WIBTAH for breaking up with my boyfriend over socks?
My boyfriend (20) and I (20) have been dating for almost three years now. I love him dearly, he’s sweet and funny, but he always antagonizes me. I have OCD (only recently diagnosed with it), and I get very overwhelmed with germs. I get overwhelmed by dirty dishes and dirty laundry stacking up— which happens often. I tend to clean most of it since he’s working and I’m not, though I am in school and he isn’t.
I also can’t touch the ground without wearing socks. I don’t sleep in socks or shower with them on, but if I touch the bare ground without socks on, I feel dirty and overwhelmed— the exception being when I know I’m about to shower in less than an hour.
When I say he antagonizes me, what I mean is that he will throw my clean outfit for the next day on the floor when mad at me, knowing that I won’t be able to wear it. Or, if we’re arguing, he will call me crazy for needing to place socks next to the toilet before I shower. Sometimes, he will call me stupid instead of elaborating when I ask questions of him. I know I’m not painting him in a flattering light right now. I do love him a lot, but I have a bad memory and when I’m upset I tend to forget the good moments.
Anyways, we were taking a shower together. I was talking about Howl’s Moving Castle when he suddenly yelled “shut up!” which made me quiet for the rest of the shower. I was probably rambling for way too long like I always do, but I was upset because he yelled at me instead of asking me to stop.
He got out of the shower first— which I prefer that he does get out first because I take longer to dry myself— and he turned off the light on purpose. I know it was on purpose, because he kept opening the door and standing there to check if I was going to get out and turn the light on. So I did, pissed off because I would have to rewash my feet. I turned it on and then he turned it off again, so I splashed water on him. I know, that’s a bad reaction, but he laughed so I thought it was okay.
Instead of turning the light off again, he took the towel and my socks away from the shower. Again, I got out of the shower and took my socks and the towel back before saying that I want to break up with him. Earlier in the shower, I specifically thought “if he takes my socks away at all, I’m breaking up with him.”
So, would I be the asshole for breaking up with my boyfriend over socks? Am I overreacting or is this reasonable?
TLDR: My boyfriend took my socks away from me as a joke when he knows I have OCD and can’t touch floors with my bare feet.