📝 AITAH for "trapping" my girlfriend and not letting her leave our house.

By Virtual-Artichoke270 • Score: 0 • April 23, 2025 6:21 AM


Hey. I typically am I reader of these post, I have never actually written one but I have seen some good advice on here and I desperately need some.

I am 22 (M) and my gf of 4 years is 20. Which to protect her privacy I am gonna call her Lexis in this.

Alright I will keep this as short as possible. (For context we live together.)

Two nights ago Lexis told me she wanted to go out to a bar with her friends, we had a short talk about safety and I asked her to keep me updated while she went out. I knew Lexis was underage to drink but I figured I needed to expect her to get drunk so I of course was worried for her. During this talk, she got annoyed that I asked her to update me? I don't think its too unreasonable of a request as I had asked in the past and she agreed. She told me that she would as long as I kept her updated with whatever I did while she was gone and I told her that I would. In the past Lexis and I had issues as she has very bad trust issues and she has accused me of cheating more than I can count (which I would never cheat nor have I given her reason to think such things of me.) Anyways, she ended up leaving with her friends, I kept my night simple, took a shower, ate some dinner and watched some tv. Lexis did indeed keep me updated with texts like "I'm here." "On my first drink of the night." and things like that and I responded with what I was doing in that moment. Some where between the lines I fell asleep on the couch for a few hours, when I woke up I had 38 missed calls and 11 texts from Lexis. I immediately called her back but she didn't pick up, I thought something was wrong with her so I got up and quickly grabbed my keys and ran out to my car, when I got in my car I noticed I didn't have my phone which I needed for directions to the bar she was at. I turned off my car and got out but when I did I saw Lexis friends car pull up to our place and she got out of the car clearly drunk. She looked pissed off at me, I walked up the car and thanked her friend for getting her home safely and they gave me a short reply before they drove off.

I looked at Lexis and asked her out her night went but she just started yelling at me, telling me that I was out cheating on her. I was so taken aback, I instantly reassured her telling her I would never do that to her.

I tried to get Lexis to stop yelling so I can explain, but she literally ran inside and locked me out of the house. I had my keys with me which has our house keys on it so I unlocked the door and went inside. Lexis was sobbing on the couch asking me "How I could do this to her." I wanted to stay calm for her. I sat down next to her and rubbed her back telling her I fell asleep, I would never cheat on her. She just stared at me like I was a liar, she asked me why I was out in my car then and I told her it was a misunderstanding and that I thought she was in danger because of the missed calls and texts. But of course she didn't trust me. I tried so hard to stay calm for her, I knew she had been cheated on in the past but what did I do wrong? nothing. I don't give any other girls the time of day with me. I can go on and on about my feelings but I wont.

Anyways, she started to yell at me again, she was flipping out on me. She had tried to hit me but I am way taller and stronger so I stopped her from it. She told me she was leaving the house and grabbed my car keys. This is where it gets bad.

I knew she was in NO state to drive, not only was she putting herself in danger because she was clearly wasted but she was also putting other people in danger, so I walked over to her and told her to give me my keys and that it is not smart to drive right now. She laughed in my face and told me F you. So I had to forcefully rip my keys from her hands. It left her with a small cut on her finger, which I HATE I even gave her but I know It was the right thing to do in that moment. She smacked me after I got my keys (Nothing I can't handled given she's 5'2 and about 115lbs.) She tried to walk out of the door but I grabbed her arm, I didn't really know what to do. She started yelling that I am hurting her, I promise I am not abusive, I didn't want her to leave and get actually hurt from someone, so I picked her up and brought her to our bedroom, the yelling didn't stop but I laid her on our bed and told her to just sleep. I walked out and shut the door, I got a glass of water for her and brought it into the room, she sat on the bed and said if I didn't let her leave that I was holding her hostage and she was gonna call the cops on me. I sat at the end of the bed and just told her to drink the water, she did. She laid down and told me she hated me, that I ruined her perspective on love and of course that I was a cheater and a liar. She did end of falling asleep after a few minutes.

I came to the conclusion it would be best If I slept on the couch so she could wake up and not yell at me. So I did. But when I woke up she was gone and so was my car. I got my phone and I had texts and calls from her parents basically saying I abused their daughter and wouldn't let her leave apparently she was so scared for her life that she pretended to sleep to escape from me. I tried to call her father because we had a pretty good relationship I thought and maybe he could hear me out. But he didn't pick up, so I called her mother, no answer either. I tried to call Lexis but she didn't answer, so I texted her. I have been texting her for two days and I have gotten nothing from anyone. It has been radio silence. All I wanted to do was make sure Lexis was safe.

I had to Uber to work today because Lexis has my car. I genuinely do not know what to do. Am I in the wrong? Just what the hell do I do.

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