So my (30M) girlfriend (28F) recently got really into Reddit. At first I thought it was kind of cute—she’d be scrolling through AITA posts and laughing or raging about the comments. But then she started saying stuff like, "I could write a post better than this and go viral."

I thought she was joking... until last week I saw her actually doing it. She was sitting at her laptop, talking to ChatGPT, asking it to generate wild Reddit stories like *"my boyfriend turned into a lizard" level ridiculous. Some of them were a little more believable, but still totally made up.

She’d post them on AITA or relationship subs, and then obsessively refresh to see if they got traction. One post got over 2K upvotes, and she was so proud… even though none of it was real.

I told her I thought it was kind of messed up to flood Reddit with fake stories, especially when people post about serious real-life issues. I said, "You’re basically catfishing the entire subreddit for internet points."

She got really defensive and said I was being a buzzkill and "jealous" because her posts were doing better than my occasional Reddit comments (which… okay, fair, but not the point).

Now she’s annoyed with me, and I'm wondering if I came off too harsh. I didn’t yell or anything, but I did call it "weirdly dishonest and kind of sad" which I realize might've hit a nerve.

So… AITA for calling her out?