A dad is sparking a major relationship debateafter sharing the “stupid” family conflict thatcaused him to break up with his girlfriend onReddit’s AITA [Am I The A******] forum.
In his post, the dad explained that hisrelationship issues began when his girlfriendbecame “jealous” of his teenage daughter.The man’s daughter, who is 17, is arelatively successful influencer, andcurrently makes decent money by modelingproducts on her Instagram page.“There were times I felt like my girlfriend wasusing my daughter for Instagram likes and she seemedjealous of her … Besides that they got along alright”.That largely amicable relationshipchanged one day though, when the man’sgirlfriend asked him if he still plannedto pay for his daughter’s tuition.“Technically [my daughter] made enough to payfor college but I intend to pay for her education …”.“This upset my girlfriend for somereason and she was whining abouthow no one paid for her school ...".That argument spiraled out of control,with the daughter and the girlfriendswapping some frustrated insults.The man said he “just saw red” afterthat, and immediately kicked out his girlfriend.They broke up shortly afterward.Commenters on Reddit seemed somewhattorn on the conflict, however many agreed thatthe man’s girlfriend was mainly in the wrong."who acts like that because a father wants to payfor the education of his child?
Teach that immature‘influencer’ a lesson,” one commenter wrote.Others placed some blame on the manhimself, arguing that he had no businessdating such a young and “immature” woman.“Don’t date women closer to your daughter’sage range than yours,” one user argued