Man Furiously Storms Out Of Family Dinner With ‘Potential’ In-Laws Because They Deliberately Kept Speaking Language He Didn’t Understand

“They obviously don’t respect me enough to speak our common language!”

Jesse

• Published in Interesting
• February 20, 2024

In the heart of Spain's bustling capital, Madrid, a young couple hailing from different regions of the country found themselves entangled in a linguistic clash that turned a family dinner into a battleground of words.

Our narrator (Original Poster) was a proud Galatian, while his lady was from Catalonia. Though every tribe in Spain generally had their native tongue, everyone spoke Spanish.

Sure, there were the nationalistic misfits who boycotted the general tongue with the disturbing belief they were somehow better than everyone else. But as a rule of thumb, there wasn’t a single Spaniard who couldn’t speak the general Spanish—except you were a hundred years old and living under a rock.

Sadly, Catalonians were part of these nationalistic misfits, and OP found out the hard way when his girlfriend invited him to a family dinner. As soon as OP walked through the door, they descended on him with greetings in Catalan.

They discussed in their language for a while, and when they threw a question his way, OP politely announced he didn’t speak Catalan. You’d think this declaration would redirect their missteps, but it didn’t.

The family kept chatting excitedly in this foreign tongue while the conversation flew right by OP. According to his girlfriend, her family ‘hated’ speaking Spanish.

Oh really? Then why did her dad hop on a Zoom call and speak 30 mins of uninterrupted Spanish without switching for once?

When his frustration reached its peak, OP delivered some not-so-savory verbal blows before storming out of the house. Scroll down to find out the full details of this family drama.

The story in detail

A bit of background

OP went to visit his girlfriend at her parent's house. But he got frustrated that her family kept speaking Catalan, even after making it clear that he can’t speak the language

OP’s girlfriend’s family kept switching back to Catalan at intervals, which excluded OP from their conversations. Consequently, he had to step outside

OP returned, only for his girlfriend’s family to continue tormenting him. This time, he gave them a piece of his mind and stormed out

We gathered some reactions from Netizens:

“To switch right in the middle of talking with you in order to cut you out is just them being needlessly aggressive.”

“In my experience, if you are deliberately leaving someone out, yes, it’s incredibly rude.”

“NTA but your girlfriend certainly is. It sounds like she didn’t stand up for you.”

“While they were in the wrong, you took it too far instead of just politely excusing yourself.”

“I don't think you are wrong for how you feel. The way you responded though? That got a little escalated and too far.”

“Responding to rudeness with more rudeness does not make you right.”

Redditors agreed without a doubt that the girlfriend’s family was deliberately rude. The country already has a common language; there’s no good excuse for what they did.

Many even reflected on their own experiences, sharing tales of linguistic harmony and the importance of making everyone feel welcome.

However, some Redditors were quick to point out OP’s rudeness as well. Using such vulgar words on his girlfriend’s family is unacceptable.

In all, we do hope the couple and everyone involved find a way to resolve this amicably.

Jesse