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MY boyfriend’s parents are nasty, suspicious individuals. They’re like something out of another age.

They’ve not liked me since day one.

They don’t think I’m good enough for their precious son and would have liked him to go into the priesthood.

I get the impression they’re watching and judging me. I notice that there’s cash left on the sideboard – am I going to steal it?

There are sweets and chocolates dotted around – am I going to secretly stuff my face?

My guy says to ignore them, and that they’re old-fashioned and pathetic, but how dare they? Maybe I do come from a poorer family; maybe some of my cousins have been in prison, but that doesn’t automatically make me bad, does it?

JANE SAYS: Sadly, if this gruesome twosome don’t respect you, then you’ll have to keep your distance.

What if something does go missing and they blame you?

It will be your word against theirs.

Explain to your guy that you refuse to be prejudged because you’ve done absolutely nothing wrong.

Make it clear that you won’t be going to their house again, for any reason, and that he has to accept that you feel intimidated and picked on. If he objects, then does he honestly have your best interests at heart?

I’d hate for some of their nastiness to rub off on him. If he’s been bought up in a nasty, toxic environment, then he now has to work hard to prove to you that he’s different.