Just so you know: I didn't downvote you.

I do hate kids but my boyfriend wants me to spend time with his family, which includes his young cousin, as well as 3 or 4 other people in this group that are other family members (for tonight's event). So I am missing the company of the other 4 adults, and I'm angry about that. I'm angry that I was lied to about the real reason behind not inviting me, first.

He wants me to get closer to his family and I'm trying but it's kind of fucking hard when you can't spend time with them. And if I'm a distraction, then isn't that really on my boyfriend for not appropriately dividing his attention? I'm not on top of him the entire time when we do see them. I'm my own person.

We play with his cousin ALL THE TIME and both hang out with him whenever he comes over near us in the summers: tag, board games, watch cartoons, watch videos he shows me on his tablet, tickle him.

Lastly, fuck off, it's a rant post in a childfree subreddit. It wasn't meant to be all "sunshine and roses." I used this to get it all off my mind so I can drop it and move beyond it instead of keeping it bottled up and bringing it back up in the future.

Btw, BC is a spoiled, entitled brat. The temper tantrums he threw the first day of the trip were because he was promised a toy from the gift shop but his mom didn't want to carry it all day, and he wanted it THEN. RIGHT THEN AND THERE, at 11am and literally didn't want to wait 5 or 6 hours until we were about to leave. He also found my pizza, that I paid for, on the kitchen table and decided it was his and he could eat it. Without asking anyone. Then we were told if we bring food over when he's there, we're expected to share it with him even if we only buy enough for ourselves.