My family always gets together for my grandparents birthday (both grandparents are on the same day). We're a big family and this is our big get together for the year. We have a family lunch and dinner and then all head our seperate ways. My boyfriend and I have been together for about 15 months now. He has met my mother and sister but this is the first time he has met my extended family. We got there at like 8:00 and after meeting everyone he spent the day helping cook. We had lunch at 1:00 and then everone sat around the table talking. Everything was fine, so I left my grandparents house with my mum at around 2:00 to pick up some of my cousins. 

When I got back my aunt said my bc went to get some more beer. After he got the beer he was acting a more distant and wasn't as chatty with everyone. Then when we got home he was still acting weird so I asked him what was wrong. He said that when he went to get the beer, he left his wallet inside, so he went back in to get it and when he did, he overheard my family talking about him. He said they laughed at him for being short, said I could do way better and they "didn't even know why [I] was with him." There was more, but that's the main stuff. He said there was collective laughter after each comment. He tried to say it wasn't a big deal but I could tell it bothered him a lot.

We've been together for a bit over a year now and I love him very much. Yes, he's short - we are both 5'4 but obviously I don't care. All of my uncles are over 6 feet tall. I am so angry at my family! How do I approach this? What do I say to them? Do I just leave it alone? I doubt he'll want to come to any more family gatherings now.
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My family always gets together for my grandparents birthday (both grandparents are on the same day). We're a big family and this is our big get together for the year. We have a family lunch and dinner and then all head our seperate ways. My boyfriend and I have been together for about 15 months now. He has met my mother and sister but this is the first time he has met my extended family. We got there at like 8:00 and after meeting everyone he spent the day helping cook. We had lunch at 1:00 and then everone sat around the table talking. Everything was fine, so I left my grandparents house with my mum at around 2:00 to pick up some of my cousins. 

When I got back my aunt said my bc went to get some more beer. After he got the beer he was acting a more distant and wasn't as chatty with everyone. Then when we got home he was still acting weird so I asked him what was wrong. He said that when he went to get the beer, he left his wallet inside, so he went back in to get it and when he did, he overheard my family talking about him. He said they laughed at him for being short, said I could do way better and they "didn't even know why [I] was with him." There was more, but that's the main stuff. He said there was collective laughter after each comment. He tried to say it wasn't a big deal but I could tell it bothered him a lot.

We've been together for a bit over a year now and I love him very much. Yes, he's short - we are both 5'4 but obviously I don't care. All of my uncles are over 6 feet tall. I am so angry at my family! How do I approach this? What do I say to them? Do I just leave it alone? I doubt he'll want to come to any more family gatherings now.
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boyfriend overheard my family making fun of him and I
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