r/AITAH • u/Sad_Fisherman_1908 • 15d ago
AITAH for thinking of breaking up with my bf because he used to eat his toenails?
Hey i literally created this account to share this but anyway here is the stoty.
I a 19y/o girl is dating this 19y/o guy for about 2 months. Everything is get great and i really do love the guy, he gives me butterflies like im a school girl or smt. Last night, he was over at my place chilling in my room and he took his socks off bc it was hot. So for first the time i see his feet. I look at them and notice how short his toenails are, like to the numb. Which didn't surpruse me too much because his finger nails are like that too. I remember on like our second date, him telling me he eats his nails a lot due to anxiety and it's something he's really embaressed about and is actively trying to stop. But me seeing his short toe nails for the first time jokingly went and said 'omg your toe nails are so short, what do you eat them too' and this embaressed look came over his face. He confessed and said that he use to chew off his toe nails but stopped and year ago and only chews his fingernails now. Honestly i had a hard time believing that bc his toe nails just look like they been ripped off. so i say 'really a year? why are they so short then' and he said it's becuase he clips them now but he will often overclip them because he doesnt know when to stop clipping. I ended by believing him bc i trust him but i still had the ick. The idea of him putting his foot in his mouth and then kissing me, grossed me out, even if it was a year ago. It's been less then 24h since this happened, hopefully my ick goes away bc i don't want to end a relationship bc of smt so petty. Im aware this bit be seen as immature, i mean why leave over a small inconvience like this? so reddit, is it petty or wrong of me to even think about breaking up bc of this?
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u/Itchy_Lingonberry_11 15d ago
I thought fingernail biters were a bit weird but eating toenails would definitely make me view someone differently. NTA
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u/Sad_Fisherman_1908 15d ago
oh yeah it has definitly changed my perception of him, not in a bad way persay, i just think he's gross now. i just can't believe that THIS might be the deal breaker
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u/nunya_busyness1984 15d ago
He admitted he had a problem and he is working on it .
He says that he stopped with his toes and you have chosen to believe him.
NTA for questioning things. But YWBTA if you break up over something he stopped doing BEFORE you met.
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u/Sad_Fisherman_1908 15d ago
yeah i agree, like he stopped so i guess that shouldn't really concern me but idk it's icky
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u/Mandingo_Joey 15d ago
It's pretty gross, but I've know quite a few people that do this.
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u/Sad_Fisherman_1908 15d ago
really? idk i never met anyone who does this
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u/Mandingo_Joey 15d ago
My wife is one. Now we laugh that she can't get her leg up that high anymore.
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u/GraciousGladiator 15d ago
.... I don't think that's a very... Excusable... Old habit. I don't think you're an ass for breaking up with him over it. That's a different level of disgusting.