Yahoo Finance Man faces backlash after mocking girlfriend’s ‘embarrassing’ hobby: ‘I feel like she’s overreacting’
One man is unsure why his girlfriend’s social life revolves around a fictional character.
He went on Reddit’s “Am I the A******? (AITA)” forum for advice. The 27-year-old is dating a 20-year-old who is big into her favorite fandom. When she baked a cake in honor of the beloved character, he laughed at her. Now she isn’t speaking to him.
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“I (27m) have a girlfriend (20f),” he wrote. “We’ve been dating a little over a year and recently moved in together. My girlfriend is a pretty normal person, but there’s this one fictional character she’s extremely obsessed with. She spends most of her free time writing fanfiction about the character and drawing art of her. A lot of her friends come from fan groups centered around this character. Basically, nearly everything in her personal life except for me revolves around her.
“She does have some other hobbies, baking and cooking probably being the second biggest. I love eating the food she makes, and she loves cooking for me. Yesterday, she announced that she was going to spend the day baking a cake. She seemed really excited about this, so I asked if there was any special reason. She said that she was making the cake to celebrate the anniversary of the first time she consumed any media with her favorite character (who remembers stuff like that?).
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“I kind of laughed a little and she said ‘What’s funny?’ looking a little hurt. I said ‘Don’t you think you’re taking this a little far? She is just a character’ or something like that. Gf said that she’s not *just* a character, she’s her favorite character. I said that I know that but it’s kind of embarrassing that she cares enough about a hobby to bake a cake to celebrate it.
“She said ‘Fine, if you feel that way you can’t have any cake.’ and slammed the kitchen door behind her. I thought she’d cool off after she started baking (it always helps her relax) but she didn’t. She took the cake to her friend’s house and ended up spending the night there. I’ve been texting her, but she still hasn’t responded. I feel like she’s overreacting, it was just a little argument.”
Redditors felt the age difference might have something to do with the disconnect.
“Seems like pretty normal behavior for someone who is barely out of their teenage year,” a person wrote.
“I shuddered when I saw those ages,” a user wrote.
“Want someone more ‘mature’ date someone your age, oh wait 27-30yr old women realize what a jerk OP is so he has to date teenagers who are fresh out of HS,” another said.
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