'I know this sounds bad': Dude abandons GF at the top of a mountain to avoid missing Jets game

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Mar 18, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

"I could not miss this game," admitted the guy who's probably about to get dumped.

This guy decided to post to r/AmItheA****** with a question: "AITA for abandoning my girlfriend on top of a mountain?" In case commenters felt hasty to judge, u/moneytreesplease clarified that they know their summary sounded bad, but "it wasn't even a big mountain." Well in that case, carry on. 

As a weekend hiker, this dude thought it'd be fun to get a quick hike in. Usually, they go alone, while their GF stays in. But on this Sunday, the GF decided to tag along. The main problem was that she wasn't really prepared to go on such a vigorous journey. This was no walk in the park: the original poster (OP) was going to hike to the peak of the mountain and back. And because this area was elevated, there was less oxygen the higher up the couple got, making the GF even more tired during the hike. 

While commenters had a variety of opinions, almost nobody wanted to side with the OP. Most people sided with the GF, and none of us would be surprised if she dumped the OP as fast as possible. 

Next up, this boss was so keen to flex his power to his employees that he ended up costing the company $6,000 in a single day. 

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    AITA for abandoning my girlfriend on top of a mountain?
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    I know this sounds bad but hear me out on this one. It wasn't even a big mountain. Basically I've been going on hikes alone on weekend mornings while my girlfriend eats pancakes.
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    On Sunday I went to do a peak that's easy if you're a vet like me but still takes a few hours. I went early so I could be back for the football game at one. I could not miss this game.
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    So I woke up early to go and my girlfriend gets up with me and is like "Let's do it" and I was like what. She gives me this whole spiel about trying to better herself and her body which she gives me every year but I still felt obligated to bring her along.
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    Before I agreed I made sure she understood that it would be challenging and that I was going to be going at a brisk pace because I needed to be home in time for the game. I told her that if she wanted we could do some lighter hikes later this week so she can ease her self into it but she insisted she could keep up.
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    But of course it didn't go that way. She fell behind immediately, before the real ascent even began. I offered to turn around and tackle it another time but she insisted she just needed to adjust to the altitude change. Nope. It took us over two hours to get up, and she complained and begged for water the entire time.
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    We got to the top and I told her we needed to get down. faster than we went up because if we didn't I was going to miss kickoff. She got all pissy over that and was like isn't spending time with me more important than the game. I knew this was bait so I just said back that I told her the conditions beforehand and it wasn't respectful of her to slow me down like this.
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    Then she got real mad and basically shrieked across the entire peak that I might as well just leave her up there and I was so angered and embarrassed by her that I did.
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    I told her the descent down was easier and there were plenty of people around to help her if she needed it and I headed back down the mountain alone. I felt bad so I waited for her in the car and watched the game on my phone and she didn't make it down until the 4th quarter which I pointed out to her as soon as she opened the door.
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    She won't talk to me. I know my actions were hurtful, but her peak freakout had humiliated me and I didn't know what else to do. AITA? edit: since people are asking it was the Jets game
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    Freyja Harkan YTA. You brought her 'humiliating' outburst on yourself. The way you talk about her wishes to better herself, calling it a 'spiel' (because she probably failed
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    before, which maybe she could have accomplished with more support), tells me she doesn't have a lot of agency nor real room in this relationship since most of the oxygen is consumed by your ego.
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    I hope she conquers many more peaks at her pace, so you can make it to all the games without failure, on your own. ETA a few things that I wanted to clarify because I do understand that I am not the best at extended
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    paragraphs and English isn't my first language: the ES H doesn't fit in my opinion because the entire post is dripping with disrespect and disdain. It is clear the OP is with a person who is craving his attention and
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    love, and in a relationship of 'years' that didn't happen by chance. If this is how this woman is described on text, to strangers, who knows what she gets to consume on a daily basis and how she is allowed to digest
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    it? Of course choices will be misguided, regardless of warnings. Many people have presented better options here but, an experienced hiker could have and should have done a lot better than this, let alone a better boyfriend.
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    Regardless, her spur of the moment hiking itch was not about hiking, and it shows. Thank you for the votes and engaging comments.
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    ollieclark ESH - she shouldn't have insisted going with you even when you told her it was too difficult for her to do in the time you wanted to do it in. You should have absolutely
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    put your foot down or picked an easier hike that she'd have been able to complete in the time. You more though for leaving an inexperienced hiker on the top of a mountain. You know that
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    accidents can happen. What would you have done if she'd fallen and hurt herself? How long were you going to wait before going to look for her? How would you have found her?
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    teakettle_ YTA I thought people like you only exist in boomer jokes. If a game is more important to you than your girlfriend then why do you even keep her around? Reevaluate your life. You sound
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    really selfish and narrow minded. The worst thing is that you don't even know what is wrong with your behaviour based on the words you use. You think SHE embarrassed YOU? How do you think she felt when you abandoned her?
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    You can't even imagine how embarrassing your whole act sounded. I hope at least the game was good.
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    formercitycouncilady YTA. "I pointed out to her that it was the 4th quarter as soon as she opened the door." After her long descent from a mountain that I abandoned her
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    on, when she was being annoying and begging for water. Super healthy relationship. /s
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    [deleted] ESH. You shouldn't have abandoned her. I get that on some level she brought it on herself, but you shouldn't have done it anyway. You should have accepted the situation for what
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    it was and then talked to her later about respecting your time and plans. She shouldn't have insisted on coming knowing that you wanted to be back in time for the game, and then pulled a bait and switch on you about
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    "spending time with her being more important." That was really unfair of her. Edit to add: people are going too easy on the girlfriend here with the Y TA verdicts. He does for abandoning her
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    on the top of the mountain; shouldn't have done that no matter what. But she was warned plenty of times that the hike would be difficult and that he had plans to be back by a certain time.
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    It doesn't matter if people think a football game is important or not; it was important to OP. The girlfriend went probably with the idea that she could and would subvert his plans, which wasn't cool. He even
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    offered her several alternatives, but she insisted on coming under the conditions that OP laid out. She's not blameless in this situation.
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