Man Says His Girlfriend ‘Was in Tears’ After He Left Hotel Room to Use Lobby Toilet, Avoid Stinking Up Their Bathroom
He wrote on Reddit that she cried because she worried about “why I didn’t tell her I was going” and “if someone broke in”
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A man spraying air freshener in a bathroom (stock image)A Reddit user is “really confused” after seeing his girlfriend cry over something he thought was a considerate gesture during a recent trip together.
The 24-year-old man wrote on the social media platform's “Am I the A------” forum on Feb. 7 that he left their hotel room for roughly 30 minutes one morning to use a toilet in the lobby in order to avoid stinking up their shared hotel bathroom before his 23-year-old girlfriend took her daily shower.
“I am currently on a weekend away with my girlfriend,” the man began his post. “I was really excited and planned this trip as a surprise, and she absolutely loved our first night out. I took her for dinner, then we watched a live musical, before heading back to the hotel.”
The dinner seemingly led to a less-than-ideal situation for him the next day.
“I woke up at around 6 a.m. needing to use the toilet *really* badly,” he added. “I'm talking, my stomach was making those super bad noises that usually indicate I’m going to stink the bathroom out for a few hours.”
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A man comforts a crying woman (stock image)The Redditor then noted that he “snuck out to use the lobby toilet” because he didn’t want “to make the bathroom smell really bad,” so his girlfriend could start her day with a fresh-smelling bathroom.
“I was probably gone a good half hour, but when I came back my girlfriend was in tears. Crying about me leaving, saying what if someone broke in, why I didn’t tell her I was going, what if something happened while I was gone, to me or her,” he recalled.
“I was really confused by the reaction and explained that I would have made the place smell really bad, and didn't want to ruin her morning with literal ‘s---,’ ” he continued. “She didn’t really care, and insisted I should have woken her up, left a note [or] just gone in our bathroom.”
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A hotel bathroom (stock image)Baffled, the man asked Redditors, “AITA [am I the a------] for leaving our hotel room to use the lobby toilet?” He added, “Am I missing something? I don't understand … Am I being oblivious to something really obvious?”
Within 72 hours after posing his questions, he received more than 1,700 responses, with the consensus being he’s “NTA [not the a------].”
“NTA. Your GF's reaction was over the top,” the user with the most upvoted comment said. “Could she not have called you? It sounds like you were trying to be very considerate of her needs here by not taking up the bathroom forever and stinking up the joint.”
“I'd be re-evaluating the relationship,” they added. “Do you need a partner who melts down at the unexpected and wants you to be glued to her 24/7 unless you’re keeping her posted as to your whereabouts at all times?”
Most Redditors agreed, and some also offered a simple remedy.
“While [he] probably should have texted her when he disappeared for half an hour, her thumbs work too,” another person wrote. “I accidentally disappear on my husband like this sometimes, and he just texts, ‘Where did you go?’ No tears involved.”
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