A woman branded the men in her family as "pathetic" for the way they act around her brother's attractive girlfriend. She claimed they effectively transform into different people when she is present and now she is fed up with them.
Taking to Reddit, she began: "My brother started dating this woman about a year ago and I find it really exhausting the way the men in the family act around her. We are four siblings - two brothers and two sisters. All married (besides my oldest brother who is dating this woman)."
She likened their behavior to Phil's crush on Gloria in 'Modern Family' - but not as funny. "She is still 'new' so she hasn’t been in many family gatherings but the few times she has, it is like Phil acting around Gloria in Modern Family minus the comedy," the poster quipped.
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The girlfriend appears to have an unwitting hold on the various men in the family, including, "my husband, my other brother, my brother in law and my father, sometimes when my uncle’s or a cousin or a cousin’s husband is around. She griped: "They become totally different people and it is pathetic as f**k to watch. I am not the only one who has noticed. All the women in the family have and none of us like it."
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The woman's brother - the girlfriend's partner - also feels particularly uncomfortable with the situation. On top of everything, the girlfriend has made little effort with the family, which makes it harder to get to know her.
She went on: "The woman is standoffish and hasn’t really put any effort to get to know us women and it has made it even harder to appreciate her as an additional member. My question is how do you cope?
"She is getting more involved the more serious it is with my brother and he is bringing her with him almost every time now. Will this dissipate? Like the men finally get used to her and start acting normal around her and not like horndogs."
Although the woman has no problem with the girlfriend herself - and wondered if she was just in fact "shy or anxious" - she is now at her wit's end over the men's conduct. She admitted: "I usually appreciate beauty and she makes my brother happy but literally hearing a collective sigh from the men when my brother kissed her on Easter dinner like they were all longing really pushed me and the rest of the women over the edge. Will they get used to her? What do you men do? Do you get used to beautiful relatives?"
One user came up with a reason for the girlfriend's cold behaviour: "Could she be standoffish because she noticed too?" Another added: "I imagine she gets this all the time, not just this situation. And for this reason she tends to be standoffish in MOST gatherings.
"Being extremely attractive has its own burdens, it's not just a blessing without also being a curse. Like being rich makes it hard to know who your real friends are." While many said the men were being inappropriate, as one noted: "No way in hell my husband is going to sit around repeatedly disrespecting me and making an innocent woman uncomfortable while I just sit there and say nothing. That’s super inappropriate."
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