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His sister thinks i'm intimidated by her.

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CaitJane · 23/07/2020 14:45

Me and boyfriend are 25 and been together 1 year. His sister is 27.
She is very confident and chatty whereas I am quite shy and reserved so completely opposite personalities.

I admit I probably can come across quite distant and not talkative at times but this is just me, but around friends and people I know well I am chatty and lively.

My boyfriend asked me yesterday if I like her since his sister told him she gets the impression I don't like her and that i'm intimidated by her.

I laughed at the word intimidated as I found this a bit much. I explained to boyfriend that it's not that I dont like her but that we are complete opposites and I just havent clicked with her and that I dont like the way she speaks to people sometimes (she can be very defensive and argumentative and as a guest I can find it quite uncomfortable).

I just feel we dont have that click which i'm okay with whereas boyfriend kept joking for about half an hour that I dont like her and asking if i'll never be friends with her.
I told him I can't see us suddenly finding a click after a year but i'll always be nice and try to find things in common. But I now feel off that she genuinly thinks i'm intimidatedHmm

OP posts:
CaitJane · 23/07/2020 17:58

@Atadaddicted okay you're entitled to your opinion,
Lots of people have moments they need advice on in life, probably better to just not say anything rather than belittle people?
Thank you for your unhelpful input though.

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Rainbowshine · 23/07/2020 18:19

boyfriend kept joking for about half an hour that I dont like her and asking if i'll never be friends with her.

As I said, you need to think about what part in this your boyfriend has had. He’s the one having these conversations with the sister and then winding you up about it.

A decent person would have said to the sister to just accept that you’re different and please be civil and polite.

A decent person would not be using this as a way to hurt and ridicule you.

It’s not the sister that’s the problem.

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