I'm sure anyone who clicked on this post has seen Barbie already, and no doubt knows of some people's...distasteful reactions to the film.
Well, a few days ago, Reddit user u/notalaskakidd (or Not Alaska, for short) took to the popular "Am I the Asshole?" subreddit to share her story and ask, "Am I the asshole for breaking up with my boyfriend over the Barbie movie?"
Here's what happened in Not Alaska's own words: "Three days ago my boyfriend and I went to go see the Barbie movie," she begins. "I’ve been really excited as I’m a huge Greta Gerwig fan and other than [Ryan Gosling] being in the movie, my boyfriend knew nothing else about it. I, on the other hand, was aware of its feminist themes and was secretly hoping my boyfriend would get the message."
"Over the duration of the movie, I could tell he was getting more and more uncomfortable and upset, and I was getting really sad (both from the movie and his reaction). I knew we would end up having a conversation about it afterwards."
"He didn’t talk to me until we got in the car. He then told me that he was really offended by the movie and said that it was the kind of thing I should have watched with my girlfriends and not with him."
"I understood where he was coming from but I’m not going to even start explaining why I disagreed. We have been having problems with his weird comments about women, the LGBT+ community, and other stuff. He would deem it 'bitch sh*t.' Maybe it was a long time coming but [Barbie] was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I was tired of always having to deal with his attitude and disrespect and was also maybe on this girl-power high. So I told him it was over."
"The complicated part is this: he lived with me. He has been in between serving jobs and since he was my freaking boyfriend, I let him move in with me six months ago."
"Living with him is a whole other story but I couldn’t take it anymore and [after the breakup] had him leave my apartment the next day. I stayed at my friend’s house while he packed up his stuff. He said he understood and that he 'didn’t want to live with me another second anyway.'"
"I assumed he had a place to go, but apparently he didn’t; his brother called me a few hours ago saying he’s MIA. His friends are blowing up my phone too, saying the same thing. I feel like this is all my fault. No one has heard from him in 24 hours."
"I know now he did not in fact have anywhere to go — or a car. he had been using mine since his engine busted last month. The worst part is we still have his location and it’s saying he is two states away. I don’t know how he got there. I can’t believe this is all because of the freaking Barbie movie."
Don't worry, there's an update on Terrible Boyfriend's whereabouts; but first, let's see the advice that people had to give. The overwhelming consensus is obviously that Not Alaska is not the asshole.
"You aren’t responsible for his actions post-breakup. He obviously has people he could have turned to. This isn’t your fault."
"He sounds like he was an awful person. It’s a movie, for f—k's sake. If he was so deeply offended by a movie with feminist themes then that’s his problem, and it shouldn’t be yours."
"He denigrates women, but is completely relying on one for income, shelter, transportation, and sustenance? Lol. If he is a grown man, who is apparently much superior to all of womankind, he can figure out how to get himself back on his feet."
Well... Not Alaska posted an update a day later and revealed that — yep! Terrible Boyfriend was cheating on her.
"The way I found out was actually kind of funny. His brother has been keeping me semi-updated on this missing Ken situation... His brother even thanked me for 'taking care of [him] for as long as [I] did'. [The brother] texted me this morning around 9 a.m. saying that we don’t need to worry anymore because he’s at their cousin's house in Colorado Springs. Then, around noon I got multiple calls from a friend of his saying that he'd heard from him."
"The potentially wildest part (that's been getting to me) is that he definitely is at his cousin's house. His brother confirmed it. I’ve seen his cousin on his Insta feed before and she’s literally stunning. He said she’s his second cousin and I don't really know how related they are... [but] if this is real I can’t even comprehend what this means. [Even if] it’s not real...I think it’s the perfect ending to this story."
I am aghast.
Okay, readers. Please let me know your thoughts, because I have many swirling around. I guess the moral of the story is... dump your awful boyfriends.
