My bf of 5 years lost his father nearly 10 years ago. I am extremely sympathetic and love hearing him talk about his father, celebrating birthdays and anniversary’s for him. Whatever it takes!

What is an issue is how he treats me around Father’s Day. Like I said, I want to be supportive and make sure he is happy and loved during a difficult holiday. BUT, he gets downright rude Father’s Day weekend.

I am lucky enough to still have both parents around and it’s like he blames for it. I understand being upset and I am happy to work things through with him but I have to put my foot down when you talk Bad about my family.

My family has included him as their own from day 1 of our relationship so I cannot believe he has the nerve to say anything negative.

His fathers death anniversary is 2 weeks after Father’s Day so this attitude really carriers on through then. I want to be supportive but each year his attitude gets worse.

I’ve tried to bring this up to him but he gets angry and defensive. I really want to be supportive but not the en expense of me or my family being slandered.

I don’t know what to do.