📝 AITAH for not visiting my girlfriend over easter holidays

By BDRCN • Score: 1 • April 17, 2025 8:21 AM


First time poster so sorry if Im a bit long winded cuz I don't wanna miss any detail. So my (24F) girlfriend (24F) lives pretty far away from me. Like 3-4 hours by car and 4-9 hours depending on the train. We have a semi long distance relationship. Also in case it's important: she has clinical depression and mild agorraphobia. A few days ago she asked me if I would come over during easter (friday to monday), because she doesn't wanna be alone (her roommate is leaving for easter). I declined for 2 reasons: 1. My religious family is visiting over these days and we celebrate their most holy of holidays. I will not enjoy it and I don't like spending time with them all that much but I wanna be there cause it's important to them and who knows how long we will be able to celebrate together (theyre pretty old). 2. I am in debt. Like a lot. I cannot afford gas for the trip to her until the end of the month. Now I thought that was settled so yesterday I wanted to make plans with her to play Baldurs Gate together over the easter days online. Her reaction to that was "So you are not coming over?". I said no and provided my reasons again. She said she did not wanna come to me cause she is in the red too and doesn't wanna ride the cheap train because it will take about 9 hours per trip, so she asked again if I really didn't wanna come over. I said I want to but again my reasons. She then offered me to pay my gas money, saying she values her time more than her money and would rather pay my expenses than take the train. I declined that since she already has trouble paying rent, buying her meds and even food. I told her I really love her and I'm sorry but we will see eachother soon (in two weeks we will go on a short vacation to the netherlands and visit a concert there, wich I thought was decent consolation. Of course I wanna see her asap but since it's not possible I figured thats the next best thing). She then got really quiet so I asked if she was mad at me now. She replied that she was sad. I apologized and said I love her and miss her and tried to hype her up for our upcoming vacation to distract her. She then said that she felt really left alone and "like a woman scorned" and wanted to hang up now. I asked again if I did anything to upset or disappoint her and she said she doesn't wanna talk about it for now. I said I understand and wanted to give her space if she needed. That was yesterday and I feel really bad now. I feel like there isn't much I could do but I feel like I abandoned her. I really love her and want her to be happy.

Please give me advice. AITAH?

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