A woman has shared how she walked out on a date with her boyfriend because of the way he behaved during their dinner.
The 30-year-old took to Reddit and said that she thought her boyfriend’s action was ‘unacceptable.’ When she asked whether she was in the wrong, people agreed with her.
She took to the platform’s AITA forum and wrote: “This might sound bad but I don’t know if I was the a**hole here.”
She continued: “I have been dating my boyfriend Rhett for four months, we live in different towns and he’s not from here, (he’s an American living here) he usually visits on the weekends.
“This time I decided to visit his town and eat out at a diner.
“Rhett was already there when I arrived to the diner, we talked some, checked the menu, then when it was time to order he pulled a small bell out of his jacket pocket, lifted it up then started shaking it.
“It produced a loud, annoying sound my ears started hurting. I was so confused I asked what he was doing and he said that he was trying to get one of the waiter staff’s attention.”
“I said it was embarrassing and he should stop right then but he kept shaking it. I can not begin to explain the looks we received from everyone,” the woman continued.
“I demanded him to stop but he said not till someone came and took our order. I threatened to leave the place and cancel dinner if he wouldn’t and he kept doing it.”
She said that when a waiter came to take their order, she already had enough. She walked out of the diner and Rhett followed her.
“I told him that I couldn’t take being embarrassed by him and he got upset and said that he didn’t get why I thought the bell was embarrassing, explained that it was a perfect solution for no longer be forced to wait till someone shows up.”
“I said it’s inappropriate and embarrassing here,” she went on. “He said I was being too sensitive and overreacted over nothing. He insisted we go back inside but I refused.
“We ended up leaving, he kept on about how I ruined dinner by cancelling it and offending him by acting like his behavior is shameful. I said I had a right to give an opinion on what he’s done even if he thought what he was doing but he basically told me to get off my high horse and stop calling his ‘genius’ idea embarrassing.
“He’s been sulking for days now and wanting an apology, Maybe I overreacted. maybe it’s nothing where he lives but here it’s just unacceptable.”
Many people agreed that her boyfriend was out of the line, with one person commenting: “I worked at a restaurant for years and if someone ever came into my work and brought a bell I would kick them out and refuse service. This man is gaslighting you. You should leave him seriously.”
Another wrote: “That’s incredibly rude and beyond inappropriate. You are NTA and your BF is a rude, entitled AH who would be thrown out of most restaurants in the US for that sort of behavior.”
A third added: “Who would ring a bell at a public restaurant? I would say that’s beyond embarrassing you did nothing wrong NTA, and it’s like disturbing other customers and waiters they might be busy with their work and it’s their job they will serve you OP are you sure about this relationship I see red flags.”
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