AITA for dumping my boyfriend because he refused to hand me a period pad and tissues when I had diarrhea at the gym ?
The original poster (OP), a 20-year-old female, was at the gym enduring discomfort from her period. Her then-boyfriend (23M) often arrived early to watch her exercise and was waiting for her nearby.
While working out, the OP felt a sudden, intense urge and rushed to the women's restroom. Once inside a stall, she unexpectedly defecated due to her stomach issues compounded by her period.
Finding no toilet paper, she used her phone to contact her boyfriend, hoping to maintain a 'sexy image' by avoiding direct embarrassment.
When he refused to help her retrieve supplies from her bag or enlist the help of a passing woman, she was forced to wait for a stranger to assist her, leading her to break up with him immediately afterward.
Now, the OP wonders if her reaction was too harsh, as her best friend suggested the situation was unavoidable.
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The poster is currently facing doubt about the finality of her breakup, stemming from her ex-boyfriend's refusal to offer basic, immediate assistance during a high-distress, embarrassing emergency.
Her need for support clashed directly with his unwillingness to compromise his own comfort or image by entering the women's restroom area or approaching another woman for help.
The core conflict questions whether the boyfriend's lack of support in a vulnerable moment warrants ending the relationship, versus whether the situation itself was inherently embarrassing, thus justifying the OP's extreme need to escape.
Was the boyfriend's refusal to assist a significant indicator of relationship incompatibility, or was the OP's immediate breakup an overreaction to an unavoidable personal crisis?