WWYD: my parents like my sister’s partner more than mine
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What is the What‑Would‑You‑Do podcast and how do the hosts introduce the episode?
Лисна I don't think a person needs to be your end game for you to feel comfortable in telling your parents to like back off the comments.
Hi Hello
How are you? I am Swell. How are you? Wonderful. Very excited for another What Would You Do episode. Which is for anyone that is new here, uh W W Y D, the acronym which you may have said in the title. The is the episode that we answer your questions and we tell you you send in your situations and we tell you what you would do, kind of like your uh big sisters. Flash sisters. We come from a very different place in terms of wait, sorry, we come from Woo Whoa We come from a collecting good place. Sometimes it comes. Yeah. Yeah. We come with a different approach is what I tried to say to feedback. Um Steffi is will tell you direct, which we need. We all need that. And I will sometimes sugarcoat and overthink a little bit, but together we make a great sandwich.
A great
Yeah. Um kind of like Dolly the Doctor, but we're not doctors. We are not experts. Well we're not gonna answer any questions that require medical advice. Exactly. These are those kind of questions that you'd you'd ask your gal friends over a coffee.
That's right, because I will say some people on the internet do answer medical advice questions as not doctors. No. I do not condone that. No. We don't do that here. All right. Now, if someone has a question, you can send it in to kickpod at kickwellness.com or slide into our DMs at kickpod. Okay, Sevi, first question is about parents and relationships.
It sure is. You've received correspondence. I was just catching up on some correspondence. Look at all this mail you got. It's great to hear from ya. I open the mailbox. Hi girls. My partner, twenty one, and I, twenty-three. I love that we have a twenty three year old listener, can I say? We're still cool. Who are celebrating one year together this week. Exciting. And are moving in together in October. His family is amazing and supportive, but my parents, who are interstate and have met my partner multiple times, keep making comments and suggestions about what to do if and when we break up, whenever I talk about our plans. They seem to prefer my younger sister's boyfriend, making much more public doting comments about him, even though my partner and I have been together.
longer. It's making my partner anxious and I feel like they don't see us as long term. How do I talk to my parents about this and set boundaries? I see my partner as my forever and end game.
It's that's really hot. It's very, very difficult. And I think as now a parent, I've never ever understood this before until becoming a parent. Obviously I'm a parent of a seven month old baby that obviously can't even talk about it. No, I
know
but we've spoken
about how you have a different perspective on like crazy mother in laws.
Yeah. Yeah.
How can I tell my parents they’re favoring my sister’s boyfriend over my long‑term partner?
Like
I'm like, Are they normal now? Yeah.
But I think I can now understand why pe 'cause I think I mean that's the thing, but I I also think so w I can understand why parents do feel very protective of their kids. Yeah. But it's also I think the cycle of life where at the start of a child's life they're incredibly dependent on you and then every single year they become less dependent until they then go on and have their own life and you're doing their life. So yes. It's in a very different way. Exactly. And so for that reason, I do think that while it it also depends on the relationship you have with your parents, right? And I think for some sometimes in relationships and I'm not saying this is your relationship, absolutely not. Um, especially because you've said that his family is so supportive, etc., which maybe I mean, then we're not always like our parents, but that means maybe he's also a very supportive person, et cetera.
Um, but I do think sometimes uh if we're in a relationship and we have rose coloured glasses and we're maybe being treated really badly, we might not see it and then our parents wanna tell us and we're like, I'm not listening to you. So it ri it does there are times I think where our parents like are helpful or quit can be helpful.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the What‑Would‑You‑Do podcast and how do the hosts introduce the episode?
0:03–3:08
2
How can I tell my parents they’re favoring my sister’s boyfriend over my long‑term partner?
3:08–6:43
3
What boundaries should I set with my parents to stop the breakup comments?
6:43–10:38
4
Why do my parents keep comparing my relationship to my sister’s?
10:38–14:24
5
How should I confront my best friend about keeping big life events secret?
14:24–18:15
6
Is my friend’s secrecy a sign of competition or just over‑thinking?
18:15–19:04
7
What practical steps can I take to improve communication with both my parents and my friend?
19:04–19:42