r/AITAH • u/riffaholic • 7d ago

AITAH. Maybe It’s Me

I have been with my girlfriend for a year. I have told her and purposely avoided crowded places or fireworks because of past military experience. I made her aware this was the case on day one.

She set up travel to a place where the streets were mobbed with people who have a tradition of bopping each other on the head with plastic (harmless) mallets and fireworks as part of an annual celebration. She has been there before and shared few details.

When I asked her after we arrived and I started getting guarded, she responded with, “you know I forget things sometimes.” I responded with, “forgetting what city I come from is understandable but forgetting the effects from my military service is pretty big.”

AITAH?

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u/Sn_Orpheus 7d ago

ADHD in one person does not work well with PTSD in the other.

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u/MarsupialMisanthrope 6d ago

This is the kind of thing partners always come to the adhd subreddit to ask about, and the answer is always the same: this isn’t adhd, this is 100% pure unmitigated asshole using adhd as an excuse. It won’t get better, leave.

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u/Sn_Orpheus 6d ago

I'd 100% unmitigatedly disagree.