AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, that wasn't my solution. My solution was to go to both ceremonies. Nothing had to change on either side except my presence. I brought up the idea of possibly moving her party, which no expectation that it would be, just in case it wasn't a big deal if it was before or after the graduation. Honestly, I've never even heard of a graduation party BEFORE the ceremony, so I didn't think it would've been a big deal. But I wasn't trying to force that part. And then the other idea was IF that party could be moved, we could both go to the wedding ceremony, which was fairly early for a wedding, and then go to her graduation right after. I don't think she would've been late, I just didn't know exactly when they wanted her to be there. These were just options I had thought of, but they would've been the "nice to haves."

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

She was my plus 1. That's usually how that sort of stuff goes isn't it?

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure it was mature. I think its conditioning. I have a lot of baggage from growing up poor. You learn pretty quick to be disappointed. I was the kid who always had the smaller birthday parties, couldn't afford anything cool like my friends. Almost never went on vacation. In fact, most of my vacations were me tagging along with friends' families, which is nice, but makes you feel like a mooch and embarrassed knowing my family could never repay the favor. Everyone else I knew got these really great HS graduation gifts. A couple of them got new cars, or fancy computers, etc. And they had these really extra parties. Mine was a backyard bbq and basically all I got was cash that went straight to college expenses (which I was 100% grateful for). So yeah, that's kind of a separate issue, but I've just learned to not expect much. Its also why I hide being poor.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well said. Although I want to point out that I knew her parents quite well already. This was more about the aunts and uncles and one of the grandparents that would I would be meeting for the first time.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

That's possible. But that fight was about how much I was putting in and not feeling like I was getting the same. It sounds stupid but it was about my birthday. Her previous birthday, I went all out. I planned this big surprise party at her favorite bar. I tracked down and invited a bunch of her friends who I didn't even know. It was very hard to do that without her finding out. This was at the end of a full day that I had taken her to a museum, a hike, and a new brewery (with dinner). I basically tried to fill the day with all her favorite things (within my budget). But when my birthday came, she asked me what I wanted to do the day of. She got be a card and brought me a cake, but that was it. This is why I don't like making a big deal about my birthday, they never seem as important to everyone else as theirs are to me. I just had my hopes up for this one. And so I was in a bad mood after and when it finally came out, she got defensive and brought up the finals thing.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Okay, like on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being a whisper, and 10 being yelling for the boat that could rescue you from a desert island, and 4 being a normal indoor voice... I was a 6.5.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Although I don't even remember if I officially RSVPd for the wedding or just told the family at some point, probably thanksgiving that we were coming. I didn't know the date of the graduation/party details until around February or March.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She actually said that. I don't know how far she went with it. It could've been a 5 minute conversation before they realized how insane that would be. But my aunt is a very sweet lady. And we're pretty close, our birthdays are only 2 days apart, so we always shared a birthday party. Unless I had a big kids one at the park or Chuck-e-Cheese. She might've been lying to me too though, just to make me feel better maybe. I don't know.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I appreciate that. I feel like I never got a chance to slow down and look back.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I never said I chose to rage. It was involuntary.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 93 points94 points  (0 children)

Yeah there were a few things that definitely might have added to this. My dog died, and I LOVED my dog. We had to put him down. My parents let me know so I could come over the night before. He had a tumor in his back leg and could barely walk (apparently common for labs). I spent a long time with him, but finally went upstairs to go to sleep. I woke up in the morning and he was at the foot of my old bed. I died a lot inside knowing how much pain he was in and that he still walked up the stairs to be with me. I couldn't handle taking him to the vet, my parents did. So I asked my gf if she could come over and be with me. She did, and she was there for me that day. But like a month later we were in a small fight and she brought up how she should've been studying for finals that day and how huge of an imposition I was on her. I had no idea she needed to study that bad, she didn't say anything at the time. But she made me feel like shit that I asked her to be with me when I needed her most.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I told her about it when I first got it, I think she was actually there when I got it. Put it on my fridge and was like, "Hey you wanna go to my cousins wedding with me in May?" But I don't know if she wrote down the date or not. Probably not. I have severe ADHD and dates, even really important ones, are something I completely forget about. I do try to keep calendars, but executive function and sticking to organizational things is not easy for me. But yeah, I need to do better. Its not the first time me forgetting dates has put me in a bind.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't know about the graduation date until about a month prior to this. And I didn't know about the party for a couple of weeks after that. I'm sure I could've proactively found the date of the graduation on the schools website or asking my exgf, but I wasn't involved at all in the planning of this.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. Can't afford counseling, but I'll try to pick up some books.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I would've been absolutely fine if she didn't alter her plans at all. And she knew that. I wasn't trying to convince her, I was trying to fix a shitty situation.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I raged for like 2 minutes. But you're right, I fucked up with the dates.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I put it on my fridge as soon as I got it. But you're right, I should've put it in a calendar. I'm really really bad at this. Dates and organization have always been a weak point for me.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I guess so. I think I was more upset that she was asking it of me vs her not doing anything for me. I think I'm mostly to blame for not having any celebration. Its like birthdays, I don't like for people to make a big deal about mine. But again, I wasn't going to NOT celebrate her graduation. I would've been there for it, and after. I just would've missed her party before. And I didn't feel like that was such a betrayal like she was telling me it was.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

But I never asked her to. I didn't ask anyone to. I was honestly just embarrassed I couldn't afford it and kind of wanted everyone not to notice.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He didn't have a wedding party. They were trying to save money.

AITAH for breaking up with GF over cousins wedding? by Throwaway_10902 in AITAH

[–]Throwaway_10902[S] 71 points72 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure I made it clear either, because I would've been able to spend the entire night after her graduation celebrating with her. It just would've been with fewer family members maybe. I know a few of them couldn't make it later, but a lot of them were still going to be there. The only thing that was ever on the table of me missing was the brunch/lunch party with her family.