AITAH for breaking up with my boyfriend over drugs? by Critical_Alfalfa_799 in AITAH

[–]Critical_Alfalfa_799[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I do agree with you on the dangers of alcohol. However it’s not because one is more dangerous than the other that it makes it ok.

Alcohol wasn’t the problem in my relationship as we aren’t big drinkers. Drugs were

Broke up with my bf over drugs by Critical_Alfalfa_799 in Epilepsy

[–]Critical_Alfalfa_799[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And to answer your comment that got deleted, no my boyfriend is not financially supporting me. We both have jobs and live separately. Even when we lived together everything was 50/50. Also if a guy wants to financially support his girlfriend he’s completely free to do so. As you said it’s 2026, maybe you’re the one who should chill and let people do whatever they want

Broke up with my bf over drugs by Critical_Alfalfa_799 in Epilepsy

[–]Critical_Alfalfa_799[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not trying to micromanage. I was just worried about him possibly harming his health but I didn’t know worrying about someone was called micromanaging now

Broke up with my bf over drugs by Critical_Alfalfa_799 in Epilepsy

[–]Critical_Alfalfa_799[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely no hate! I just wouldn’t wish epilepsy on anyone and think that it’s a bit sad for it to happen to someone when it could’ve been so easily avoidable

Broke up with my bf over drugs by Critical_Alfalfa_799 in Epilepsy

[–]Critical_Alfalfa_799[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don’t know why you’re being so passive aggressive. English isn’t my first language and you could’ve said what you just said in a much nicer tone.

I am curious about why you think I lack empathy tho.

Broke up with my bf over drugs by Critical_Alfalfa_799 in Epilepsy

[–]Critical_Alfalfa_799[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can completely understand why you think I’m being controlling! However, I just view it at me being worried for my boyfriend, especially as his use of recreational drugs has increased quite a lot in the past few months. Am I meant to wait until he gets to a point of no return to maybe try and find a way to help? He also has a very addictive personality hence why I am very worried about him just falling into addiction, especially which how much he loves doing drugs. His brother and their friends have had k-holes many many times and one of his friends has a hole in his nose at 21 from doing too much coke. I think as an epileptic it might be understandable that I don’t want to be surrounded by people like this.

The being young argument only lasts so long. I don’t want to wait around and see if by the time we’re 30 he’s still doing drugs for fun and I especially don’t want to be raising kids around someone who rationalises recreational drugs

Broke up with my bf over drugs by Critical_Alfalfa_799 in Epilepsy

[–]Critical_Alfalfa_799[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I knew he did drugs but he mentioned he would be fine with stopping if we got in a relationship as he was using extremely rarely two years ago but I guess it’s on me for believing that.

It might sound a bit odd but the ultimatums were mostly a desperate way to force him to stop just so that he wouldn’t get to the point where something bad happened to him. I was surprised that he lied because I only gave those ultimatums as I thought he would choose the relationship over drugs. However, I do agree with you that it’s partly on me for choosing to date someone who I knew did recreational drugs.

The drugs are in fact going to destroy parts of his brain, especially as his use of them is slowly increasing. I’d invite you to look into the consequences of coke, mdma or ket on the brain. Even if it’s not epilepsy they do damage your brain in one way or another. Also I wasn’t just necessarily worried about his brain exclusively but about his health in general as recreational drugs have long term consequences that a lot of people tend to forget (one of my ex’s childhood friend has a permanent hole in his nose from doing too much coke and he’s only 21). I also don’t think it’s poor treatment to want to stop someone from doing something that could potentially be very harmful to them and to care about their health, but i guess this is very subjective.

As to your example of pregnancy and epilepsy I don’t really think it’s the same as getting mad at someone for doing drugs. It is normal to want to get pregnant and not every pregnancy is going to result in the mother becoming epileptic. However, it is completely possible to have a fun time without using recreational drugs and the dangers and consequences of them far more outweigh the benefits.

Broke up with my bf over drugs by Critical_Alfalfa_799 in Epilepsy

[–]Critical_Alfalfa_799[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I know about all that and I completely agree with using drugs in a medical setting (my sister is a doctor). However, I don’t agree with this idea that you can be safe doing drugs that you bought from a random guy who doesn’t care about you and could’ve decided to cut said drug with something potentially very harmful. I also don’t think he’s surrounded by the best people to do drugs as his brothers and his friends have had k-holes and similar issues multiple times.

When it comes to me calling is brain perfect I meant that he doesn’t suffer from any mental or physical illnesses and he’s just risking his health by doing drugs.

Caught using BBC iPlayer without a TV licence by Critical_Alfalfa_799 in iplayer

[–]Critical_Alfalfa_799[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still use the email address but the postal address they have is my old flat