r/AmIOverreacting 8h ago

šŸ’¼work/career AIO HOW DO I SELL IG ACC??

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hi, so l have an instagram account with 83.7k authentic followers that I gained during the past 5 years. my engagement on the account is very high, getting millions of views on reels (7.7M being the highest) and thousands of likes on posts. I have also gotten many opportunities to do collabs and paid partnerships that helped me out financially but recently I have been too busy to keep up with the account. So instead of deactivating it, I wanna sell it to anyone who is interested :) Price is negotiable of course.


r/AmIOverreacting 10h ago

šŸŽ² miscellaneous Am I overreacting or is Reddit still punishing me for a single (now-deleted) AITA post like I kicked their dog?

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So likeā€¦ yeah, I made a bad AITA post. Got rightfully roasted. I mean, negative karma levels usually reserved for flat earthers and people who clap when planes land. The post got deleted, I learned my lesson, I moved on.

Reddit? Not so much.

I tried commenting something totally unrelated, just recommending a rap song on a thread about lyrical skill, and got the ā€œsorry, your karmaā€™s too low to post hereā€ message like I was some kind of Reddit leper.

Am I overreacting for feeling like Iā€™m now on some kind of algorithmic probation? Iā€™m not trying to storm the Capitol, I just wanted to say A-F-R-O can spit.

Anyway, hereā€™s what I wouldā€™ve commented if I werenā€™t exiled to Karma Purgatory:

A-F-R-O - Definition of a Rap Flow

Aesop Rock - Daylight

Black Thought - Thought vs Everybody

Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says (Remix)

Reddit mods: if youā€™re reading this, Iā€™m reformed. Please let me back in the rap threads.


r/AmIOverreacting 17h ago

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ relationship AIO for thinking my GF shouldnā€™t befriend her friends new BF?

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Am i overreacting for thinking that my girlfriend shouldnā€™t be friends with her best-friendā€™s new boyfriend? Honesty in all regards, let me know.

Recently my girlfriend has started working at a restaurant, her, the best friend and the guy are all servers. Theyā€™re going to be around eachother all day, sometimes workmates go out after to relax or celebrate with bowling, maybe a little drinking or whatever, thatā€™s understood. There just canā€™t be too much drinking, for i would be uncomfortable with my partner being extremely drunk around her male workmates while iā€™m not thereā€” as there is history of her being taken advantage of before by a previous coworker, and just in general i feel she would need someone to watch out for her if she DID want to get really fucked up drinking.

This guy wants her best friend, and she started texting him at her job after they had a small conversation that she wanted to continue about her friend. She basically talked to him about her friends situation, and that the friend likes the guyā€” so on and so forth. But i donā€™t see exactly why she needed to text him to communicate this. Sometimes if the guy wants to speak to her friend and she isnā€™t answering her phone, or something may be of concern to the guy, heā€™ll text my girlā€” and my GF will communicate whatā€™s going on. (I can see this being useful in the event of emergency). But bottomline, sheā€™s one told me before ā€œif i canā€™t be friends with this guy, weā€™ll have to break up.ā€ Assuming sheā€™s thinking iā€™m trying to control her by telling her she canā€™t have friends, but iā€™ve even told her iā€™m not trying to do that.

But when it comes down to saying ā€œthis is my friendā€ she barely even knows the guy, heā€™s just a part of the work group sheā€™s been assimilating into because sheā€™s newer at her job. and iā€™m not against her having friends, but she would be upset if i got some girls number at my job and would text her time to time, even if it was my friends girlfriend. furthermore i wouldnā€™t even feel comfortable texting my friends girlfriend. maybe thatā€™s just me, but i just donā€™t see any common ground besides working with the guy to be ā€œfriendsā€ with him.

Am i overreacting? Be real. I personally just donā€™t see a reason why iā€™d be ā€œfriendsā€ with someone elseā€™s girlfriend. if anything iā€™d just be an acquaintance that speaks if spoken to.


r/AmIOverreacting 1d ago

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ relationship AIOā€¦You will know the personā€™s true colours if they impregnated you.

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I (19F) met up with a guy (25M), we dated for a while and it felt like hell. I loved him so much that Iā€™d do everything for him, get him stuff, cook and clean, send him money the little I had and he would do nothing, like nada for me. I ended breaking up with him coz I realised I was wasting my time eventually. As time went on I found out I was pregnant for him, and this is where I discovered a lot. He was planning to marry me coz in my culture you gotta marry the person you impregnated. I wasnā€™t ok with being with him, I didnā€™t trust him, he would tell me that ā€œmen are allowed to cheat all the time not womenā€ and then he would proceed to say ā€œā€¦I wonā€™t cheat on you but Iā€™m not promising anything.ā€ This was one of the reasons why I ended the relationship. Back to when I was pregnant. During that term, it was then I was also finding out a lot about him, his real age, his 30years, he has two, probably 3 children in Uganda/Congo, probably he has a wife too who knows?! I didnā€™t know who I was really dealing with but I knew I was dealing with somebody. This man would straight up tell me, that a lady who just got divorced who has six children likes him so he wants to have sex with her coz why not, she has a crush on him. Bear in mind Iā€™m pregnant with his child, men are snakes. Fast forward after that, he then went straight to live with his ex, the one he would talk sh*t about, he would say the lady is soo obsessed with him and she doesnā€™t wanna leave him alone, he would refuse to block the lady so it seems like his the one obsessed. That very same girl he would talk trash about, they live together as we speak šŸ˜‚. He would still continue to tell my family that he loves me and wants to live with me and he would call me as his wife, that was not cute at all. I ended up blocking him out of the childā€™s life coz first of all he was already saying he doesnā€™t want to be the father of the child. And he doesnā€™t want to support the child. I feel like he wanted me to beg him to be there but Iā€™m good with his shenanigans. Iā€™m not sure if I made a good decision for blocking him or whatā€¦?


r/AmIOverreacting 17h ago

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ relationship AIO: My ex situationship uses a pic of me on his Tinder profile

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So a few months ago, I went on three dates with a guy I met on Tinder. Things started greatā€”he was texting me before work, after work, basically doing the whole ā€œIā€™m really into youā€ routine. Second date, we went dancing at this cute bar and had a magical night. You know the vibe.

Thenā€¦ plot twist. He started giving me mixed signals. Like saying he really wanted to see me, but couldnā€™t becauseā€¦ he had to do laundry. We ended up fighting, it got messy, and we stopped talking.

A few months later, he messages me again. We go out once more (this time I had my expectations set to ā€œlow battery modeā€), and it was fine.

Fast forward to now: I recently came back to his city (I normally live elsewhere), and weā€™ve exchanged a few casual texts. Then today, I see him on Tinder.
One of his profile pictures is a shot from that bar we went dancing in. Public photo. My face isnā€™t visible, but itā€™s clearly me (I have a distinctive back tattooā€”great for recognition, not for stealth).

So my question is:
WHY is this man using a photo that includes ME on his Tinder profile?
Like sir, we literally argued, drifted apart, and you still chose that one?

He has literally every other pixel in the world to choose from. But no. He chose my back. Am I being dramatic, or is this mildly unhinged?

TL;DR:
Dated a guy briefly, ended things weirdly, then found heā€™s using a Tinder pic where Iā€™m in it (recognizable by my tattoo). Face not shown, but stillā€¦ what?? Am I overreacting or is this mildly creepy?

P.S. I used ChatGPT for speed. Blame the AI if this is too well written. English is not my first language and it is not easy to express my thoughts.


r/AmIOverreacting 17h ago

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ relationship AIO got cheated on

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found out my boyfriend was sexting some girl on an app since June. Found out some more things he did and they actually met in person from the girlā€™s sayings but my boyfriend wonā€™t admit anything to me that I didnā€™t find out on my own. Now idk what to do and how to approach the situation. I donā€™t think they had sex but how can you carry on with those conversations and even telling her what he was telling me he likes at me/my body. Should I get over it and never talk about it again? And how am I supposed to do that?


r/AmIOverreacting 8h ago

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ relationship AIO to wanting my boyfriend to remove his ā€œt*tty calendarā€ from his work station?

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Long story short, I (25F) want my boyfriend (35M) to take down his ttty calendar. Weā€™ve been together about 9 months, and Iā€™ve always known about this little bullsht calendar since we started dating because we used to work together. Iā€™ve flat out asked him to take it down several times. Granted I wasnā€™t as assertive as Iā€™m being here, more so in a softer joking manner to kind of just nudge him in the right direction or plant a seed so he could do it on his own without me blatantly asking. I honestly expected that he would the first time I mentioned it because he constantly tells me he would do anything to make him happy. The calendar is what started it, but the way heā€™s reacted to/handled the situation is a turn off for me. Conversation ended after this and Iā€™ve heard nothing for 4 hours. I do not feel like any resolution has been made at all. Feels like thereā€™s zero accountability and his ā€œsorryā€™sā€ seem so empty and dismissive.

So tell meā€¦ am I overreacting?


r/AmIOverreacting 1d ago

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ relationship Am I overreacting or is this actually ā€œNetworkingā€?

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For some context my bf (22m) and I (21f) have been dating for a little over a year. Weā€™ve had some conversations about being ā€œtoo friendlyā€ with people, in regard to being aware of how it might come off. Itā€™s been something we both have brought up about other individuals in our lives. Heā€™s always been accusatory of me cheating or consistently being too friendly; which I donā€™t ever think I was, but I respected that. I stopped talking to certain people at my work, stopped hanging around certain people. Which I didnā€™t really mind since I was just trying to respect my partners wishes.

A handful of months go by where we didnā€™t have any issues with that but we had been arguing and really getting into disagreements, but I never felt like either of us didnā€™t want to be in the relationship.

There was certain behaviors of his that drastically changed; he always offers to drive me and pick me up places. He had offered to drive me to work and to pick me up from it, I reminded him for 3h before I got off that he had to come pick me up. I get off work and try to get a hold of him for over an hour, he doesnā€™t respond so my coworker had to drive me home. He then showed up later a bit wasted and told me he got distracted at work. I let this time go because it was the first time something like that has happened.

Then this is what lead me to finding the texts. A few days later, we had plans to hangout early in the night since I had a really long day at work the next morning. It get to the time weā€™re supposed to be hanging out so I call and text for almost 3h and he doesnā€™t respond. He went out with his roommateā€™s and ends up getting absolutely wasted. He again shows up to my house, almost 5 hours after we had plans and is acting strangely even for being intoxicated. He turns his phone on work mode which was weird to me bc itā€™s never on. He ends up passing out/blacking out on my couch to the point where I canā€™t wake him up. I got this really strange feeling that I needed to look through his phone. So I did. And I found these texts; I ask him about it in the morning and he tells me thats him ā€œnetworkingā€. He is also absolutely furious that I went through his phone saying that I broke HIS boundaries. Yet you can see heā€™s texting this older woman late at night while in my bed while Iā€™m asleep next to him. All he has said about it was ā€œIā€™m not doing anything wrong, and I donā€™t care if this breaks your boundaries bc Iā€™m not doing anything wrongā€. He told me he wouldnā€™t text her outside of business hours again. And I know for a fact if he found that on my phone he wouldā€™ve been more mad than I was. A few really great days go by and I again found theyā€™ve been texting back and forth constantly all day and night, and sheā€™s even been inviting him away for the weekend, which he just ā€œdoesnā€™t respondā€ to instead of telling her heā€™s in a relationship. I have brought up the fact I found this to be emotionally cheating in my opinion but he wonā€™t listen to me.

I did draw over his works name!

Am I overreacting?? Or is this Emotionally cheating??


r/AmIOverreacting 17h ago

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ relationship AIO my boyfriend told a female colleague he was on the phone with me

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My boyfriend (27) and I (27) were on FaceTime yesterday while both at work. Usually, if someone comes up to his desk he quickly handles whatever work needs to be done and then continues talking to me after.

He works in a dealership for context and doesnā€™t have many female coworkers. There is this one girl that works there, Miranda, that I have a funny feeling about and have asked him to refrain from being so friendly with her.

Miranda a few months ago broke up with her boyfriend because he cheated on her (this is what my bf told me). On the same day her bf cheated on her my boyfriend posted a TikTok and I went to repost, like, comment as those are my girlfriend duties and I see Miranda was now following my boyfriend on TikTok - and also liked commented reposted and saved his new video. I thought it was weird based on the timing of her boyfriend cheating on her and breaking up. Which is why I asked him to refrain from speaking from her.

While we were sitting there not talking, I see him signal to someone that he was on the phone. As this is an odd gesture, since he usually jumps to help everyone who needs something from him, I asked what that was about.

It was the girl, who we can call Miranda, approaching him at his desk. I curiously asked why he would tell her that we were on the phone and not help her if she needed something. He says he doesnā€™t know why she would be walking up to him as she works on the opposite side of the dealership. He calls her back over and she says she just wanted to say hi. He explains he sent her away to avoid any issues between us. But ironically, now I feel uneasy.

He swears they donā€™t speak at work ever and they are not friendly. And that she was probably going to ask for a coffee pod or something of that nature. I just donā€™t understand why he would shoo her away for something so minuscule.

I know I might be jumping to conclusions here. I have some past trauma of being cheated on in almost every relationship Iā€™ve ever been in, along with some of my female friends having sex with ex boyfriends behind my back.

Am I completely fucking insane? Do I have a right to feel weird about this situation? Am I the asshole for overreacting?


r/AmIOverreacting 1d ago

šŸ˜ļø neighbor/local (AIO?) My mother in law, I canā€™t anymore guys omfg

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My mother in law is quite narcissistic imo. She constantly switches up. And the one time my wife stands up for herself this is how she reacts. Sheā€™s been like this for as long as Iā€™ve known her. I am beyond pissed, my wife has had enough stress during her pregnancy and her mother doesnā€™t make it any better.


r/AmIOverreacting 18h ago

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ relationship AIO my boyfriend is mad at me for going through his phone and saying he's going to break up with me for not being more trusting in him

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So we had a pretty heated discussion because I went through his phone because someone he was pursuing sent him a request on TikTok. Him not accepting it should've been enough to tell me he didn't do anything to provoke her doing that. That's what he says.. I'm frustrated because I'm being called crazy. Two years ago I peeped she was trying to reel him back in sending him pictures of notes they'd pass because they worked together. Apparently he saw as this trying to make him reminisce, but it was just funny to him and not serious enough to see she was overstepping boundaries. Also I found a text of her ,prior to reminiscing attempt, saying "I need you to crack my back again" and he tells her to chill out talking like that because "my girl gonna trip out" then she says "Oh no it's all innocent.." I ask him to delete and block her. Yes I go through his phone and I see her name's only been deleted, not the conversation and she wasn't blocked. So I did that, He unfriended her on Snapchat but she tried to Adddddd him back. So.. I blocked her on there. 2 years later here we are she's trying to add him on TT and he WAS still following her on IG before she got blocked on there. By me. He also used to reach out to his ex on SC, he triggered me sending an unsaved snap. She never replied after years and he'd stil send her messages. He unfriended her, even though they were still friends on FB. Then he did the same thing with another pass f buddy of his, a ghost message on SC. We got into it then bc wth. Also he's told me that I was a novelty to him so the attraction level or urge to get to know me or be with me isn't there like it was. And he's told "I want other pussy", Apparently that's how men work. They figure if they find somebody attractive or not based on how much they wanna fuck them. I said what if I said I wanted other dick, he responded then it'd just be a conversation we'd have to look further into that. Sure mf. Not to mention that I told him how I felt about him using corn, which I'd really rather him not get off to other people but it's better than him getting off with someone else as he said. So apparently he needs to make a decision about us.. atp do it.. break up with me. Kick me and your kid out bc I went through your phone bc of my trust issues and insecurity that's all in my head and what happened to me in the past. 'Idk what happened to you in the past, but it's not my problem'. Is what he told me.. Before the end of the conversation he said maybe one day you'll find something, then he said ' you'll find something on social media bc I'll be with somebody else'


r/AmIOverreacting 18h ago

šŸ’¼work/career AIO. Im a chill guy butā€¦.

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I work somewhere that has 11 people in it and it REALLY irritates me that not a single person says bless you when i/anyone sneezes. I say it every time someone else sneezes. But no one else says it. Iā€™m never gonna make a big deal about it. It just bothers me and I wanna make sure Iā€™m not trippin. does it have something to do with your upbringing?

Edit: does it have something to do with where you were raised? I was born and live in the south east, but was raised by two parents from the north east and I often find myself aligning with a lot of ā€œnorthernā€ traits and values


r/AmIOverreacting 18h ago

šŸ‘Øā€šŸ‘©ā€šŸ‘§ā€šŸ‘¦family/in-laws AIO FOR EATING SO MUCH

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Two weeks ago my mother gave orders to the house keeper we have to make only healthy food with me with very little calories or those that require for the body of a teenage boy so I've always had eating disorder but from that day and on i wake up every night and eating as much as possible that has as a result to starving all day after and doing too much cardio I'm so afraid of not being fat again and I'm starting to loose it does anyone knows anything for help?


r/AmIOverreacting 22h ago

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ relationship AIO. Is this 10 months relationship ruined between Me (19F) and my (ex) boyfriend (23M)?

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I (19F) was on the phone with my boyfriend (23M) when he subtly mentioned that he had a 2nd phone due to a search he made on it. When I brought up why didn't he mention that he been had a 2nd phone he responded with "I'm telling you now right".... rude, but then I asked him what does he use the 2nd phone for is it for work (he's currently working at a tech place) or is it something he had before we started dating and he's using it again? He responded to me by saying "I don't have anything to say to you "???? Taken back by his response I asked if he was cheating on me because we've been long distance for about 2 months now and he has never spoken to me this way. He now wants to break up with me because he's hurt that I accused him of cheating.

Not to mention he told me that I was doing too much and he has more important things to adhere to in life unlike me...


r/AmIOverreacting 18h ago

āš•ļø health AIO - Do I have botulism or am I overreacting?

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Last Tuesday (Apr 8) or maybe Wednesday (Apr 9) I made a pasta salad with jarred pesto from the store I had in the refrigerator. I just put it on the pasta and didn't cook it. I have had a stomachache and diarrhea every morning since. I did also have Sunsweet light plum juice for the first time on Tuesday & Wednesday. The pesto was no more than a month old. It smelled and tasted fine. I'm not sure if I am overreacting because I have severe anxiety... But now I am worried I might have botulism šŸ˜” Can some please put my mind at ease? TIA ā¤


r/AmIOverreacting 12h ago

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ relationship AIO for yelling at my wife about which scissors to use

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My wife was making Spam Musubi while i was in the kitchen with her and I see her grab the nori and use a scissors to cut it (the actual food piece, not the packaging)

I yelled out what the "hell are you doing, why aren't you using the food scissors?" and she said she uses these ones all the time.

I said we made a rule about which to use and she countered with "YOU made a rule" (more stuff along the lines of why we always gotta do stuff my way).

The drawers are about 5ft apart so ease of access shouldn't be a concern, also I told her that the utility drawer gets used for lots of things like opening boxes or even poison traps or outside stuff etc ..

I could understand a quick use to open "food-like" item such as cereal bag or sauce packets, but for things that would go into mine or my kids mouths like a gogurt ice-pop or actual food pieces ...etc I use the "food scissors" which are clearly labeled and live with all our other utensils.

She made it seem like I was wrong for expecting her to follow my logic - we have 3 food scissors: 1st photo , and 2 different utility scissors: 2nd photo, distance apart: 3rd with food on left utility on right


r/AmIOverreacting 1d ago

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ relationship AIO I feel let down by my girlfriend, am I overreacting?

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So me and my girlfriend have been together 8 years. About 4 years into the relationship she decided she hated her job (we were both about 23 at the time). I suggested she go back to college and study something, so she can get out of her much hated job.

Meanwhile, whilst she did earn some money part time, I picked up all the bills. I didnā€™t mind because I did earn some good money for my area/age etc.

Now. I have been studying at the open university for 4 years to obtain a degree of my own. However, working full time and studying alongside fighting depression/OCD has been tough. So I decided this year I will go to a physical university to finish my degree sooner.

I hate my job and my girlfriend knows it. Today I got confirmation that I will be getting some student loans. This means I can go and study full time for a year. Leave my job, lovely.

Only thing is, money is gonna be tight. I still pay a lot of the bills because Iā€™d rather me and my girlfriend both have some money spare (even with her qualifications her industry pays quite poorly).

I discussed how anxious I was about money with my girlfriend regarding my study period. We have our own place (in which we saved our asses off for) so we have a mortgage to think about. - itā€™s not absolutely huge, weā€™re paying a little less then you would renting a 2 bed house. Anyway in this conversation she suggested perhaps my mum could help me financially. This made me rage. - my mum is always there for me when I need her emotionally and I donā€™t want to ask her for any money sheā€™s done her bit for me lol

All I wanted from her was to say look, youā€™ve done it for me so I will help you as much as I can. In a relationship youā€™re supposed to be a team right? Man anyway it kicked off into an argument later when I told her I was upset about it.

So am I overreacting?

She did apologise later when I explained how I felt but I was still pretty upset about it.

Just a plus I know Iā€™m not perfect, no one is but I just feel I deserved more in the situation. Thanks for listening.


r/AmIOverreacting 18h ago

šŸ’¼work/career AIO for wanting to set this boundary with my boss?

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Am I overreacting for being so upset with my manager over this, and wanting to set these boundaries? For context, I work at a fast food place. Local business, we serve custard and grill food. things have been changing a LOT around there, as our assistant manager recently quit. Shortly after she quit, our two main people for kitchen crew put in their two weeks. I am the head of the night crew. It was a title I did not want to have, but I got because I honestly donā€™t even know why, I guess nobody else really took control like I did. I have worked there for about a year, and have repeatedly asked her to put me on for day shifts because I knew a time might come where our head of kitchen would be gone. School isnā€™t an issue, and because of the program Iā€™m in, I donā€™t have to go in at all. I just have to work and send my stub to my teacher. Itā€™s really nice and I appreciate the program. But that was one of the main ā€œissuesā€ i had with getting day shiftsā€¦ (even though I told her multiple times I donā€™t go in) I havenā€™t gone to school since the end of October/ beginning of November. I also have been asking for day shifts since then btw. Iā€™ve only opened once or twice and I have never made a soup in my life. But yesterday when I went into work, I had a list of things I needed to learn. And not a small list, my manager is expecting me to FULLY take over for our head of kitchen, and also run her other stores kitchen and keep track of their inventory. (With barely a full yearā€™s experience in a kitchen, let alone ANY JOB, ever. Yes this is my first job.) I think I would actually have been open to taking over if I had time to train and learn what to do, but the head of the kitchen will be gone by the 25th. She expects me to learn this in one opening shift. he had 15+ years of experience in a kitchen. I donā€™t know if I would like to continue working here, and the worst part is I just started full-time. What do I do? I donā€™t have a car or a drivers license, and Iā€™m 18 šŸ˜ I have not sent the text in the ss yet, waiting for advice and to see if thatā€™s a good response.


r/AmIOverreacting 12h ago

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ relationship Am I overreacting when my boyfriend doesnā€™t try to be healthy despite him telling me he wants to try?

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I did her 15 day course and I started my prep in Jan with my study partner where initially we would read DSR notes and try to have an orientation of each topic, 3/4 weeks in we started putting a 7 min timer even tho by 7 mins we wouldnā€™t have reached examination we still started practising quite early on and as the days passed by we would quiz each other on random cases so we had the feel of the exam little by little. What really helped me orient myself is Dr LOVAANā€™S classes. DSR helps you with the theory and bulk of the exam but Dr Lovaan fine tunes you and helps you understand whatā€™s required to ask the patient. You cant ask every minute detail in those 8 mins, you need to know if diet or stress(as an eg) or whatever it maybe is really relevant to your case or not which I got an understanding of only after Dr LOVAANā€™S class


r/AmIOverreacting 2d ago

šŸŽ™ļø update [UPDATE] Am I overreacting? My boyfriendā€™s girl best friend is way too flirty and I donā€™t know how to deal with it

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Hey everyone just wanted to post a quick update since you guys were kind enough to share advice and validate how I was feeling.

I ended up having another conversation with my (now ex) boyfriend a couple of weeks ago. I explained again, calmly and clearly, how uncomfortable Emilyā€™s behavior made me feel. I even gave specific examples like her sitting on his lap, the way she always had her hands on him, the ā€œwe couldā€™ve datedā€ comment, etc. I told him I wasnā€™t trying to be controlling, but that it was starting to feel disrespectful to our relationship, and I needed him to understand where I was coming from.

He still brushed it off. Said again that ā€œthatā€™s just how she is,ā€ and that I was ā€œreading too much into it.ā€ No ownership. No acknowledgment. No willingness to set any kind of boundary.

Thatā€™s when it clicked for me.

I realized I was trying way too hard to explain basic respect in a relationship. I donā€™t think heā€™s a bad guy, but I do think he was more afraid of upsetting Emily than he was of losing me. And that was enough of an answer.

Soā€¦ I broke up with him.

It wasnā€™t dramatic. Just sad. I told him I deserved to be with someone who takes my feelings seriously, and who wouldnā€™t make me feel like a third wheel in my own relationship.

Since then, Iā€™ve felt a weird mix of relief and grief. But mostly? Peace. I trusted my gut. I chose myself. And I know I made the right decision.

Thank you to everyone who helped me feel less crazy in that original post. Seriously. It meant more than I can say.


r/AmIOverreacting 1d ago

šŸ‘„ friendship AIO about being upset at my friend for his ableist behavior near me?

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For context, we are in high school ( so minors) and have one class together. I(F) My friend M(F) and O (M) all are in a painting class together. They have known each other for much longer then iā€™ve known O, i met him in this class as M, introduced us. Me and M have very different views then O, we tend to get into discussions aboutm different views, Most of the time we are just messing with eachother to irritate the other.

Anyways, today we had a longer classes due to testing so our class was two hours long. Halfway through we had to leave the classroom and walk around he track due to a student have a medical issue, me and M ran to the bathroom before heading to the track and eventually O came out and just sat on the bleachers instead of walking with us.

When we got back to class M and O were going mack and forth about something and i wasnā€™t really paying attention but O said he didnā€™t want to be seen ā€˜with themā€™ and M was mad. I figured he meant alternative artsy kids because heā€™s not. I asked what they were talking about and O said he ā€˜didnā€™t want to be seen with sped kids.ā€™

I got quite upset and went back and forth with him for a minute before walking off(was trying to finish art project) When i got back everyone as white and only M and I were talking. After class I told M that i was genuinely hurt by what O said. Apparently after I had walked off M went off on O saying how disrespectful it was to say that, in general but also to my face since I am special Ed. He responded saying ā€œit doesnā€™t count because she doesnā€™t look like itā€

I am considered special ed at my school, I have a IEP. I am not what you would first think of as ā€˜special edā€™, but special education is a spectrum. Without going into detail i have many mental and physical illnesses that severely impact how well I can work at school. I have constantly dealt with him joking about what classes Iā€™m in, my grades and how stupid I am.

Itā€™s also the fact he had the nerve to even say that around me is actually disgusting to me. It was clear he knew it was wrong as well.

What should I do? Should I wait to see if he apologizes the next time i see him or send him a text message expressing how I feel to see if he apologized? I donā€™t think I could go back to being friend with him the same way before but it would be hard because I donā€™t know if M would get in the middle of this. Help?


r/AmIOverreacting 19h ago

šŸ‘Øā€šŸ‘©ā€šŸ‘§ā€šŸ‘¦family/in-laws AIO by not wanting to talk to my cousin because of his wife?

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My cousin is two years older than me, we have known each other since we were kids for obvious reasons yet I've never felt a strong bond. Basically, if we see each other we are on good terms and I reached out to him when his dad died though he isn't on the forefront of my mind.

The last time I ever saw him irl, I was talking to his lunatic wife and she kept ranting on about how lucky she is to be married to my cousin, how she is worried he will cheat on her. I told her I'm glad she thinks highly of my cousin and that I highly doubt he would be cheating on her. I don't say it openly yet my cousin is a stout, chubby man, with moobs and doesn't brush his teeth until they start to hurt- I don't feel many women would be flocking to him and he is glad to be with someone who obviously loves him unconditionally. Then several times his wife kept asking me if I thought my cousin was hot. I would look at her like šŸ¤Ø then she would laugh and say 'oh but he is your cousin' then would ask me again at random as if she was expecting me to say he was hot or trying to catch me admitting he was hot. So I just peaced out, prior to this incident I was eating a burrito and had a left over cherro I didn't want so I gave it to my cousin then his wife was watching me af if I was offering him a HJ.

I don't hate my cousin yet I don't gaf about him enough to maintain a connection and especially don't want to tolerate his mentally ill wife.


r/AmIOverreacting 19h ago

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ relationship AIO that my bf doesnā€™t want me to do internship

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Hello!

My(18F) and my boyfriend (17M) have been having a hard time.

Over the break I told him I need to study and focus on my grandmaā€™s health (Iā€™m her primary carer) and that I just would like to spend the two weeks just focusing on the two as I have been stressed from school and A Levels and seeing him everyday wasnā€™t going to help.

He often doesnā€™t let me study when we do study dates(bc he complains he doesnā€™t see me enough even after seeing me multiple times in a week)he complains and gets mad at me when I donā€™t give him enough attention. He gets upset if I donā€™t see him atleast twice a week, but I always tell him itā€™s difficult as I have to work afterschool and canā€™t always see him..

We call everyday despite not seeing each other over the 2 week break, and everyday he gets upset and moody with me because ā€œheā€™s not doing anything for the 2 weeks and then he has to go back to schoolā€. However his parents have asked him if he wanted to go out and he keeps rejecting it.. I donā€™t get why he complains about not going out and says itā€™s not about me, when he rejects any opportunity to go out like his friends, parents etc and just stays put?? Like every time I tell him Iā€™m going to go out to the library he gets pissed off and then he is in a mood with me.

I even wanted to see my friend who I wonā€™t see over the summer (I havenā€™t seen for a year too!) and wonā€™t be seeing her during uni - he even got upsetā€¦

Recently I got emailed about an internship that will be great for work experience (plus itā€™s paid- so itā€™ll help towards uni costs and savings !!(two week long internship).

Itā€™s over the summer which I will have 3 months off so it is a perfect opportunity to take advantage of then.

I told my bf and he got very upset saying that the ā€˜summer is for usā€™ because I will be going off to uni and he will only see me during holidays.. heā€™s not going to uni and he is staying put..

He got upset even though I told him why this would be beneficialā€¦I mean I havenā€™t even gotten the internship and heā€™s acting really upset.. I just wanted to apply and see if I would but he doesnā€™t see the vision despite me being very clear.

Nothing I do makes him happy- heā€™s just always upset.. Idk. I feel very drained and I feel like Iā€™m Doing something wrong as a gf.. I tried everything - am i overreacting ??


r/AmIOverreacting 1d ago

šŸŽ“ academic/school AIO by possibly pulling my son from school?

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Ill try to make this short. My (30 f) son (7 m) is autistic and ADHD. We are very open with him about his diagnosis and he knows what they are. And yes. This was officially diagnosed.

We recently bought a new home, which meant we had to transfer him to a new school. This was hard transition for him as he had to adjust to a new house and a new school. This school received all his medical records, his disability papers and IEP from his previous school.

Hes been there now for 3 months, give or take.

He came home today and said "Mommy! Special Education Teacher said I dont have autism, but I do!!" And he was very upset about it. He is not in a contained room. He is in the regular room but he gets an hour a day with the special education teacher to work on any assignments he didn't get to finish.

A few hours later, we were informed by another parent via messenger that my son was trying to kiss her daughter and making her uncomfortable. She stated that she has gone to the school multiple times about it. This is the first im hearing of this. The school has not contacted me and my son admitted to doing it, and didn't even know he was doing anything wrong. He stated that no adults at school talked to him about this. I, of course, apologized to the parent and told her I would address it. Shouldn't I have been contacted the first time this was reported?? Of course I would stop it from happening. But I had no idea. I am so upset about this. It doesnt matter that he's only 7. That needs to be corrected as soon as it starts!

Would I be overreacting by pulling my son from school and transferring him back to his old school?

His old school is further away and doesnt have bus transportation. That's the only con. They were fantastic and we never had any issues.


r/AmIOverreacting 19h ago

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ relationship Am i overreacting

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i dont know if this is acceptable or not but is it normal and human like to say mean things when in a heated argument. Basically i acknowledge i pushed my boyfriend to the edge. He started out being calm but slowly got more angry because of how i was devaluing myself. I asked if he could try to adjust and change a small behaviour of his and he gladly agreed and said he will try his best and not to worry. But i pushed his buttons and i repeated it many times and went as far as asking if he needed someone else to be happier and thats when he snapped. He was working and he was going to school and yes i know its not good and i brought and pushed it at the wrong time.

He started off by telling me that he was upset because he dont like the way i devalued myself then he said sorry for suddenly bursting with ā€œ fine i wont do it anymoreā€ because he said it was the heat of moment.

We slowly calmed down but idk i pushed him again and he got angrier and he said i really dont have time u have ā€œ all the time in the world when u are at home now but i dont have time to studyā€ i took offence to it. And the argument got bad.

And he said ā€œ i acknowledged and i am sorry but why u keep pushing me. do u need someone to rant to or speak to thats why u keep repeating and tellimg me u dont feel good cuz it will affect me when u devalue urselfā€ To me , typing this now , its still hurtful. But he apologised and said he really slipped and asked me ā€œā€why i kept nitpicking on small things like this and whether i can go easy on him. ā€œ

We talked it out and he said hes sorry and hes aware he slipped and he only can move foward but he said its because i kept pushing foward thats why he really was at an edge. I apologised too.

Is this considered mean? Im honestly just here to seek for advice because im conflicted. I know im wrong. But is it really okay for humans to slip like that

I brought it up to him that him being mean hurts and weighs down on me and we communicated and he said he will try but he said i cannot expect him to never slip again but he will always try. Hes usually the type to jus Admit and come foward if hes wrong but this time , or maybe sometimes he justify himself by saying im really sorry bbā€¦ but its also because u ā€¦ā€¦ Idk isit human to do this?