Man sparks debate after lashing out at girlfriend for making 34th birthday cake wrong Nik Shuliahin\/Unsplash, CanvaA man has sparked a debate online after asking the internet if he was in the wrong when he lashed out at his girlfriend for not making the birthday cake he wanted. One of Reddit\u2019s most popular subreddits is the \u201cAm I the a**hole\u201d section, where people share stories from their lives, usually regarding arguments or conflicts, to ask if they were in the right or not. With stories varying from anything between cheating and wedding planning to having interactions with \u201cKarens,\u201d you never know what you\u2019ll read next. In a now-viral post with over 11,000 comments, the original poster, who goes by the handle Throwaway5829582999, asked other Reddit users if he was in the wrong after getting disappointed after his girlfriend made him a chocolate birthday cake, but not in the way he wanted. Man gets disappointed with birthday cake from girlfriend OP started the post by saying that for his birthday, his girlfriend offered to bake him a cake. He told her what he wanted: a chocolate cake with chocolate icing. Nothing fancy, just a classic chocolate cake. He went on to say that his girlfriend made him what he wanted \u2014 but she took some creative liberties and added vanilla icing between the two layers of chocolate cake before covering it in chocolate frosting. \u201cShe is usually a great baker, and I guess she thought that wasn\u2019t sophisticated enough or something,\u201d OP wrote in the post. After his girlfriend asked if he was disappointed, OP told her the truth and said it wasn\u2019t the cake he requested. He continued: \u201cIf I wanted vanilla in a cake, I would have asked for vanilla in the cake. \u201cI didn\u2019t make a scene. I didn\u2019t pout. I even ate half of a slice \u2013 the chocolate part,\u201d he wrote. The girlfriend got upset and confused, as she said she\u2019d made the vanilla frosting before and that OP had liked it, to which he said he did like vanilla frosting, but that it wasn\u2019t what he had wanted. \u201cHer feelings were hurt, and she even pulled an \u2018I\u2019m not going to make you any cake next year,\u2019 which I replied with, \u2018I will order my own and get my money back if they don\u2019t do it like I want it,’\u201d OP wrote. That was the final straw, as the girlfriend asked the OP to leave. She later told him that he embarrassed her in front of her kids. OP also revealed the girlfriend is now refusing to answer his messages. \u201cI think birthdays are important things, and I feel like I was honest with her when she asked me. I didn\u2019t want to lie about it,\u201d OP wrote. \u201cMy friend told me I should have been grateful that she made me a cake at all, especially one that I\u2019ve eaten and liked in the past. Maybe I overreacted a bit, though I don\u2019t feel like I did, and hope to get a second opinion. AITA here?\u201d Readers are conflicted about who\u2019s in the wrong In an unexpected turn of events, this post has left social media divided. Most of Reddit rallied in support of the OP\u2019s girlfriend, while many on X (formerly known as Twitter) surprisingly took the OP\u2019s side. One person commented on the Reddit thread, saying: \u201cYTA. Not necessarily for saying the cake wasn\u2019t what you wanted, although I would have kept my mouth shut, but for the way you spoke to her. It\u2019s so incredibly rude and disrespectful.\u201d Another wrote: Imagine someone going out of their way and baking you a cake and being a complete a** over it. When people do you a favor, you\u2019re GRATEFUL. YTA, I can\u2019t believe this is even a question.\u201d However, as the post made it over to X, one person commented in favor of OP and said: \u201cAsking someone what they want, having them answer specifically, making something different, and then monitoring their reaction is passive-aggressive.\u201d After reading the responses, OP revealed he\u2019d realized that he could have handled things better and has apologized to his girlfriend \u2013 but is now expecting an apology back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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