Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : A bit of backstory: I live at home still, with my girlfriend, and for a while we have endured listening to my mother saying incredibly racist remarks such as that she would never date Asians, saying Aboriginal Australians should “piss off” to the desert, 

Anyway, so just over two weeks ago we were out for a birthday dinner for my younger brother; it was him, my girlfriend, my mother, grandmother and  me. 

We were sitting there, all was going well. Suddenly, out of nowhere, my mother starts talking about how Muslims shouldn’t be able to live here (Australia). My girlfriend gets upset by this, as she is very sensitive on the topic of equality, excuses herself and gets up and steps outside. 

I however, remaining at the table decide that I should speak up against her. I said “can you please not make such racist remarks in public please?” She argues that it isn’t racism, and that her points are “all true.” 

I tried not to escalate things much further, so I simply said “can it just wait until we get home?” But she kept insisting on trying to convince me it wasn’t racist, and that if my girlfriend has a problem with it, that’s her concern. This annoyed me. I said “don’t imply that I can’t think for myself, this DOES upset me.” 

Anyway, I got up and said I’m leaving, and everyone else followed. 

When we got home, My grandmother swung around and said “Majora46’s girlfriend, don’t you ever leave the table! That was very rude. I don’t appreciate being called a racist.” It’s worth noting that nobody actually called her a racist. 

I said “she didn’t do anything wrong,” and my grandmother insisted it was embarrassing that she left, and I said “what’s embarrassing is sitting with people making a bunch of racist remarks in public.” 

My grandmother said to me “don’t you ever come to my house again, don’t ask me for anything ever again,” and I just said “alright fine, I won’t.” 

When I came back, I apologised to my grandmother, but she continued being hostile, as did my mother. I refused to apologise to the latter, because I don’t feel as if I have done anything wrong to her. She then complained about us (my girlfriend and I) laying around the house not doing anything, but that isn’t true.


I started to get worked up at this point. I felt as if I were being attacked for standing up against racism. My girlfriend pulled me back to the room saying I needed some space to relax, but my mother kept coming at me. She said I’m talking to him.” my girlfriend replied “he needs some time to calm down” but my mother started screaming in her face, and things kind of died down a bit after that

So, AITA? 
