📝 Aitah for leaving the way I did?

By Fabulous-Arm-9334 • Score: 220 • April 4, 2025 8:13 PM


Throw away for obvious reasons. My ex and I were together for about 6 months. He had been a good bf for the most part until the last month of the relationship.

The last month of the relationship it seemed like he became a completely different person. He started pretty much stalking me. He accused me of cheating on him with every person male or female that smiled at me ( we are in the south everyone smiles at you and waves when you pass them on the road it's just what we do). Some random guy held a door open for me and my bf screamed about it for what felt like hours. He called me a whore for it.

Anyway I was already looking for my exit and covering my ass when the last time happened. I had gone to the grocery store and I missed a call from him. When I called him back he was screaming at me so loud everyone in the store turned around. I immediately hung up and some guy asked me if I was okay and told me my bf was going to kill me one day of I didn't get out of that situation asap. I guess the humiliation of everyone overhearing the screaming is what set it in stone. I pretty much texted him I was done and asked a few witnesses to write a statement of what they heard including one of the store guards so I could get a restraining order. I haven't gotten the order because he hasn't done anything to hurt me or illegal yet according to the cops but at least I have a paper trail with witnesses now so he can't act like I am making it up or I am the crazy one now ( he does that a lot).

Now he is furious. He has shown up at my apartment a couple of times first time he was giving me a sob story and then started getting angry the second time he was just beating on the door until my neighbor ran him off. The property manager has been notified and if he comes back he can be arrested for trespassing but cops still said there was nothing else they could do but give him a warning that seemed to just piss him off more. We do have cameras at my apartment building so everything he did is on camera for more of my paper trail.

I'm not sure if I did this the right way now. Everyone in my family is freaking out and my dad basically kidnapped me yesterday so I haven't been back to my apartment since then. I don't know if I could have done things differently to change this or if what I'm doing is too much and just pushing him to be more angry.

He was a fantastic bf until last month and I got out as fast as I could safely but I feel crazy. Idk WTF happened with him.

Edit- I have managed to talk to my boss and HR this evening and It's possible that I can transfer to a different location. I might do that. My lease ends in June so I might just transfer and find a new apartment.

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