Should I Defend Him Or...?

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Should I Defend Him Or...?

Okay so I have a bit of a dilemma on my hands.

My parents really don't like my sister's boyfriend. They say that he's controlling and that "if he's not careful he'll get a slap."

I agree with that, because I know he does tell her "No, don't do that" or whatever, but I don't see him exactly controlling her. I would say that if he thinks that something is a bad idea, he tells her not to do it because he wants her to be safe.

Maybe I have a biased view on the whole situation because I know my sister's had a history of severe depression and suicidal thoughts, and I don't want her ever to go anywhere near back to that, I know she's really happy with her boyfriend and I'm way, way closer to her than anyone.

I don't know whether to defend my sister's boyfriend or not though, because I know they're happy together and I don't want anyone to destroy that, but like I said he does tell her not to do things or tells her to do this instead of that, but I don't see much of that.

In all honesty, I don't care if I end up on my parents' bad side or not, I probably am anyways, considering how negative they are about every single thing I do. Anyways, this post isn't about me, it's about my sister's boyfriend.

I also don't know whether to tell my sister that my parents have been saying these things about him. It kind of seems like the right thing to do because I believe that people should know when people have problems with them, but at the same time I don't want to cause tension between my sister and my parents, because there's always been tension between them anyways, and I don't want to end up breaking my sister's and her boyfriend's or my sister's and my parents' relationship.

Ugh, maybe I should stay out of it, but idk, I just feel like I should do something because I hate it when people talk shit about other people, especially when it's about someone I care about and to me.

Does anyone have any advice about what I should do?

~Flying Cupcake xo