WIBTAH if I go no contact with my parents (long story)
For Background:
I (27F) have a long time partner (28M) who has been supportive and consistent throughout our relationship. He has been my rock throughout my health complications and mental health battles. During our first few years I suffered a miscarriage which we only let a few friends of ours know. I decided to open up about this to my mom because I know that this was something she had also experienced.
On to the story:
Last month my mom was having a fit due to a joke my siblings made (she is menopausal and extremely moody), the following day I tried talking to her reasonably however she was not having it. I told her that the things she was saying was deeply hurting my siblings. (To summarise she said that she should not have given birth to a bunch of ungrateful kids)
In response to what I said she decided to direct her anger at me and told me that I was a failure of a woman that the stench of my dead baby followed me everywhere. That was when my dad decided to step in and separate the two of us. I left home after this and went to my partner before I started my job.
A few weeks after my dad decided that he wanted to talk to me and my partner so I asked him to come over. He then decided that me and my partner should get married asap since we are already sexually active. I told my dad that we do have plans in the next year or two but since I have just graduated from university and got my first real job we still want to save up for marriage. But he wouldn't listen to me and he decided to direct his questions to my partner.
He responded that he would happily get married to me anytime but that he would like to respect my decision on putting it off for a year or 2 since he understands that I would like to be financially stable before entering marriage. My dad did not like his answer and when things escalated I got between the 2 of them before he punches my partner. He told me that I was a disrespectful daughter and that I was nothing more than an object allowing myself to be used.
I went outside to get some air because I don't want to say or do anything that could escalate the situation more. My partner followed me and we talked for a bit. He suggested that we should just go with a civil wedding to shut my dad up, but he also suggested that I should minimize my contact with my parents from now because they are just causing my anxiety to flair up.
TLDR: Mom called me a failure of a woman for losing my baby, Dad heard everything and instead of being supportive has one sidedly decided that me and my partner should get married within the year despite my financial limitations.
So WIBTA if I go low/no contact with my parents?
Posted Apr 8, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC · locked