/2025 18:36

PeachTea9 · 09/03/2025 20:26

He has text me to say sorry for his comment earlier and that he has been in his words ‘OTT’ this weekend. He says he has felt sexually frustrated because it has been my TOTM which has meant we’ve not done the deed (sorry for tmi) but says he knows he shouldn’t have said those things…

@PeachTea9 Oh, so it's your fault!
What a joke.
He's vile. I really don't see why you'd want him in your life.

Is this the kind of relationship you'd want your daughter to be tolerating later in life? I suspect not.

I can't undestand why you're putting up with someone so grim.

GeorgeMichaelsCat · 10/03/2025 18:30

An apology won't help when what he says is what he actually thinks!

MzHz · 10/03/2025 18:28

PeachTea9 · 09/03/2025 20:26

He has text me to say sorry for his comment earlier and that he has been in his words ‘OTT’ this weekend. He says he has felt sexually frustrated because it has been my TOTM which has meant we’ve not done the deed (sorry for tmi) but says he knows he shouldn’t have said those things…

Huge red flag.

Neemie · 10/03/2025 18:28

I would find it so unattractive and once you get the ick it’s over.

SororitySister · 10/03/2025 17:53

Careertimenow · 10/03/2025 17:16

Most men are misogynists you have to pick the right one.

Most women are misogynists, if we're honest.

CheesePlantBoxes · 10/03/2025 17:22

Isn't the problem more that he is making judgements of value based on body?

Doesn't she squash him.... code for he's too good for her because she's fat.

Fry an egg... she's sexy and I value that

Hung like a horse....she's too good for him

She can ride me like that...example of a woman good enough for him.

All about their bodies and for the women, how they are or aren't good enough for him based on body. I'm guessing he's never complimented a woman on anything else. And as if these women would want him.

As your DD grows, he will value and treat her this way. If not sexually, at least as a person. He will engage more with her if she's cool and popular but not if she's plain. Really think about that.

Careertimenow · 10/03/2025 17:22

Deedeesharpwhatkindoflady · 10/03/2025 16:10

And if she does end up pregnant to him, what are the odds of him using tinder,escort site's whilst she's pregnant.

Pay all that money all he has to do is go to a club and buy 1 drink. He's 28 he isn't ready to settle down yet. If the op wants to stay with him then she needs to set boundaries.

Careertimenow · 10/03/2025 17:16

MferMonsterSearchingForRedemption · 10/03/2025 15:19

Apart from the OP, who wants a man who is a misogynist? One who you have to tell not to make crude comments about wanting other women to ride him.

He's not a catch, is he? He's sexually frustrated because his GF is on her period.. cry me a fucking river.

He may well change his behaviour around OP, but he has shown who he is and how he thinks. Doesn't matter if he never makes crude comments again, OP knows the way he thinks now. An apology changes nothing.

But of course, OP will put up with it. She deserves better though. Women deserve better than shit men like this.

Most men are misogynists you have to pick the right one.

Careertimenow · 10/03/2025 17:15

The op either finds an older man who has grown out of it and is ouzing with personality or a boring young man who wants to settle down. Op comes with baggage and she will have to get past mummy first she put a lot into her son to make him mature. There was a reason she choose this young immature man.

Deedeesharpwhatkindoflady · 10/03/2025 16:10

And if she does end up pregnant to him, what are the odds of him using tinder,escort site's whilst she's pregnant.

LBFseBrom · 10/03/2025 15:22

It was not a one off and his apology was dreadful.

This is a grown man, not a fourteen year old.

I can imagine he will get worse as he ages and end up like the old men who post obscene, frankly lewd comments and photographs on facebook.

Get rid of him! You can do better and you have a child for goodness sakes, who deserved a better male role model. Thankfully no child with him.

MferMonsterSearchingForRedemption · 10/03/2025 15:19

Careertimenow · 10/03/2025 13:33

It's about setting boundaries I wouldn't give up on him just yet if this is a first time. He apologised all you can do is see how he is from now onwards.

Apart from the OP, who wants a man who is a misogynist? One who you have to tell not to make crude comments about wanting other women to ride him.

He's not a catch, is he? He's sexually frustrated because his GF is on her period.. cry me a fucking river.

He may well change his behaviour around OP, but he has shown who he is and how he thinks. Doesn't matter if he never makes crude comments again, OP knows the way he thinks now. An apology changes nothing.

But of course, OP will put up with it. She deserves better though. Women deserve better than shit men like this.

Careertimenow · 10/03/2025 13:33

PeachTea9 · 10/03/2025 10:05

He won’t meet my DD again until he starts behaving like a normal adult again which he managed for most of our relationship.

I’m expecting a sincere apology when we meet up next - I’m an independent woman who has raised a child almost single-handedly so don’t need to stay with anyone, but at the same time I am not perfect either. This isn’t me accepting behaviour, it’s being clear a line has been crossed.

I am sure we have all been out with the girls and something has been said after one too many glasses - if this meant relationships had to end then everyone would be single surely 😆

It's about setting boundaries I wouldn't give up on him just yet if this is a first time. He apologised all you can do is see how he is from now onwards.

Careertimenow · 10/03/2025 13:22

PeachTea9 · 09/03/2025 18:42

We do usually have a laugh but I have to draw the line at him suggesting he wants another woman to ride him!

🙄

Isthiswhatmenthink · 10/03/2025 13:18

PeachTea9 · 10/03/2025 10:28

He doesn’t think all women should be small - I’m not tiny and he loves my figure.

Think you might be a lost cause, OP. I hope you practice what you’ve preached on here, for your daughter’s sake.

For me an apology wouldn’t be of any value. I simply couldn’t stay with a man who had thoughts in his head like this, let alone one who felt at ease about spouting them to his girlfriend. He’s misogynistic and vile. Why would an apology change that?

redphonecase · 10/03/2025 12:52

PeachTea9 · 10/03/2025 10:06

To be clear - if there isn’t a proper apology, I will walk away.

and if there is, will you still stay with a man who thinks like this? the apology would only be for the fact that he let you see what sort of man he is. He'll still be that sort of man. what example are you setting for your daughter if you stay?

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