A woman has shared how her boyfriend demanded her family members refer to him by his doctor title rather than just by his first name.
Writing on Reddit, the woman said that her boyfriend Justin is a doctor. When she introduced him to her family and friends, he told her that he found it ‘disrespectful’ that they would call him only by his first name.
“My boyfriend is a doctor. I met him through my dad back when we were traveling and after we started dating he started coming over to my hometown to visit,” she wrote.
“When I introduced him to my family and friends, I told them his full name, then occupation then mentioned the other stuff like age and hometown,” she continued.
“All was well until months later when he started complaining about my family and friends who were referring to him by his first name and not putting ‘Dr’ before.
“I found this strange, and I told him that’s his professional title but as a society, we use first names and nicknames. He said he can’t help feeling annoyed, especially considering that ‘these people’ don’t know him well.”
“But it’s been 8 months. He said once we’re married or engaged then they can start referring to him using his first name.”
The woman went on: “Recently, he started correcting my friends and family whenever they call him by his name. His tone becomes aggressive and then he goes on a long lecture about how they should put ‘Dr’ before mentioning his name.
“It became exhausting because my friends and family can’t understand his strange hangup and he keeps picking fights with them about it.”
Her boyfriend also blames her for ‘letting’ her family and friends ‘disrespect’ him.
“Last night we were visiting my parents and my dad called him ‘Justin’ instead of ‘Dr. Justin’. My boyfriend started arguing with him which cause a huge fight in the house and we ended up leaving.
“In the car, he went off on me saying I’m letting family and friends disrespect him continually by letting them call him by just his name. I told him he was at fault here and he was being unreasonable because what he’s expecting is bizarre.”
People on Reddit were also baffled by the boyfriend’s behavior, with one person writing: “Dr. is his job, it’s his title. It’s not the nature of his relationship with people outside of his career. It is not his name.”
Another wrote: “They have no professional relationship with him and he is engaging with them in a non-professional setting. He can get the f**k over himself.”
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