23-year-old competes with Mom's obnoxious boyfriend over their birthday gifts for her: 'I know her more than anyone else'

It's perfectly normal to be skeptical of a parent's new significant other, but this 23-year-old had had enough of his future stepdad.

This so-called "adult" went out of his way to make his girlfriend's son feel like a total fool for gifting his mother a sewing machine for her birthday. For some context, the son knew how much his mother loved to sew as a hobby. After her previous machine broke, he came up with the idea to get her a proper replacement. In his eyes, he was doing everything right. He saw something that gave his mom joy, and he wanted to further encourage this pastime. 

However, for some reason, his mother's boyfriend thought this was an embarrassing gift. Based on what he ultimately got for his partner of several years, it's clear that this guy is not aware of who he has been dating. This is the kind of guy who thinks he knows what all women want and who fails to pick up peculiarities that make his girlfriend unique.

Keep scrolling below to see what happened how things really came to a head when the author's mom finally opened everyone's presents.

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  • Here's hoping that the author takes this opportunity after the day has passed to sit down and have a serious heart-to-heart with his mom. She deserves to know how arrogant and unkind her “partner” is. Perhaps she doesn't want to admit the truth, but she needs to be confronted anyway. She probably knows deep down that this guy doesn't actually see her for her interests or her personality, and that's a problem. It's not an example of a kid being too difficult and picky when it comes to who his mom can date. In this instance, he's very much in the right.

  • "[Am I wrong] for laughing at my mom's bf for the birthday gift he gave her?"

    So this happened a few years ago but this man (I'll call I'm Nick) still doesn't talk to me. I'm 25f and I was 23 at the time. I had my first job and my mom's birthday was
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  • just around the corner, so I decided to gift her something bigger than I've been able to buy all those past years. She's always liked to sew and her sewing
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  • machine broke a few months back, so I went and found the perfect sewing machine. It had flowers on it and she loves flowers, seemed good quality, good reviews, etc. I orderer it and it would arrive the next day.
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  • Nick was at my house at the moment (he lives like 4h away by train, so he's not here often, maybe a few days every 2-3 months). I had to go to work so I
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  • told Nick that the gift was arriving that day and I was looking around for a place to hide it. He noticed and told me that he's just going to hide it in a drawer. I told him
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  • that it would not fit, and then he asked me what did I buy. When I told him that it was a sewing machine, he started laughing. He said that I don't know my mother,
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  • that a sewing machine was not appropriate for a birthday, since a birthday gift has to be something more thoughtful and meaningful.
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  • I got pissed since I'm really close with my mom, and I really think I know her more than anyone else. I just left.
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  • Her birthday comes, and she LOVES my gift. She was thinking about buying a new sewing machine since hers was broken and she uses it pretty often, and she had her eye on the same exact model I bought.
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  • The next day I told her what Nick said, and she said that she knew, and they argued about it. That night we went out to have a drink with my brother, Nick and her friends. At some point of the
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  • night, I asked my mom what Nick's gift was, and she told me that he gifted her lingerie. Yes, lingerie. A bra and a th g. Here's where I could be the |
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  • started laughing my off, turned to Nick and told him "After that speech you gave me about sentimental value and not knowing my mother, you gave her
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  • lingerie!?" while still laughing. I don't think anyone was paying much attention tho, they were drk and having fun, but I think I still embarrassed him. He tried to
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  • make a point but I just couldn't stop laughing, so he eventually gave up. Up to this day, he still doesn't say a single word to me since then.
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  • When my lovebird passed (he was 15 and I had him most of my life) Nick happened to be at my house. Not a single word about it.
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  • I know he doesn't care about birds, but he knows that my lovebird was d In important to the family, specially me and my brother. Every time he comes, not
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  • a single hi either. Like an hour ago I went to the living room and Nick was there with my brother. My brother said hi and I said hi back to both of them. Nick just said "Hi SWEETHEART" to my dog, that was coming behind me.
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  • Anyway, was I the a hole for laughing at him for his birthday gift to my mom? ETA: They've been dating for 7 years now, 5 at the time.
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  • Soup-Prince NTA. Seems like he was mad you actually thought about your mom unlike him who gave her a chore for her birthday. (Wear this that i got you so you can have sex with me on ur birthday!! Whoo!!) Just keep being there for ur mom n hopefully she loses him eventually.
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  • No_Establishment... Okay, I am going to point out the obvious. The BF is married. He lives 4 hours away and only visits for a few days every 2 - 3 months. Yeah, right.
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  • Asleep-Jelly-433. Seems like your mom's bf is not matured enough. Just ignore him and don't give him the satisfaction of seeing you getting upset with his behavior towards you. Keep a who-cares attitude.
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