<human>: I have to start with a little background: me and my boyfriend have our own apartment and since moving here, my mother likes to cook and send us food (something every week) or give us small things she thinks we might like (from time to time, mainly on special occasions). His mom also likes to send us food (but not as much and not every week). I know it might sound weird, but we're Italian and it's the kind of connection we have with our families.

The relationship I have with my mom is very close and, I have to be honest here, she likes to coddle us and is a little but clingy at times. The problem is that my boyfriend is very critical about everything she cooks or does - and sometimes I get it, but if I refuse stuff it might hurt her feelings.

Last week she went to the market and got a kind of spatula with a colorful design on it (which my boyfriend doesn't like) and he didn't want to use the utensil at all because it was "ugly and he likes to only have beautiful objects".

I get annoyed when everything his mom sends is the best and everything from my family has a flaw - sometimes I don't like what his family does, but I don't want to hurt his feelings, so I don't mention it (only if he specifically asks for my opinion)

What do you think about all this? I would like us to be more independent, but for the time being, who is in the wrong, what are your opinions about all this?

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<bot>: Our families like to do stuff for me and my boyfriend, but he is very critical about everything my families does. Am I too sensitive, is he to blame, or should we just stop accepting stuff from our families?