BF Keeps Mocking GF’s Cooking In Front Of His Family, Gets Mad When She Jokes On Him In Response

The manipulation and gaslighting is strong with this one.

If he likes his mom's cooking that much, why don't he date her then ? That's way he'll have mommy's lasagna forever.

Tip for women on this site or blog or whatever it is: stop f’ing second guessing yourself in these situations. Your (hopefully) ex-BF is a manipulative jackhole. Run.

It takes 6 - 18 months for a person to reveal their true character in a relationship. Believe them when they do. And move on to kinder humans.

OP deserves better. It'd be one thing if it's a mutual barb. I'm clumsy. I know it. I joke about it. I have a reconstructed shoulder to confirm it. It doesn't bother me if my husband says something like, I'll wait until you get back downstairs before I leave, just in case

Anyone who responds to things like this with "it's just a joke" is always the a*****e. They're just not "man" enough to insult you to your face so these cowards have to hide being "it's just a joke" so they can turn it around on you. They're cowards. Don't abide this behavior. Life is too short to have a******s like this make your life miserable.

Lemme guess Italian boy? Yawn. Also, if he liked his mom's lasagna so much how come he never f*****g learned how to cook it? Just move on. Sorry you wasted your time on him

I would've snapped the moment he lied that OP had burned the sauce. No problem with being made fun of, I make mistakes and have my stupid moments, but the SECOND blatant lies enter the picture, you're begging for pain and just don't know it yet. "I didn't burn the sauce. I wonder why you feel the need to make up a lie. Come to think of it, why do you feel the need to make fun of me in front of your family?" And then watch him stutter and struggle.

Update here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AITAH/comments/1fp4db0/update_aita_for_walking_out_of_dinner_after_my/

I would've dumped my plate of lasagna in his lap before I walked out the door.

What a loser, I hope she left him

"Just a joke" is the rallying cry of every bully on the planet. I truly hope he's now her ex. He was never her boyfriend -- he was her bully. And "lighten up" "don't be so serious" and all those excuses are gaslighting the victim of the bullying into believing they are the one in the wrong.

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Run girl, run fast and run far, let him date his mother and her damn lasagna 1st 🚩 You're too sensitive 2nd 🚩 You're overreacting 3rd 🚩 It's just a joke

"Learn to take a joke", "Lighten up" are code for "I will never stop belittling and humliating you so get used to it."

Even if his mother's lasagna was superior, he was a total AH for mocking her, making fun of her and the rest of his ah family is same for laughing at OP's expense. I think OP needs to get away from him, but I am guessing she is living with him so that will make it much harder.

Bullying and making jokes at someone's expense is not a joke. Saying that it is is gaslighting. So toxic. Leave his sorry a$$.

The BF is a narcissist, and if this is how he is now, it will only be worse if they marry. She needs to dump him now because there is no fixing a narcissist or getting them to change their ways. He will tear her down over time until she doubts everything about herself. The fact she is asking if she is the AH shows she is already being affected in that way.

Make sure you have it out with him properly and come to a decision that you will be able to live with. My husband is like this too, he wasn’t as bad when we first got married. His sense of humour has always been weird but not as down as now. I was married in 1985 & still am, I would lose more than I gain by getting out now. But you are young & only been there a short time, my advice to you is get your runners on girl and get out of there. He won’t change only get worse, you will end up in a prison. He’s not for you. GO.

My husband’s brother likes to “joke” by putting people down. I’m grateful he lives in another state.

There is no scenario in which this so called relationship csn be salvaged and if thats how this garbage acts he deserves to d*e alone. No one should EVER put up with that.

there is nothing wrong with her behavior,her boyfriend is being an a*****e

Did I go too far? HELL NO! Your boyfriend is displaying all the hallmarks of a Narcisit and his mum the controlling needy lead. He demeans you in public making jokes at your expense to gain favour and attention. His tells you you are exaggeration if and are too sensitive is gaslighting and meant for you to question your inituition question your boundries and attack your value as a human. His His blaming you for ruining the dinner is deflecting the cause of your leaving which was his need to devalue you and his accusation of you being the problem and that you have to change is Projecting which over time will reduce you to puppet status. The fact that they were all laughing and that no one stood up for you proves that this is a family affair. Get out while you still can. This is a systemic illness that simply won't change. You're young and there is a great respectful man out there waiting for you. Chalk it up to a learning experience, brush it off and go.

He is an a*****e. Now I am going to say something that a lot of people will disagree with. I don't care. To this a*****e's mom, WHAT the f**k lady? My son tried to pull that s**t with his wife. You need to learn to cook like mom, I like the way mom makes fill in blank. She looked so hurt. I was so pissed that my son who knew better than to say s**t like that. So I looked at him and ripped him a new one for his disrespect. Told him I had better never hear him say that again. I said I make food my way, she makes it her way. Both are right and he can just f**k his attitude right out of my house. Next time I ate at her house, I asked for her recipe for her main dish. Ladies, hold up our DIL. I don't care. Here is the kicker, she and aren't close, differ on a lot of s**t and sometimes don't like each other, but you still hold them up.

This guy is not only emotionally immature but abusive and his family is composite. Sounds like a Narcisit to me: His need to elevate his mum at your expense implies that his significance centres around him having to stroke her ego. His need to cut you down elevates his as he likely hasn't been brought up in a healthy environment himself but that is no excuse for his behaviour. He gaslights you when he says you are blowing it out of proportion or are being too sensitive, you're not. Your perception is bang on, ignore those comments. He also projects and deflects. He is the cause, your walking out is the outcome. No one is to blame but him and is baby ego and dysfunctional relationship with his family. News flash- This ain't going to get better, only worse. Today it's your food, tomorrow it will be everything else. Get out before he destroys you.

one joke may be ok, but insisting to keep on is just disgusting and even the mother don't take any effort to make this situation less akward. What a bunch of morons.. I would totally fire back at him:" well if you learn someday how to heat the oven you may produce something delicious too.." and at his mom: thx for the lasagna ,it's perfect, unlike your sons manners. drop the mic ,leave them behind and find someone who appreciate your cooking

To be clear: OP is kind enough to cook for her boyfriend and he has nothing better to do than mock her for her "lack of skill". Can he even cook at all? Also, the whole family seems to have no manners at all, treating her like that as a guest.

Even the comment he made in private beforehand - what was the point in that? Also, what kind of family is that? If my siblings and SOs were all together with the rest of the family, and one of us started putting down our SO in front of everyone, that sibling would get awkward silence, followed by either a direct confrontation in front of everyone, or being taken aside and given a talking to later. What the absolute hell?

“Joking” as a disguise for verbal abuse. Leave him - it’ll only escalate