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My boyfriend literally rings his parents everyday, sometimes the conversations are quick but when he video calls them (at least twice a week they go on for a few hours or longer)
He drones for the whole time and talks very loudly (I can hear him from the kitchen which is three rooms away) It sounds like a monologue or some incessant speech. He will not stop talking.
A few days ago, he rang his mum up to list of a whole recipe.
I don't talk the same language as his family, so I can't understand most of the conversations as we are renting one bedroom in a shared flat I find it really intrusive when he video calls as I have nowhere to hang outbut the bedroom. When I was videoo-calling with him too, he completely ignored me and carried on talking to his family like he is giving some speech.
I don't know what to do because I can't speak his family's language and when he calls them I feel rude for not being in the video call but if I am its so awqward because I can't understand what's being said and just have to sit there unable to join in with anything.
My boyfriend seems oblivious.
I just can't get used to it.
So move and get your own place.
Good grief it's HIS family. It's a positive thing that he is close to them.
If you're so ignorant that you're offended by a different language, do not date someone of a different ethnicity. Either learn the language or quit being a person of low intelligence.
You don't know anything about him and where is he from. In some other cultures family members are very close, taking care of each other and communicating on a daily basis. If they live far away, and he is living in her country now, there might be many things to discuss. OP needs to talk with her BF about her issues, not with us. We don't even know if he speaks English good enough to discuss that problem with her...
There seems to be not only language but possibly cultural differences.
Shhhh dont get in the way of the usual..
I was expecting to see a post suggesting that the dude be incarcerated for keeping in touch with his parents. This part of CD never fails to live up to its usual antics. lol
Idk. I call my parents almost every day and have lived on my own for almost 7 years. I'm just super close with them. Usually call them on my way to or from work. Doesn't seem to make me any less independent?
You should be dumped immediately and/or incarcerated for being family oriented. How dare you call your parents ever. Crazy person
The stuff you read on this board at times is not even worth responding to... lol
I date a women who had to drop everything when her mom called and did the same loud speeches. This is a sign of insecurity. Have a chat with him about it and if things don't change, run!
lol, i think she is the lucky person, to have escaped your illogical way of thinking.
My mom and I are like girlfriends, conversationally speaking. We live 500 miles apart, and although we don't talk daily, we do talk several times a week, and our conversations are regularly an hour or more...I can talk equally long to my dad. We're just a close, chatty family. Throughout most of my twenties, I lived in the same town as them, and we spoke or saw one another daily. Now, my husband and I live about three blocks from the condo my mother-in-law lives in, and we see her several times a week. My father-in-law lives about five miles away, and he drops by a couple of times a week, usually. I find that people who aren't particularly emotionally close to their families have a hard time relating to people who are, and vice versa.
lol, i think she is the lucky person, to have escaped your illogical way of thinking.
I consider myself very lucky not to be with someone who has mommy and daddy issues. I'm enjoying being single quite a bit and part of it is because I don't have someone intruding.
I agree with a few members on here..Sorry I find nothing "Strange" about contacting my parents everyday let alone my sister....We are close it has always been this way...
Maybe it is not him you should be looking at but yourself as to why it bothers you...
You knew you did not speak the language as his parents? Maybe you are projecting your expectations as to what is "Normal" Because you do not do the same with your family?
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