AIBU?
Sister-in-law Nickname for me
cinemacurious12345 · 28/04/2021 16:34
My sister-in-law let slip that her and her boyfriend sometimes refer to me as a gross skin condition because it sounds similar to my name. I actually changed my name to that voluntarily because of negative connotations with my birth name. She's actually a therapist so I was shocked she even told me this. AIBU that this bothers me? It feels mocking and mean spirited and I feel they've been laughing at me behind my back. I do wish she'd just not told me - they could have had their fun and I'd never know.
Am I being unreasonable?
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the nasty ill mannered being.Candycane57 · 28/04/2021 17:20
It depends whether you want to leave it be and not say anything or tell her how it's made you feel? Message her and ask that she doesn't use names like that for you and suggest she keeps any further negative comments or opinions to herself. Set a boundary before she thinks you're up for being her punchbag. She sounds like a knob, sorry you experienced that.
Oneeyeopen · 28/04/2021 18:37
That’s a very immature and nasty thing to do.
My dh put weight on when he was at a low point in his life. His db delighted in telling dh that their df had remarked that dh was fat.
It really hurt dh.
The jokes on him now though as dh is slim again and dbil has put lots of weight on.
However, we don’t mention his weight because we’re not that unkind.
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