AITAH for leaving my girlfriend at a wedding after she told the bride I used to have a crush on her?
The individual (27M) attended a friend's wedding with his girlfriend (26F).
He had a past, though unacted upon, history involving a crush on the bride from their college days, a detail he had mentioned casually to his girlfriend early in their relationship.
During the wedding, the situation escalated when a bridesmaid informed the narrator that his girlfriend had told the bride that he used to be in love with her and warned the bride to 'watch herself.' When confronted, the girlfriend admitted to sharing this information, claiming she felt the bride needed to know the history.
The narrator felt this was inappropriate behavior at someone else's wedding, leading to a heated argument where his girlfriend dismissed his feelings.
Feeling upset and embarra*sed, the narrator left the wedding early and drove home without her, leaving the narrator now questioning if his reaction was an overreaction.
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The original poster (OP) is currently conflicted, feeling justified in walking away from a confrontation where his partner publicly shared sensitive, potentially disruptive history at another couple's wedding.
The central conflict lies between the OP's need to address what he perceives as inappropriate boundary crossing and public embarra*sment versus his girlfriend's defense that she was merely sharing necessary context, leading her and her friends to accuse him of abandonment and humiliation.
The core question for debate is whether the OP's immediate departure from the wedding without his girlfriend was an appropriate response to her actions, or if it const*tuted an overreaction that unfairly abandoned her in a social setting.
Does the offense of spreading gossip at a wedding outweigh the perceived offense of being left behind by a partner?
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