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my friends boyfriend is really grossing me out. he infantilizes her and it’s really starting to get under my skin because it’s just icky. idk i’m also a lesbian and I really don’t like men so maybe i’m just being a hater but tbh she could do better 😳
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Anonymous 1d

Bucket think it’s just you but then again bucket doesn’t know what’s going on so bucket could be wrong :P

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Anonymous 1d

have you talked to her about it? it’s usually a pretty clear sign of misogyny when straight couples end up infantilizing the woman like crazy like that. she’s a grown ass adult and yeah like idk there is a certain amount of babying or taking care of your partner that’s expected but if you’re genuinely treating them like they’re less mature, less capable, less independent, or dumber than you than that’s just fucking weird.

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Anonymous 1d

yeah well i totally get what you mean but it also depends on what he's doing and maybe he's really just an ass

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Anonymous replying to -> just_a_bucket 1d

This is frying me

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

Bucket 🪣 *hands bucket*

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 1d

especially if it’s to the point of actually affecting her sense of self or autonomy in a way where she’s giving up some level of control of her life. like when women decide to stop getting their degree to get married to some fucking guy and give up on their only safety bet to get married at 19 like that’s genuinely concerning

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 20h

I haven’t talked to her about it yet because I don’t know what to say and I don’t want to make her upset or feel like she can’t talk to me about her relationship anymore but he keeps saying stuff like “omg my girlfriend is so cute she has such cute little hands and she’s just my little baby” and is constantly reposting stuff about how he’s so freaky and calls her mommy and keeps reposting a lot of sexual things and tagging her and it almost feels like he wants people to see it. he’s also always

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 20h

and he’s always in her comment section saying stuff like “gtfo this is my comment section that’s my baby” which is understandable but then he will literally fight and argue and personally message anyone who says that she looks good, even in a friendly way. I think he’s doing it in a joking way but it is still really icky. his other comments will be like “omg she got me pregnant” “i can’t wait for you to come home baby” “we’re gonna do it everywhere” and it’s just really uncomfortable that he is

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19h

posting that stuff on her page. let alone like a bunch of his reposts are of him saying how hard he is and then tagging her. i’ve tried to be friends with him but literally anytime we text he always brings up the comment section being like “omg you’re the only good one because you aren’t trying to steal her from me” and sometime saying “omg did you see what I said” like wanting me to look at the nasty shit he says in her comment section. it’s really disturbing and lowkey she does it in his

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19h

comment section too. but he seems to do it wayyyy more and I just feel like the sexual talk should stay in their dms because now I can’t see any story or picture of hers without her boyfriend calling her mommy and saying that he wants to f*ck her and it just seems performative and unhealthy. I’ve also noticed that her personality completely changes when she’s with him and again it seems like a performance. she’s so intelligent and a really good friend of mine and I just have a really gross

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19h

feeling about this situation. am I overreacting??

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19h

(oh and he will also stop our conversation mid way through to say that he had to “put her to bed” like she is a child)

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19h

Ya bucket thinks you should intervene

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 18h

it sounds like this guy is really insecure and is aggressively overcompensating for it. like commenting and posting about your s/o is one thing but coming at anyone else who comments smth nice?? sounds like jealousy and insecurity

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 18h

Trvth

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15h

oh fuck no you're not overreacting at all like i totally get you and just reading this gave me the ick 😭😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 14h

fr like genuinely sick to my stomachhhg

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