AITA for not checking in on my ex and he nearly d*ed?
She had poured every ounce of her love and strength into a man drowning in his own demons, only to find herself shattered by the relentless tide of his addiction.
Despite their separation, the fragile threads of their bond kept them close, but each night brought a new battle with his drinking — a battle that left her exhausted, heartbroken, and desperately worn down.
When the call came from his mother in the d**d of night, pleading for help, she faced a harrowing choice: to push through her fatigue and fear or to protect her own fragile spirit.
Her refusal to enter his chaotic world that night was not coldness, but a heartbreaking surrender to the limits of her endurance — a silent cry for herself amidst the storm of his suffering.
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The original poster is grappling with intense guilt after refusing to check on their recently separated, heavily drinking ex-fiancen and subsequently leading to his mother calling for a welfare check.
The core conflict lies between the poster's understandable burnout, need for personal boundaries after caregiving fatigue, and the severe, life-threatening outcome of their ex-fiancen's condition.
Was the poster justified in prioritizing their own need for rest and refusal to engage further in caretaking behaviors, despite the near-fatal result, or did the historical relationship and acknowledged concern override the right to maintain strict personal boundaries in that moment?
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