My (26F) boyfriend (31M) has a 6-year-old son from a previous relationship. He sees him every other weekend, Friday night through Sunday afternoon, sometimes Monday morning if he doesn’t have school. I’ve been with him a little over a year now, and I like his son, I really do, but I wouldn’t say I’ve bonded deeply with him.
Here’s the issue: anytime parenting comes up, discipline, sleep training, picky eating, whatever, my boyfriend acts like an expert. He constantly lectures my sister (who has a toddler full-time) and even tries to give advice to me, even though I don’t have kids.
I finally snapped after he tried to tell my sister she was “spoiling” her toddler. I said, “You have him four days a month. That doesn’t make you a full-time parent. You’re more like an uncle with visitation.”
He got really quiet and then said, “Wow, that’s messed up.” Now he’s barely talking to me, and his mom called me “cruel and disrespectful.”
I get that it was blunt, maybe even harsh, but I was tired of him acting like a parenting expert when he’s barely present. AITAH?
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