Brutal "AITA for breaking down after my girlfriend suggested an open relationship?"

[theautismcel]

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/AITAH/comments/1h3y379/aita_for_breaking_down_after_my_girlfriend/

I (34M) am 5'3" and have always been self-conscious about my height. I'm aware that it holds me back in the dating market to some level. I’ve worked hard my entire life to prove myself and now have a successful career, making more than enough to live comfortably.

I’ve been dating my girlfriend (26F) for two years. She’s stunning, charismatic, and confident—everything I’ve always wanted in a partner but never thought I’d actually have. Early on, I asked what she saw in me, and her response was vague but sweet—something about how I’m “kind and stable.” It was enough for me to believe this was real.

But recently, she suggested we try an open relationship. She said she wanted to “explore freedom while staying committed emotionally.” It hit me like a truck. I asked if she wasn’t happy with me or if I wasn’t enough. She laughed nervously and said it wasn’t about me, just that she feels too young to “lock herself down.”

I tried to hold it together, but I couldn’t. I started crying, which I never do, especially in front of her. I told her that it felt like I was just a placeholder—that maybe she was using me for financial security while looking for someone “better.” She looked shocked and said I was overreacting and being dramatic, that it wasn’t about replacing me, just “adding more to our dynamic.”

At that point, I told her if she wanted to explore, she could do it, but not while in a relationship with me. She looked stunned and started to argue, but I told her I needed space and asked her to leave.

She’s been texting me saying I’m being unfair and making her feel bad for being honest about her needs.

So, AITA? I'm considering breaking up. This hurt me so much, genuinely.

UPDATE: I broke up with her over text. She was really mad and called me crying, but I was 100% sure, so I broke up with her regardless.

BRUTAL this is what awaits us if we ever "ascend" with a foid.

 

[SignedUpCuzItsOver]

 

[Friezacel]

The first sentence is enough to know its over for him

 

[VintageCarCoper]

The first sentence is enough to know its over for him

 

[PureImagination]

He‘s a cuck for even asking this question in the first place. Feminists and redditcucks will gaslight him into staying with her

 

[Icedancer_333]

“kind and stable.”- code for betabuxx.

 

[readingcel]

this is the fate of all short normies

 

[lowz1r]

The first sentence is enough to know its over for him

 

[theautismcel]

He‘s a cuck for even asking this question in the first place. Feminists and redditcucks will gaslight him into staying with her

Surprisingly not, even on reddit they are say that he should have left.

 

[Thugs-4-Less]

There is no ascension, just descension into cuckdom.

 

[BricABrac]

Good on him for ending at least.
LMAO she knew exactly what she was doing. She was a predator, he mere prey, the dork with no prospects who she expected would tolerate anything to keep her around and continue to be "mUh PRoViDer!!1"

 

[Sloth Vs Kanga]

“kind and stable.”- code for betabuxx.

 

[Todd Thundercock]

Good for him to end the relationship. In that dynamic with him being a significantly older manlet, that's an extremely difficult decision. Assuming this is all real, of course.

 

[travis_bickle_]

The first sentence is enough to know it's over for him