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To end 1 month relationship over this tiny thing

387 replies

bicyclecrash · 19/12/2025 17:07

or am I being dramatic?

Please be honest if im overreacting. Me and my boyfriend have been together officially for 6 weeks, it's going really well. Yesterday we went out for dinner and I drove us back to mine after. On the way back, he rolled down the window and threw his empty drink can out of my car. As soon as he rolled down the window i knew that was what he was going to and asked / begged him not to as I'm the one who's car it is and I don't want someone posting my car all over the local facebook group saying rubbish is being thrown out of it.

Also it gave me the ick. I find it a bit grim that he couldn't wait 10 mins till we got to my house to throw his rubbish away.

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Tessabelle74 · 20/12/2025 21:11

If have pulled over and made him go back and pick it up, I'd also dump him, no excuse for littering

OogieBoogiO · 20/12/2025 21:05

Someone who gets a thrill out of provoking? Not a good personality trait.

mrssunshinexxx · 20/12/2025 21:00

I voted wrong by mistake ! Bin him!

TwinklySquid · 20/12/2025 20:58

If you asked him not to and he did it anyway, he’s testing your boundaries to see what you’ll take

Didimag48 · 20/12/2025 20:57

That happened to me but not with a "future possible" partner. Picked up this very well dressed African guy hitch hiking at the entrance to the motorway. Said he was related to the last ruler of the Congo. Threw a beer bottle out of the window!!!
I was furious. Checked with Congolese friends - they said that he was the son of the former ruler and was shunned by the Congolese living here (Switzerland)

Shouldbeworkingnotreadingtalk · 20/12/2025 20:57

I would feel quite pissed off with him. Yeah. If it was my husband of 10 years I probably wouldn’t end it or leave the B. But some bloke of ) weeks you would hear my vagina clamping shut. Not just at the littering (which is bad enough) but then at the disregard for my feelings. As Apple core I’d be just about ok with. But a can is grim.

NewNameforThisPost2025 · 20/12/2025 20:55

I can't imagine just throwing litter on the ground like that.

NewNameforThisPost2025 · 20/12/2025 20:53

Branleuse · 19/12/2025 17:25

I think that's quite a big indication of his character actually.
I wouldn't date someone who threw rubbish out of the window

This. It's one of those things that you could wave off as small, but really isn't.

emanresu3 · 20/12/2025 20:53

I live in a beautiful village in Durham. Loads of botlles cans food cartons thrown out from cars leaving the village littering the wayside despite being periodically cleared. This disgusting behaviour is so common these days. If he is otherwise a decent boyfriend maybe have a word and tell him how upsetting you find this as well as environmentally damaging

Btowngirl · 20/12/2025 20:53

NewNameforThisPost2025 · 20/12/2025 20:51

It wouldn't be a bit wild. Littering is anti-social, selfish, really bad manners, and all-round grim. Plus you can get fined for it.

Just to clarify - I don’t think it’s wild. I said it would be a deal breaker for me. But I would imagine in this instance he is going to downplay the offence and act like he dropped a receipt or something.

NewNameforThisPost2025 · 20/12/2025 20:51

Btowngirl · 19/12/2025 17:09

It would be enough for me to end it I think. Although I can imagine him saying he had been broken up with due to littering and it sounding a bit wild. Have you addressed it with him & what did he say? That would be very telling.

It wouldn't be a bit wild. Littering is anti-social, selfish, really bad manners, and all-round grim. Plus you can get fined for it.

NewNameforThisPost2025 · 20/12/2025 20:49

That's grim, loutish, yobbish behaviour, and it would turn me off big-time. I imagine that sort of man would be a messy urinator, fart in front of you, and have lots of other flaws.

Littering is not cool. I really don't know why he thinks it's OK to just throw rubbish onto the ground. Honestly, my vagina would clamp shut for all time where he's concerned.

YANBU.

Northerlad · 20/12/2025 20:35

Get rid now

MyPeppyTurtle · 20/12/2025 20:33

He's an idiot, sorry, but he didn't respect what you said, and who throws litter out of the car like that anyway....

cantbearsed27 · 20/12/2025 19:58

Revels in being a twat? Definitely not boyfriend material.

Rednotdead · 20/12/2025 19:48

Do you really want to be in a relationship with a yob?

zestyjane3001 · 20/12/2025 18:50

Would also end relationship. He could also hit someone else’s car doing that. Does he think the road is his rubbish bin?

BunnyLake · 20/12/2025 18:49

bicyclecrash · 19/12/2025 17:14

What gets me is that he didn't even need to throw the rubbish immediately. It seemed like he just done it for the thrill of it. No morals

Dump him, he’s a lout.

BunnyLake · 20/12/2025 18:48

Nicho59 · 20/12/2025 18:09

FFS how shallow can you be. He was probably a bit pissed

You have him then.

BunnyLake · 20/12/2025 18:46

That would be a deal breaker. He has no respect for shared spaces. He’s uncouth and ignorant and deserves the boot. I would not stay with someone who litter bugged.

Lilysu · 20/12/2025 18:44

He thinks it’s ok to litter - dump him

As a passenger, he thinks it’s appropriate to disrespect and argue with the driver’s reasonable request - dump him

He thinks his opinion is more important than yours and wasn’t prepared to hear you out and hang onto his rubbish for the journey home to have a discussion about it when noones driving - dump him.

This “relationship” is going nowhere. Time to go different ways.

Flowersforyourchocolateprettyplease · 20/12/2025 18:40

I despise people who litter when they think no one is looking.

To do it whilst with a date he's trying to impress and ignore you when asked not to just shows how selfish he is.

He's shown you who he is.

fatphalange · 20/12/2025 18:40

Nicho59 · 20/12/2025 18:09

FFS how shallow can you be. He was probably a bit pissed

Being a pissed up passenger princess doesn’t exactly subtract from this ick.

fatphalange · 20/12/2025 18:37

I can still feel the visceral disgust when, as a 14 year old the lad I was hanging round with at the park just threw his cup on the ground. It really does show complete contempt, so it’s not something I’d tolerate as an adult either. I’d dump him quicker than he dumped his litter.

Tollington · 20/12/2025 18:34

He’s given you a glimpse in to what he’s really like