A boyfriend is facing drama in his relationship tied to his girlfriend’s birthday.
In a post on Reddit’s “Am I the A——” forum, the man, 38, said his girlfriend, 35, is “mad” at him after he didn’t wish her a “happy birthday” first thing in the morning on her special day.
Detailing that he woke up before his significant other, the boyfriend explained that his girlfriend later exited their bedroom and said good morning to him while he was eating breakfast.
“A moment later, she got mad and threw a mini [tantrum] because she was the first person to say mornin’, and that I didn’t tell her happy birthday right away,” he continued.
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The boyfriend then wrote that he fully intended to express birthday wishes to his girlfriend, but “was going to finish my cereal so I could give her a hug when I said ‘happy birthday.’ ”
The girlfriend, however, explained that her mom texted her a celebratory birthday message “at 6 a.m. while we were sleeping,” and told him “how rude it was” that he had not put forward the same effort, before asking if he had “forgotten” her birthday.
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“I told her I obviously didn’t, considering the plans I was making, and she told me to just admit I had forgotten,” the man continued.
Concluding his message by asking, “Am I wrong to be pissed off?” the boyfriend further explained: “To me, this is the kind of thing a 15-year-old does, not a 35-year-old.”
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In the comments section of the post, many other Reddit users sided with the girlfriend.
“You managed to say morning, [but] you could’ve said happy birthday instead. In fact, you could’ve stopped eating and stood up and wished her happy birthday with a hug then,” one user wrote, as another said, “How hard is it to say happy birthday to someone? It’s literally two words.”
Others, meanwhile, felt there had to be more to the story, with one user questioning, “What plans? What time did your partner wake up? Are birthdays important to her? (What did she do for your birthday?).”
“This is just a hunch but i suspect the mini tantrum is wildly exaggerated and an excuse to disregard [your girlfriend] expressing her feelings,” wrote one other.
