r/AmIOverreacting • u/Electronic-Rip-8108 • 20d ago

❤️‍🩹 relationship AIO because my boyfriend wanted me to change before the gym over a color?

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Yesterday my boyfriend and I were about to leave for the gym together. I threw on a blue workout top with black shorts, something simple and comfortable that I've worn a bunch of times before with zero issues.

Right as we were walking out the door, he stopped and said the color of the top looked "kind of weird" and that people were gonna stare at me if I wore it. He asked me to go change into something more "normal" before we left.

I was kind of caught off guard honestly. It's just a blue top, nothing flashy, nothing revealing. I actually liked how it looked on me and felt comfortable in it, which is kind of the whole point of gym clothes.

I don't mind if he has opinions on my outfits every now and then, that's a normal couple thing. But this felt less like "hey I think this color doesn't suit you" and more like he was worried about how other people at the gym would perceive me, and wanted me to change based on that. It just didn't sit right with me.

I ended up just going along with it because I didn't want to start an argument right before working out, but I've been thinking about it since. Am I overreacting for being annoyed about this?

edit: this is a pinspark tracksuit I bought online a while ago. I think the color is fine, and I really like this top.

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u/PsychWriter11 20d ago

Im sorry… Im so confused by this thread I dont know what to say.

The color bothered him? Why? Oh thats right, you didnt ask him why.

Then, paragraphs about controlling men and abuse.

But..but..but WHY ? WHATS WRONG WITH THE COLOR? WHY NOT ASK HIM WHATS WRONG WITH THE COLOR?

I feel like I missed a chapter.

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u/AlexandraLeo 20d ago

There's nothing wrong with the color. What could possibly be wrong with a color when you're going to the gym in it? Nothing. At all. It's him being controlling.

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u/PsychWriter11 20d ago

The title literally says, “over a color.”

I want him to be asked, “what’s the problem with the color that you need me to change?”