People Reveal Why They Dumped Someone Because Of Their Crazy Family

A big part of dating someone is getting to know their family. Because if you end up marrying them, they will inevitably become your family too. No one wants to take on a crazy family, especially if you already have one of your own, but what happens when your partner's family only shows their wild side once it's too late? It's hard to walk away from someone you love because of their family, but everyone has their limit. These Redditers shared their stories of breaking up with someone they loved because their family was nuts and some of them are wild!

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    Font - PossumBoots 15 hours ago We were together 10 years. His mum cried all the time and made everything about her. Her children pooled their money to buy her an expensive TV for Christmas. When she opened it, she burst into miserable tears saying it wouldn't fit her favourite TV cabinet. Then repeated how disappointed she was to all the family all Christmas. She also referred to her daughter in law as "the vessel" that provided her grandchildren.
    via u/PossumBoots

    This woman sounds like a classic narcissist, which is never good news when it comes to your mother-in-law. She'll make it all about her, and you can never win. Also, she'll call you a "vessel," so if that's not enough to turn you off, I don't know what is.

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    Font - Wife-B-Gone 14 hours ago 3 4 3 3 & 7 More I wouldn't call it a relationship, but a girl I had been on a few dates with had invited me back to her place. Score, right? Except when we got there, she had failed to mention that her entire family lived there. So I was introduced to her mother and father and siblings at like midnight when we got back to her place, and she told them that "we're going to my room to have sex" and her dad said, "you brought protection right man?" and I kind of nodd
    via u/Wife-B-Gone

    There's nothing more awkward than promising your girlfriend's father that you'll use protection when you have sex with her, on your way to having sex with her. In his house. Oh, wait, there is. When you've finished having sex and he offers you a hot tamale and tells you to stay away from his daughter because she's crazy. Yep, that's weirder. 

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    Font - LazyLeslieKnope 15 hours ago Yes - my ex-husband. I wouldn't say nuts but his whole family had such a different concept of money/work from me and how I was raised. They were constantly living above their means and buying ridiculous things. Then when something important came along they had to scramble and borrow. For example, one time his mother borrowed cash from me, a new teacher, even though she lived abroad in a fancy penthouse with a pool. She told me she'd deposit it in her father's
    via u/LazyLeslieKnope
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    Font - MUSTARDUNAVAILABLE 17 hours ago We weren't dating but we and a mutual liking for one another. Her parents were just toxic and parasitic. They expected her to marry a rich man and they'd live in luxury. She was working a good job already but her parents and other family members were pressuring her to get a rich so they'd be rich too. When they found about me, they sent me messages through Facebook and asked me how much I make and that as wedding gift I should build them a large mansion the
    via u/MUSTARDUNAVAILABLE
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    Font - peachsurf 15 hours ago My (I'm female) best male friend growing up. We'd been friends since middle school, and though he had other girlfriends through high school as we grew up we still remained really close. His family (verrry traditional Italian) loved me, I spent so many nights at their house and went on family trips with them. When I was 17 I got my first boyfriend, everything completely changed. I went over for a normal hangout after school and his two sisters, mom, and dad all gange
    via u/peachsurf
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    Font - blueberrisorbet 19 hours ago Ex's mom heavily recruited me to join her cult where you bow down (literally prostrate like head to the floor kind of thing) to a "guru" and donate $$ money monthly to fund this guru's lavish lifestyle. Even my ex knew she was nuts, but wasn't willing to stand up to her. Ultimately it just became too much of a problem (couldn't hang out at their house, arguments over not standing up to her) that I broke it off, and thank goodness.
    via u/blueberrisorbet
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    Font - honestlyanidiot 18 hours ago · edited 16 hours ago Not the sole reason, but it played a big part. Family is prominent in psychology so a large part of their interactions are just trying to diagnose each other and those who come into their lives. It also didn't help that the parents of my S/O had seemingly been running up a tally on how much it cost to send them to college and raise them and tried to leverage a $300,000 balance for repayment when they graduated. Oh, but that balance was on
    via u/honestlyanidiot
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    Font - backpropped 19 hours ago · edited 14 hours ago The Mother wanted to get her daughter with nothing short of celebrity & having a BMW7 to drive at the minimum. And work visa as soon as she landed in US. I paid Business class for 5 of them to come visit & basically measure me up. Said no even though I loved her since college days
    via u/backpropped
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    Font - pulitzerprizedhog 17 hours ago His parents were divorced and he mainly stayed with his mom (probably because she let him slack off). We would have pretty much the same arguments about our relationship that could get quite heated and wouldn't ever be resolved. I would come over to his house and while he was in the other room, his mom would come up to me and rant over very personal things I had told him, telling me that I need to pick my battles and I need to do better for her child. I thou
    via u/pulitzerprizedhog
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    Font - iriseavie 14 hours ago Dad was a very old school pastor and his mom was a very timid, religious nut job hoarder. I was only allowed in his parents house one time to pee before a road trip. When I went in you couldn't see the floor or counter tops because everything was covered in junk. The worst part was that all of the kids grew up just knowing they had to lie to their parents about everything. Example: the kids weren't allowed to live with their spouses before marriage so all of the old
    via u/iriseavie
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    Font - Mortarion91 15 hours ago I dated a young woman who came from a family of extremely devout atheists. Yes, devout atheists. Their entire thing was telling everyone about their atheism, how stupid all religious people were - and how logic and reason were the sole measure we should be judged by. Simultaneously, they were also afraid of cell phone radiation, insisted that the paleo diet was the only real way to eat, didn't believe in personal privacy, didn't believe showering every day was nec
    via u/Mortarion91
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    Font - mistersprinkles1983 13 hours ago My first girlfriend when I was 20 was a Character but her family was on another level. First time I met her aunt she came to the door in (very sheer, at that) bra and panties and then hung out with us like that for a couple of hours. Never put any clothes on. Nobody else seemed bothered by this. I also once saw her aunt and uncle, naked, in her back yard, basically screwing by the pool while my gfs mom snapped photos. I could go on but I think this is enou
    via u/mistersprinkles1983

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