It’s never easy to introduce a new significant other into a family situation.

Yes, some are easier than others, but it’s still an adjustment and, let’s face it, it’s hard to try to fit in with the folks who are related to your boyfriend or girlfriend.

And, let’s be real, some people are just hard to deal with.

In today’s story, a woman talked about why her mom doesn’t seem to be a huge fan of her new-ish boyfriend…but she’s not gonna stand by and let her rag on him on her watch!

I have a feeling this situation is about to get worse before it gets better…

Read on and see what you think!

AITA for defending my boyfriend to my mom?

“I’ve been dating my boyfriend for about 6 months. When we first started dating, my mom set one rule that I had to ask before he stayed over. I’ve respected that and ask pretty much every time, unless it’s already kind of implied.

Some people simply aren’t going to get along…no matter what…

The issue is that I feel like she’s been nitpicking him since the beginning. For example, one of the first times he stayed over, he accidentally left pee on the toilet seat.

I usually do a quick check of the house before I leave, but I hadn’t done it yet. She got really mad and started calling him lazy and a slob.

He told me he was really tired and rushing to work that morning and apologized, but didn’t say it directly to her since he wouldn’t see her for a while. I told her I thought she was overreacting since it was a one-time thing.

I have a sneaking suspicion that this woman’s mom is a bit of a stickler for the rules…

Another time, he threw away a candy wrapper near the front door where the recycling is, probably thinking it was trash. She got upset again and said similar things about him. (By the way, the candy wrapper was inside with the rest of the recycling trash so she literally dug through it for some reason)

More recently, she’s been referring to him as “this guy”, even when he’s on the phone with me, because she says she doesn’t want to say his name in front of other people.

Today, she asked where the guest parking permit was, so I called him to ask. While he was explaining it, she kept talking over him saying stuff like “this guy is so sloppy” and complaining about where he left it.

I literally couldn’t hear him because she wouldn’t stop talking, and he ended up having to hang up because he was at work.

Maybe she needs to move out and get her own place? Just a thought…

I got frustrated and told her I didn’t understand why she was being rude, calling him “this guy,” and talking over him when I was trying to listen. She ignored that and instead went off on me saying I was disrespectful and that I always choose guys over her.

That really bothered me because I don’t feel like I was blindly defending him, I was just frustrated with how she was acting in that moment.

AITA?”

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Let’s see what readers had to say about this.

This person weighed in.

Another individual spoke up.

This Reddit user shared their thoughts.

Another individual had a lot to say.

And this reader said she’s NTA.

Well, that was interesting…

Should she stay or should she go?

Should we stick with this guy or give him the boot?

In my humble opinion, it’s probably time this woman branches out on her own to get out from under her mom’s shadow…

Because she seems to be a bit of a handful!

It might be time for this woman to hit the road and find a new place to live.