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To be annoyed at DH’s comments to DD’s BF?

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ProPickle · 19/08/2026 23:57

Dd is 16 and she's had a bf for about 5 months. He's just turned 17 And at college, dd will go to the same college in a couple weeks

He's a nice polite lad and seems to treat DD really well but DH hates him and he came away with us and he's been picking at him and everything he does

He has long curly hair and would probably be considered a feminine man using those stereotypes which there's nothing wrong with. DH insists he's gay, DD has told us he's bisexual but he still insistshe's gay. When we were away he out of nowhere asked if he's ever dated a boy (?) bf awkwardly said yes then DH was asking how long they were together and he was saying not long and it wasn't serious so he doesn't consider it a proper relationship. Both myself and DD tried to change the subject and we were successful until later that night. He asked him what makes a relationship serious/does he consider his relationship with dd serious etc he seemed awkward and said he was tired and went for a shower.

Another occasion we were watching a film at the end of another day he had laid his head in dds lap and she was sort of playing with his hair and she told him she was jealous of his hair and DH out of nowhere asked if it was naturally curly, he then said he’d look better if he chopped it off as the bf shouldn't have better hair than his gf(?) it was late and we all ignored him tbh

He mocked the bf for being a “theatre kid” to me but bf likely overheard,

Then last night, our final night he was back on the dating a man talk, he asked him what's stopping him leaning dd and dating a man and he said he loves dd and just because he's attracted to men doesn't mean he finds every man on the planet attractive, dd laughed and dh didn't seem pleased

We went home today and DD was already upset, she won't say what's wrong but DH automatically assumed bf did something and he said to her how he wasn't happy BF talked back to him and told her she needs to break up with him before he leaves her this has made DD worse

It's herGCSE results tomorrow (she says this isn't the problem) and he seems go care more about her bf

AIBU to be annoyed?

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ValBiro · 20/08/2026 00:20

I'm surprised he's kept his homophobia from you all this time OP.

ValBiro · 20/08/2026 00:19

Isittimeformynapyet · 20/08/2026 00:12

Are you sure you meant YABU? You're saying that OP is being unreasonable to be angry?

That seems at odds with saying "poor DD and the poor lad", but then you go on to confirm that you think OP is indeed being unreasonable???

No no sorry I missed an N out of the acronym! Yanbu OP! Awful behaviour from the husband, if have been mortified. I will ask for my post to be removed especially as it was the first. Sorry!!

InterestedDad37 · 20/08/2026 00:17

Bloody hell, is your partner a caveman?

sweetpickle2 · 20/08/2026 00:15

Your husband is a homophobe.

BibbityBoppityTwo · 20/08/2026 00:14

Your DH sounds homophobic. I’d be having a serious word with him telling him I didn’t intend to put up with him treating my daughter’s friends like that. If he persists with it I’d exclude him from activities involving DD and her boyfriend. Her poor boyfriend shouldn’t be put in that position.

ProPickle · 20/08/2026 00:12

I have pulled him up Ion it. For example when he was mocking the theatre kid thing I said that plenty of men are into theatre and he then said no straight man is into theatre and has his mannerisms. The theatre kid mocking also began after he had told dd he had bought them tickets to see legally blonde and he mentioned to us he’d been in it for at his college show

They've been together since April I don't see the issue. Then he was mocking him for being scared of a moth in their room and him not wanting to go in their room until it was gone but that's ‘childish’ according to Dh

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Isittimeformynapyet · 20/08/2026 00:12

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Are you sure you meant YABU? You're saying that OP is being unreasonable to be angry?

That seems at odds with saying "poor DD and the poor lad", but then you go on to confirm that you think OP is indeed being unreasonable???

BibbityBoppityTwo · 20/08/2026 00:10

Not OK. Ridiculous behaviour from your DH. He will ruin his relationship with your daughter at this rate. He needs to grow up. No normal person would think this is OK. I’d be doing my best to show him I like him and am glad he’s in my daughter’s life. But I’d also be pulling my DH up on his comments in the moment in front of the boyfriend so he knows I don’t agree with such bullying behaviour.

OPTIMUMMY · 20/08/2026 00:07

Definitely not unreasonable to be annoyed at your DH, how horrible of him - what an immature bully he is, your poor DD must have been mortified and her poor bf having to put up with that. Don’t be surprised if she never lets your DH near any other potential relationships. What should matter to him is how he treats your daughter and if he makes her happy.

Papster · 20/08/2026 00:02

No
Combo of jealousy, insecurity and modelling himself on the father in a 70s sitcom.
Alf Garnett used to call his son in law Shirley Temple

TheSmallAssassin · 20/08/2026 00:01

Surely you've pulled your husband up about this and told him to pack it in?

ValBiro · 19/08/2026 23:59

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