He mocked me

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I sometimes say 'oh yeah' in a high pitched way if something has surprised me. On Friday I said 'oh yeah' and my boyfriend mocked me and said 'oh yeah' back. I was surprised he did this but let it slide. He did it again yesterday and said 'oh yeah' after I said it he then said it again later on and this time I said 'oi you have done that again now'. He did it again and said he was only joking. Then he said 'oh yeah' subconsciously in conversation and stopped himself which I said see you say it too.

When I got home I messaged him to tell him it was unkind of him to mock me and that I don't have to put up with this behaviour from a partner. He said he was only teasing and apologised and said he didn't mean to cause offence. He said he guess he did it because he thought me saying 'oh yeah' was cute and that it reminds him of when his young daughter does it.

I said I can't change my appearance or mannerisms and he said he doesn't want me to change anything about myself as he loves everything about me and he said that deep down I know this. He said he thinks the world of me and respects me. I accepted his apology and will monitior if it crops up. It just disappointed me as we had such a lovely day too. I have never mocked him for his mannerisms or his autism and ADHD.

Well you don’t really. I mean this is a condition isn’t it, you want to say oh yeah in a high pitched voice without comment.

is it a Tourette’s thing or is it after the social media trend that teens do?

I agree, get a grip! You sound like very hard work. If I was him I'd run for the hills🙄

But again it goes without saying that you shouldn't mock anyone with with Autism or ADHD?

And also if you wanted to know if this is the sort of thing people with these conditions do, why didn't you ask?

Im pur gouse we could be anywhere our 16 year old will start it and anyone of us from a 4 year old, 6 year old and us 2 parents.

Youre getting a "Hoooyeahhhh" back

I honestly thought the thread was a wind up!

Must just be my childish sense of humour but if I heard someone in the supermarket in the next aisle “oh yeah” in a high pitched voice they would get one back. It’s like second nature.

I am serious when I say if he is even remotely familiar with this trend (which he will be, if he ever uses TikTok) then it might just be an ingrained behaviour now that could be difficult to stop.

Obviously I know nothing of his browning habits or social circle but for me this would just be an instant response, at home, at work, or out and about.

My teenage son has ADHD and I tease him sometimes. Last time I teased him was because every other sentence had the word "bro"/"bruh" and he laughed because it was true. If it happens again I will do the same.
If he mentioned the oh yeah thing over and over it would be annoying and possibly abusive but teasing you once and using the phrase accidentally a second time is hardly abusive. If you're self conscious about it then it's kind to not mention it but like a pp said it's a meme thing too.

Christ. If taking the piss is abusive then lock my family up. This is a total none issue. It is not abusive or a sign of a bad or disrespectful partner.

My teen son with ADHD also accepted mild ribbing when his voice was breaking. He'd be talking when his voice suddenly changed. He used to call it his Jekyll and Hyde voices and would laugh at my reaction to the change in voice.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't tell someone that you don't like their joke. Having a topic that you're over sensitive to is not unusual but as a neutral outsider, his teasing isn't abusive.

I don't think he mocking you some people say something over daily. He know that's your saying so please don't take it to heart.

He just picked up the Oh yeah sorry to but just think it's funny.

Like say I could say "is it man" after my DP tells me something all the time. He picks up you saying. Says to me after I tell him I probably would laugh as he catching my habit. We probably would laugh.