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Were we disrespectful to his family getting home so late?

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Question - (16 June 2008) 3 Answers - (Newest, 16 June 2008)
A female United States age 41-50, anonymous writes:

Ok so my bf is so mad at me. Right now he's not talking to me. Ill explain why....

Him and I , our daugther, his brother and gf, their two kids and his mom live in the same house (yeah I know full house!)

Anyway they (the brothers) are always out and about. Get home super late and expect us not to bitch about it. So because we don't get out very often my bf brothers gf and I decided to do a girls night out. Not purposely....we got home at 6am cause the clubs where we went close @ 5am ( we live in michigan but went to the club in canada). Anyways we didn't realize it was so late because we were having so much fun dancing and enjoying our time out. They were VERY upset and so were their mom. The mom cause she felt as though we disrespected her home ( which we apologized for and completely understand). Them....just because. However they were both @ a strip club that night but they made it home b4 us.

My question is were we disrespectful to them for getting home this late? Keep in mind we both NEVER go out like this. Its our first time. And if so is it fair that they can hang out all night and we can't? Plz as many input as possible. Thank you.

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A female reader, Tisha-1 United States +, writes (16 June 2008):

Tisha-1 agony auntI'm still working out how you got from the US Virgin Islands to Michigan to Canada then back home to your boyfriend's mother's house in Michigan again at oh dark early all in one night.

But that's not your question.

You live with your boyfriend's mom. Her house, her rules, as eyes and oldersister have already said. The boyfriends going out to strip clubs getting home late. Hmmm, still falls under her house, her rules. But I think you're really angry with their partying and ignoring their parental responsibilities?

If you're all under the same roof, maybe it's time for you and your boyfriend to move to your own place and then you can set up your own rules/responsibilities chart?

Or maybe it's time for you all to sit down and chart out the childcare duties, along with financial responsibilities, rent, bills, etc. If you're all in this together?

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A female reader, eyeswideopen United States +, writes (16 June 2008):

eyeswideopen agony auntWas the mother stuck looking after every one's kids? Maybe she felt put upon because all of you guys went out and left her home with 3 little kids to look after. But like oldersis said, it's her house - her rules. Your boyfriend will get over it but I would apologize to mom.

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A reader, anonymous, writes (16 June 2008):

this sounds totally unfair, and the mother is probably pickiing on you girls because she favors her sons for obvious reasons (blood relation) i think u need ot have a family dis cussion or something becasue this is totally unfair. good luck

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