AITA for my relationship with my uncle?? Bf is upset.

My bf has made this so fucking embarrassing I feel like the only way I can talk about it is anonymously.

My mom died when I was younger and I don’t have a relationship with my father. Uncle was my aunts boyfriend but she also passed away before that. I lived with my uncle since I was like 12 and we are very close, I live on my own now. We don’t really have a parent child relationship, but close friends. Like there was never any real parenting. I just lived there, hung out, and he got me whatever I needed. He was pretty young when all of this happened and it was new for him too. He has always been there for me and has done literally everything for me. I don’t know what I would have done or what would have happened without him.

He was with this woman for a few years. They lived about an hour away. They broke up, it didn’t work out so he had to move out. He asked to stay with me until he figured out something in the town I live. I said yes, of course and he is paying for everything while he is here. This has honestly really changed the dynamic with my boyfriend and he hates it. My uncle has been there for about 4 months. When he lived out of town we saw each other much less and my bf was only around during that time so that was what he was used to.

We have been spending much more time together now. Him and my bf always liked each other before. There have been times where bf asks to do something but I already have plans and can’t just blow him off. It has gotten to the point where my bf will come over and he is visibly annoyed at uncle’s presence. This has caused conflict between them. There hasn’t been some blow up fight between them or anything but my uncle has noticed that bf doesn’t really like him anymore and doesn’t appreciate it. Now I have uncle talking shit about bf, so I am hearing all of this from both of them all of the time. He keeps wanting me to spend the night with him every night and I do sometimes but I have to be home some of the time. I didn’t spend every night with him before this. My bf doesn’t like anything about the situation and thinks it is weird because he isn’t my parent. I have begged my bf to stop acting like this and understand where I’m coming from. Dude has done absolutely everything for me and I can’t go against that. We have been through a lot together and I love him. My bf thinks I spend all of my free time with him, which is not true and made some really shitty comments and insinuations our last fight about it. I have tried to tell him it is temporary but like I can’t say no to him and I am expecting more understanding here. I genuinely have no idea what I am supposed to do. I'm 25.

Posted Nov 5, 2025, 11:45 PM UTC

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