My boyfriend and I have been together for about six months, and recently, I decided it was time to introduce him to my parents. Both of my parents are fairly intimidating. They’re both highly opinionated and have high-profile careers. My boyfriend was extremely nervous about meeting them because he’s currently unemployed and living at home — he’s trying to finish his last semester of schooling to become an x-ray technician. My boyfriend is an extremely hard worker, and I have absolutely no worries that he’ll be successful down the road.

At the dinner, things were going well until my parents asked about his future plans. Instead of being honest, he started in on a bunch of lies about what he does for a living — talking about his last job as a marketing assistant as if he’s still doing it. The lie might not have been so bad if I hadn’t already told my parents that he was unemployed and in school. I could tell they were very confused and realized that he was blatantly lying to them.

I confronted him on the way home, and he said he lied because he wanted them to like him, but it seemed more like a machismo thing to me. We got into a huge fight. He thought I was being judgmental and blowing it out of proportion. The irony is that my parents didn’t even care about the unemployment, but now they feel like he’s untrustworthy; they're no longer supportive of our relationship. I also can't help but wonder what else he might lie about just to make himself look better. Should I assume this is a one-time thing and just forgive him?

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