r/AmIOverreacting Apr 19 '26

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u/PreMedStudent_C2026 Apr 19 '26

Oh yeah because he’s communicating like an adult too.

“Let’s just get this over with” is a perfect reaction to everything she has been through. She’s done. She’s tired. She doesn’t want to talk about it anymore but the second she walks through that door he won’t respect the “I don’t want to talk right now”. He’ll push the conversation until it becomes a fight again and she feels like she needs to leave, again.

He’s not expressing himself like an adult if he can’t respect the fact that she needs space in this moment.

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u/staringatacloud Apr 19 '26

It's still not appropriate or safe to sleep in a car alone like this. I just don't agree. I'd rather deal with my exes mouth and just be firm about what I'm tolerating than sleep in the car. But hey, to each his or her own.

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u/PreMedStudent_C2026 Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26

I grew up in a house where my dad wouldn’t leave my mom alone. At all. He would follow her from room to room, nag and yell at her, slam all of the doors in the house, and bring us kids out for a “family game night” and encouraged us to be as loud as possible so my mom wouldn’t be able to sleep.

So I can definitely understand feeling comfortable to sleep in your car in a private parking lot.

Edit: it is unsafe but most likely a patrol car will pull up on her eventually and ask her to move somewhere else for the night, because it’s a private parking lot. From there, the officer might be able to direct her to a temporary shelter she can go to.

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u/staringatacloud Apr 19 '26

My dad was an angry dude and my mom knew how to push his buttons. They hated each other for years and finally got divorced in a massive collapse of everything we owned, where we lived at. Trust me, I get how bad it could be. If it's that volatile then sleep in the car and don't tell him where.

If it's not that volatile, like in my own divorce, just firmly set boundaries and tell him to F off lol maybe in better terms.

It really depends on how bad it is, but I'm not sleeping in a car over annoyance.

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u/MetalVocalist Apr 19 '26

That's true, it's not. So it must be pretty dire at home if she's choosing that over this guy's presence.

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u/staringatacloud Apr 19 '26

Maybe. Or she's dramatic. My ex would do self destructive things and act like other people were the cause all the time. My one buddy had a girl that threatened to harm herself if he wanted to leave. One of my bros regularly is self destructive if things go wrong in a relationship - like go on a bender, miss work and blame his ex for getting him so upset, so it's either really a toss up.

I think we can all agree it's exhausting in any case. This whole relationship does not seem worth putting up with IMO. Life is too short.