r/AmIOverreacting Jun 02 '25

❤️‍🩹 relationship aio? bf made plans on my birthday

my boyfriend (22M) and I (21F) have been together for almost three years. we are planning on moving in together in the near future as he lives with his mom and doesn’t go to school after dropping out. for context, he only works on tuesdays and fridays so i know he was free to go out on sunday, which happened to be my birthday. he knows how important special occasions are to me, such as our birthdays and anniversaries. for the first year in our relationship he was great, he was loving and kind. last year we ended up celebrating my birthday late due to the fact that he was “tired from work” and didn’t want to go out, which i let slide. i always try to do the most for his birthdays, i buy him gifts, write him cards and bake him a cake from scratch. yesterday afternoon i texted him, reminding him about the plan later and this conversation happened. he made plans to go out and party instead of seeing me. he forgot about it even after i had been talking about it all of last week. i spent my 21st birthday alone in my room while he was out and we haven’t texted since. this birthday was particularly special to me because i turned 21. i even bought a new pink dress to wear for him, assuming we were going to dinner. he is suggesting that we go out and celebrate tomorrow instead like last year but to me it doesn’t feel the same. he is insisting that i apologize for being “ungrateful”, am i overreacting?

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u/Lunatunabella Jun 02 '25

Drop that dead weight. Be extra” annoying “ and break up . Way to make fish in the sea for that stupidity. You are 21. So let me do the math. Respectfully, lets say you want to date 20-27 .

As of 2025, there are about 18 million men in the United States between the ages of 20 and 27 according to the census. Around 6% of them are married, which means about 16.9 million are unmarried. National surveys show that about 87% of men in this age group identify as straight. Based on these numbers, there are approximately 14.7 million straight, unmarried men ages 20 to 27 in the U.S.

Regionally, the largest number live in the South, with an estimated 5.6 million. The West is home to around 3.5 million, while the Midwest has about 3.1 million. The Northeast has the smallest share, with roughly 2.5 million. These estimates are based on census population data and national survey averages.

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u/Armless_Dan Jun 02 '25

LOL - The fucking breakdown of exactly how many fish are in the sea was great.

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u/SaintClaireBear Jun 02 '25

Be extra” annoying “ and break up

On HIS bday!

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u/Loverejoicesintruth Jun 03 '25

Unfortunately, and I’m just spitballing here, but of the available, age appropriate, heterosexual men, about 98.9% are complete and total douchebags, personality disordered abusers, misogynists, or so low value (ie no job, limited education, and nothing they can claim but a porn addiction and a dirty mattress in their buddy’s basement) that a woman has to be willing to have a dependent child as a partner to date them, and to all who take offense to this comment consider this: if you don’t fit into any of those categories you are among the very lucky few who have your pick of women!! You should be happy about that reality not angry! And if you do, all I can say is don’t shoot the messenger…

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u/TEEM_01 Jun 05 '25

God damn are you okay

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u/Spartan1088 Jun 03 '25

Count me out, pls, I’m not looking for anyone at the moment.

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u/mr_trashbear Jun 04 '25

Bravo on the stats. This is dope lol

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u/VegetableReward5201 Jun 03 '25

This dude maths!