There is a fine line between family banter and a full-on roast, and not everyone seems to know where that line is.

When a woman showed up to a family dinner and spent the next hour being clowned on for her career switch, she decided the only move left was to head for the door.

Keep reading for the full story.

AITA for leaving my family dinner early after they kept making jokes about me

I went to a family dinner last weekend at my parents’ house.

Everything started off normal, but after a while my cousins and even my uncle started making jokes about my job and how I still haven’t “figured life out yet.”

She’s been through a number of hard changes lately, so these jokes hit her especially hard.

For context, I recently switched careers and took a pay cut to do something I actually enjoy.

It’s been a bit of a struggle financially, but I’ve been proud of myself for sticking with it.

At first I laughed it off, but the jokes just kept coming.

The jokes got meaner and meaner.

Things like “maybe you’ll get a real job someday” or “don’t worry, we’ll cover your meal since you’re broke.”

Everyone was laughing — including my parents — which honestly made it worse.

Finally, she spoke up, but was promptly dismissed.

After about an hour of this, I told them I didn’t appreciate the comments and asked them to stop.

They said I was being too sensitive and that it was “just jokes.”

She couldn’t take it any longer.

That kind of pushed me over the edge, so I got up, said I was leaving, and walked out.

And once again, her family blames her for it.

Later, my mom called me saying I embarrassed the family and should’ve just stayed and ignored it.

Some relatives have been texting me saying I overreacted and made things awkward.

Now I’m wondering if I should’ve just stayed and dealt with it instead of leaving.

If anyone needs to apologize, its these bully family members.

What did Reddit have to say?

This family showed a real lack of maturity.

This could all be part of a troubling pattern.

This user calls it what it really was.

This family definitely wouldn’t like it if the roles were reversed.

Setting boundaries with family is hard enough without the whole table laughing at you while you do it.

No one should be forced to tolerate this much disrespect from their own family.

If you liked that post, check out this story about a guy who was forced to sleep on the couch at his wife’s family’s house, so he went to a hotel instead.