A woman was left upset after her boyfriend dumped her due to the "volume of food" she ate on their Valentine's Day dinner date.
Woman dumped for eating too much on steakhouse date night
The unnamed woman, who was 27 at the time and her partner 26, couldn't believe it after she treated the pair to a slap-up dinner at her favourite steakhouse on the day of love, only to have her boyfriend of seven months leave her because he was "embarrassed" by how much food she consumes.
She shared on Reddit: "I am kind of a string bean - 5'9" and it's a struggle to keep my weight at least 125 pounds (the minimum for my height to not be underweight). There is nothing medically wrong with me, just have a really fast metabolism and have to be careful to eat enough.
"My boyfriend is also very slim, 6' and about 145 pounds, but doesn't have a huge appetite. So it's always been a bit of a joke that I need to eat more (and more frequently) than he does but until our Valentine's Day date I didn't really think it was an issue."
She continued: "He's a full-time grad student and I work so I don't expect expensive gifts, also, I am paying for dinner due to income differences which I do not mind at all.
"When we get there I dive into the bread basket and order a salad, surf and turf (small filet and lobster tail), and a couple of sides to share (sautéed spinach and mashed potatoes) and he gets a small cup of soup and grilled salmon.
"Pretty standard steakhouse stuff. Again I am paying and it's definitely a treat meal but not extremely unhealthy or anything. I definitely relish my meal and finish everything except some of the sides, he eats more than half of his salmon. Most of the way through the meal he starts looking annoyed and distant but won't tell me what's wrong."
When she invited him back to her place after the meal, her now-ex fibbed and said he felt sick, but it turned out he didn't like that she "made a pig" of herself and informed her it’s a huge turn off.
She wrote: "In the moment of course I am disappointed (because it's Valentine's Day and our first one at that) but tell him I'm so sorry and hope he feels better. I try to give him a kiss goodnight but he turns his head and tenses up."
She added: "He texts me to say he wasn't actually sick, he was embarrassed by how much I ate and turned off. That I made a pig of myself and it's really unattractive. Now I do not shovel my food in and I have impeccable table manners so it's not that, it's definitely just the volume of food.
"I try calling him but he won't pick up, texts me back saying he isn't up to talking and he needs some time to think. A couple hours ago he texts again saying he's thought about it and wants to break up, that my eating has upset him for a while and he was trying to see if he could get over it but he can't."
Asking for some advice, she concluded: "I guess I just have to accept that it's over but hope someone might have some advice? Did I do something wrong here or is there a way I can fix it?"
Many users in the comments section said she was better off without him.
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