AITA for not wanting my boyfriend’s coworker to join our Christmas trip because his roommates are obsessed with her?

I (22F) have been dating my boyfriend “John” (24M) for a short while. Everything was great until he moved in with two friends, “Mike” (25M) and “James” (24M). Since then, their dynamic has gotten… weird.

Back in the spring, I met John’s coworker "Alice" (23F). She’s smart, pretty, soft-spoken, and honestly very likable. I knew John had a crush on her before he dated me, but it supposedly didn’t go anywhere because she had a boyfriend. I didn’t worry about it.

Months later, on John’s birthday, Alice came to his party. That’s when Mike and James basically fell in love with her. For context: both of them have said openly that they only like white girls, and have a streak of belittling people of any other races, so their comments already hit a nerve.

Fast-forward to November. Out of nowhere, both roommates started asking John if Alice was single and pushing him to ask her again “just in case.” I was literally sitting right there. They even said John should make her his “work wife” so they could get closer to her and get invited to more parties. I felt extremely uncomfortable.

Then they suggested inviting Alice on our trip to this January because she's good at what we'll be doing and they want to talk to her more. When John didn’t immediately go along with it, they accused him of “gatekeeping Alice.”

I genuinely like Alice. She’s been nothing but kind to me. But I really don’t want our trip to revolve around three grown men drooling over her while I sit there feeling invisible. Their obsession is gross and honestly disrespectful to my relationship.

AITA for not wanting Alice on this trip?

Posted Dec 10, 2025, 3:02 PM UTC

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