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Date: 2024-01-14

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AITA for telling someone how to behave in front of my parents at dinner?

Background info: My parents (50s) have just about zero sense of humour. They aren't cold or unloving, but just have never really got jokes. My dad will sometimes chuckle at a cartoon from the New Yorker but more often than not he will say they "take it too far". They certainly do not appreciate internet humour or pop culture.

On to the main topic:

My (27f) current bf (25m) is a real funny guy, which I love. Prat falls, impressions, knock knock jokes, you get the idea. I don't understand all of it but I know he makes me laugh.

We've been dating for almost a year and my parents asked to meet him. He agreed and we booked dinner at a moderately nice restaurant. Ive mentioned before that my parents are humourless and may not get his jokes etc. Whatever I'm an adult, my parents don't have to be in love with whoever I'm in love with, just a general respect works for me so I don't want him to "tone it down" or anything like that.

I just had one request - Don't do the Joker impression. He is currently obsessed with Heath Ledger as the Joker and the comic potential in the role. He will often say off putting phrases with wide eyes and a creepy voice (things like 'I live and die by the consequences and spoils of my actions' - wtf??) 

I told him my parents will not get it, they've never seen The Dark Knight and would have probably not found anything funny about it. He keeps agreeing with me that they wouldn't like it but then just laughs and won't give me a firm agreement to not do the impression. 

Last night I sat him down and seriously asked him. He responded as the Joker saying "Make plans and they can be thwarted, pray for chaos and you can create your own luck". I told him I'm going to cancel the dinner and he got all mad and called me controlling for telling him how to act. I just want my parents to respect the people I spend a lot of time with and not think I'm dating a psycho! 

AITA? Honestly not sure anymore after the fuss he made.