‘I dumped my boyfriend because his mum wouldn’t get me first class plane ticket’

Going on a trip with your partner’s family is a milestone in any relationship and can test the waters for a lifetime joined together by marriage.

And, the greatest hope is that their family will welcome you with open arms and make you feel like one of the gang, but that’s not always how things turn out.

Unfortunately for one lass, her boyfriend’s mum took a dislike to her ahead of a holiday to Cabo, in Mexico, and she wasn’t shy about making her feelings known.

According to the woman, the mother, named Becky, would make “snide remarks” about her parents blue collar jobs and would even slam her nursing career.

Things came to a climax at the airport when it turned out Becky had bought first class tickets for seven of the family members, but had left her to fly alone in economy.

Taking to Reddit, the humiliated girlfriend claimed: "She told me I was used to it and she had a free coach ticket so I should be grateful for going.

“They all did their express check-ins and left me in the long line for me to think about what the heck is going on.

"I had to keep from crying the whole time in line. I got up to the counter and there was a baggage fee for me.

“My boyfriend at the time never once helped me through the coach line or said anything to his mom".

The poster – who goes by the apt username u/NoTGoingThank – continued: "I looked over at his mum’s smug face as I was about to pay the checked baggage fee. And I let all of my frustrations out on the attendant and started crying.

"Basically, she said, 'don’t go with that family sweetie, they don’t appreciate you'. I continued to cry and took my luggage and got out and got out of line with the super sweet check-in woman.

"I was so upset about how I'd been treated and started crying to my boyfriend in the airport about how his mother was treating me".

The woman decided to break up with the boyfriend then and there and even told the embarrassed mother “what a b****” she was.

Then, she left and went home.

But, her ex-boyfriend had continued to call her since then asking why she had done such a thing to his mum and saying she "wasted everyone's time and money" by ditching the holiday.

The poster worried that she’d been too “sensitive” and asked Reddit users if she was in the wrong. But, many said they understood why she acted the way she did.

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One wrote: "The check-in lady was correct. If you would have gotten on the plane, you would have been treated like this for the entire vacation. It was absolutely the right decision to stand up for yourself.

"As far as wasting money, she said the ticket was free and I'm sure she didn't spend much on your hotel accommodations.

“As far as wasting time, you wasted enough of your own time on a relationship with your boyfriend if he isn't going to stand up for you.

"They are going to say that you should be happy for any kind of vacation and not look down on a coach ticket, but his mother was being pointedly rude to you".

Another added: "The fact that boyfriend didn't even speak up once in your favour shows that he's so deep in mummy's back pocket that he's either wilfully or unknowingly refusing to recognise her appalling behaviour and that's a major red flag as well. As in run for the hills red flag.

"You're on the ground right now, but in the future, you're free to soar and find someone far better than a spineless mummy's boy and his garbage family".

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