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AITA (Am I the Asshole): Couple’s Edition
There is a Reddit thread called, “Am I the Asshole?” On this forum, people present a scenario and ask the community, whether or not they are the asshole. From what I have read thus far, the answer is more often than not, “Yes, you are the asshole”. The situations that stick out the most to me are the ones around relationships.
Recently, I came across this scenario:
I’m someone who has dreamed of going to Japan for the longest time. I have told this to my girlfriend a couple of times before during our relationship. Between us, I’m more capable of traveling because I’m the one who earns more. I had this intense urge to travel to Japan this year and I was actually telling her to come with me a few times, but she told me that she couldn’t afford to travel to Japan yet.
When I got the chance to buy cheap roundtrip tickets, I informed her briefly but I went ahead and booked for myself. Of course, she was understandably upset. We talked about this, and the main reason she was upset was because it felt to her like I didnt include her in my decision, and that I was super impulsive. She also told me that it hurts not being able to have the capabaility of traveling with me. I told her that I understand, and I’m sorry for being selfish, but I wanted to take this urge to travel solo even though she couldn’t…
