BRAW’s new column AITA provides advice to anonymous advice to your submissions, helping you discern who is in the wrong in situations.
Today’s Submission:
AITA for lying about why I was breaking up with someone?
Last semester I started dating someone – first time properly dating someone mind you – and I ended up breaking up with them over the summer (I told them a bunch of reasons that hold some truth, like that I wasn’t in the right headspace for a relationship and that I don’t think I am attracted to people in that way as much as I thought I was).
But I didn’t tell them that the main reason I broke up with them was because I found them boring – we didn’t text as much as I thought we would and when we hung out it didn’t take long until drinking would be involved (I think we spent the majority of our relationship drunk). We just didn’t have that much in common and I didn’t have the heart to tell them that was the reason – we only dated a few months anyways.
BRAW’s Opinion
NTA – You don’t have to stay in a relationship where there is nothing in it for you. Plus, sparing someone’s feelings is, ultimately, a kind thing to do. Don’t stay for the sake of staying, put yourself first. As long as you weren’t mean in the reasons you told your ex-partner, then no harm done. Some people are just boring, and we’ve all been stuck in situations with people that are boring us to death. Don’t stress about it, just don’t bring it up to them at a later date. There’s no point hurting their feelings further with the truth. Let yourself and your ex move on.
Am I right in this opinion? Let us know your thoughts!
Got a submission? Send it over here.
Featured Image Credit: BRAW Editors