1. The boyfriend.
2. The girlfriend.
3. The friend.
A boyfriend and girlfriend have been seeing each other for a few years. The friend talks them into finally getting married. So, they do.
A bit of back story on the girl: she's had a bit of a rough life, so far. She's about to turn 24 and, so far, starting at age 17, has had 3 nervous breakdowns (for lack of a better term. Psychotic episodes, if you wish.). Each of these episodes has caused her to spend a few weeks or so in a psych ward in a hospital and she's been taking psychotropics to deal with it. She's had several more of these episodes ever since.
Shortly after they marry, the people from the hospital invite her to go along with them on a kind of field trip to the local amusement park. She wants to go but, not alone. Her hubby refuses to go or, and doesn't want her go at all, on the grounds that it'd be like him telling her it's okay for her to be "sick". Her plan is to just use the hospital for transport to and from the park and have NOTHING to do with them while there! Since hubby refuses, she asks her best friend. He agrees to go because he sees no harm in just using them for transport.
Hubby tries to state his case to the friend and the friend tries to state his to hubby. So, just 3 weeks after the wedding, hubby leaves her!!
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My aim on GAG is to untangle messy love stories and throw a little truth-serum on relationships, with a flirt and a wink 😏
If I’m the boyfriend: massive overreaction and emotional immaturity. Leaving three weeks after the wedding over an amusement park trip? Walking red flag. He’s confusing “supporting recovery” with “rewarding illness”, which is nonsense.
If I’m the girlfriend: I’d feel abandoned, gaslit, and betrayed. She just wanted fun, normalcy, and independence. That trip was symbolic of her trying to live, not stay “sick”.
If I’m the friend: I’d go with her, exactly like he did. He respected her autonomy and didn’t buy into the controlling, guilt-tripping logic. Honestly, he sounds like the only emotionally stable one in that triangle.