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Originally Posted by shakran
Tell your parents and your grandparents to butt the hell out. It's astonishing to me how many parents out there are dumb enough to think that if they tell their kid their SO sucks, the kid is just gonna drop her like a hot potato right away. It's even more astonishing that those parents think they have the right to say that.
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While I've never been in that situation myself, thankfully, that does seem like it would be the only way to do it. The biggest question would come down to approach, and that depends entirely on what he thinks his family would be most receptive towards. Would the "butt the hell out" direct and blunt approach work best, or perhaps a more diplomatic "I feel that you don't respect my decisions when you make those comments" angle?
Either way, that sort of behavior is just plain bad. Even if their intentions are good, and they are legitimately concerned with his well-being for whatever reason, that's the wrong way to go about telling him.
What's even worse is that, from the sounds of it, if they ever do break up, then there's a chance of "I told you so"s.