27-year-old keeps getting cropped out of 29-year-old boyfriend's family photos, she refuses to pose for them anymore, embarassing him: "I'm being treated like an outsider"

What's your go-to pose when someone points a camera at you? If you're a Millennial, you probably throw up a peace sign without even thinking about it. You might even find yourself fighting the urge to not purse your lips – an old vestige of your duck face days. I've noticed that my grandparents, born in the 1950s, have a tendency to try to look stoic. They don't always smile (unless specifically prompted to), preferring to turn their face a bit from the camera and gaze off into the distance. Perhaps this posing habit is specific to my grandparents, but I do think it might be reflective of camera culture from their youth.

In our story today, our protagonist doesn't have to worry about what pose to strike when the cameraman yells "Cheese!" before a photoshoot with her boyfriend's family. That's because they always end up cropping her out anyway. When she finally calls everyone out at the latest family function, her man ends up redfaced instead of defending her.

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AIO for refusing to take another "family photo" because I keep getting cropped out later?

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A big red flag is that not a single family member was confused. They're all in on it. At least some of them felt embarrassed about it – not BF, though!
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This behavior certainly does not bode very well for the future of the relationship. It's worth having an open conversation with the family about it to get their side first.
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