For many people, it’s important that theirrelationships/family/”>family is not only supportive of them but accepting of their partner, too, which, unfortunately, is not always the case.
This redditor’sfamily, for instance, was seemingly very welcoming when he introduced his boyfriend to them. However, things took a turn for the worse when his sister asked him not to bring his partner to family get-togethers anymore. To make matters worse, that eventually snowballed into a family-wide row.
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For many people it’s important that their families are accepting of their partner
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This netizen’s sister asked him to stop bringing his boyfriend to family events
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Introducing your partner to your family can be smooth sailing or a total disaster
While you can choose your partner, you can’t really choose who their friends and family are. And that can end in one of two ways – you might expand the circle of people you love dearly or end up resenting your significant other’s kin. Based on an INSIDERpoll, the chances are 50/50—at least when it comes to the partner’s parents—as roughly 50% of respondents consider time with their in-laws a “very positive” or a “positive” experience. (On the other end, around 3% say it’s something “very negative”.)
Those who are not on such good terms with their in-laws are probably the reason why there are so many jokes or prejudice regarding in-law relationships; the abundance of quips about dealing with the mother-in-law, for instance, or the pop culture image of the tough father-in-law needing to make sure his daughter is in good hands. But the parents are not the only ones to get acquainted with; meeting the partner’ssiblingscan also range from smooth sailing to resembling a war zone.
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Many LGBTQIA+ people experience lack of acceptance, even from their own families
Clinical psychologist Jennifer O’Brien, Ph.D., emphasized that lack of acceptance of sexual minorities can have a strong negative psychological impact on LGBT+ people. Shepointed outthat homophobia, discrimination, and stigma they face can put them “at a higher risk of developingmental healthissues due to chronic stress associated with these experiences”.
Other researchseconds the idea that negative attitudes towards the LGBT+ community can be linked to mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, and stress or trauma-related disorders. It also suggests that “Most of homophobic attitudes are based on the principle of heteronormativity according to which heterosexuality is the standard for legitimating social and sexual relationships and homosexuality is considered as an abnormal variant.”
Many people didn’t think the OP was being a jerk to his sister
Some, however, shared a different opinion
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