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Boyfriend acts like he’s YouTube-famous

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Icycloud · 18/08/2023 07:59

And not as a joke. He has had A YouTube channel for a couple of years and it has a few hundred subscribers. I’m supportive of him and wouldn’t tell him but he’s not actually that good at it. Hardly anyone watches his videos. There’s nothing particularly distinctive about his videos to draw an audience. He is just a random man talking about things he isn’t really qualified to talk about, and why would someone listen to his opinion? I don’t think he has really gone and done much research, and I can’t see why anyone would actually be interested in the videos. He acts like he’s famous, many people have made fun of him. it’s embarrassing. I feel like he’s too old to be acting like this.

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Olika · 18/08/2023 08:01

How old is he?

Thewizardbinbag · 18/08/2023 08:01

Isnt this a fundamental personality flaw? This sort of thing is a dealbreaker.
Obsessed with himself, delusional about his “status”. Bit narcissistic really.

It really sounds like, at the end of the day, he acts a bit of a knob. Why you with him?

OriginalBin · 18/08/2023 08:03

Thewizardbinbag · 18/08/2023 08:01

Isnt this a fundamental personality flaw? This sort of thing is a dealbreaker.
Obsessed with himself, delusional about his “status”. Bit narcissistic really.

It really sounds like, at the end of the day, he acts a bit of a knob. Why you with him?

This.

(Though how many followers his channel has is largely irrelevant to this — it would be just as tiresome if he had millions.)

Elieza · 18/08/2023 08:13

Be interesting to see his response if you mentioned you know someone whose a housewife that gets paid for her site/blog/whatever it’s called (I don’t look/know about such things) and also gets free stuff from companies to test and report back to her followers in the hope they’ll buy it. She has thousands of followers. It’s a cleaning blog.

She’s a relative so I know it’s true. She never brags, it’s her mum that tells me. She no longer works due to it. Good for her.

Sling that into the convo and ask when he’s intending to ramp things up to that level as at the moment he’s like someone bragging about having a driving licence or something I’d take for granted by his age…..

Thewallsof · 18/08/2023 08:14

What are the things he's doing to act like he's famous?

Bapbap45 · 18/08/2023 08:34

This would give me the ick. Another guy with a podcast/microphone - there's content on IG that parodies this phenomenon. I'm sorry this doesn't help you at all though, but it's definitely a 'thing'. Not sure where you go with it though. As pp said, what's he doing to act famous?

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Icycloud · 18/08/2023 08:35

Thewallsof · 18/08/2023 08:14

What are the things he's doing to act like he's famous?

He has branding and everything. Uses “official” in his online usernames.

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MajesticWhine · 18/08/2023 08:36

That's embarrassing. What do you like about him. Does he have a proper job too?

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Icycloud · 18/08/2023 08:37

He’s going to be a mechanic but he wants to be a famous footballer 🤣

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LakeTiticaca · 18/08/2023 08:39

Just tell him you think it's a load of shit and to get a proper job

Ithinkilike · 18/08/2023 08:40

It depends, is he 15 and building a brand and gained 300 followersnin a week, and working to become a professional footballer or is he 45 with 300 followers he's gained I'm 10 years and stories about wanting to be a professional footballer but having knee problems?

Polik · 18/08/2023 08:42

Does he gave a job? Or earn any money?

tribpot · 18/08/2023 08:43

If he's going to be a mechanic can we assume he's in his teens or early twenties? I would have been full of disdain for such a poser in my teens but I can understand how it might not be such a dealbreaker for you. If he's over 25, though, it's fully crossed the line into 'repulsive' territory and I'd recommend you get shot.

IDontLoveTheWayYouLie · 18/08/2023 08:45

He sounds about 15. Does he have an actual job?

FoodFann · 18/08/2023 08:48

Icycloud · 18/08/2023 08:37

He’s going to be a mechanic but he wants to be a famous footballer 🤣

I’m presuming he’s a tween/young teen. 12-13? I would say good luck to his ambitions to become a mechanic and maybe he’ll get the hang of YT as a side-job/hobby

Thesearmsofmine · 18/08/2023 08:56

You don’t sound like you like him very much,

determinedtomakethiswork · 18/08/2023 09:08

Is this your boyfriend or your 12-year-old son?

Videogame0 · 18/08/2023 09:11

I knew someone like this, but she actually did get a following and become moderately successful. The fake-it-til-you-make-it worked for her.

Wanting to be a famous footballer is a bit different though as that’s much harder to make happen!

Videogame0 · 18/08/2023 09:12

Thesearmsofmine · 18/08/2023 08:56

You don’t sound like you like him very much,

But I agree with this. He makes you cringe. You might be right, you might be wrong; but regardless - let him go and find someone else. If you find what he does embarrassing, he’s not for you and you’re not for him.

VictoriaVenkman · 18/08/2023 09:29

How old is he?

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Icycloud · 18/08/2023 09:34

He’s in his 30’s

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thorneyislanddoris · 18/08/2023 09:36

OMG he sounds like a right loser (sorry OP)

What are the subjects that he talks about that he's not qualified to talk about and hasn't researched? I'm just interested.

Oh and he's much too old to be a professional footballer. Put him straight on that subject.

Thewizardbinbag · 18/08/2023 09:37

So a bit of a loser then? Floundering, going to be this, going to be that, thinks himself famous when he is simply an idiot online.

Great choice for a boyfriend. Well done.

Flamintula · 18/08/2023 09:38

LTB.

Seriously. He's a man child. No one needs a man child in their lives.

Been there, done that; developed chronic aversion to men children.

Olika · 18/08/2023 09:39

Noooo in his 30s he should already have learnt the difference between reality and unobtainable dreams.