This story popped up on Reddit, and it’s the kind of relationship drama that gets people fired up. A woman found a gorgeous plant on Facebook Marketplace for $50, paid for it, and then realized it wouldn’t fit in her car. She decided to call her boyfriend to ask if she could borrow his van a brand-new Mercedes Sprinter. That’s where everything started to unravel.
When she asked him, he flat-out refused. He said he didn’t trust her driving his expensive van and also mentioned he didn’t want her bringing home more plants. To make things worse, it was a Friday morning during his work hours, and he felt she was disrupting him. She was frustrated , she’d already paid for the plant and felt he was being unreasonable.
The argument escalated, and in her frustration, she told him she wanted to break up. That’s when he lost his temper. He stormed to the garage and slammed the door so hard that it broke. Now, the garage door was ruined, and the argument had reached a boiling point.
Later, her boyfriend blamed her for the broken door, saying it was her fault for starting the fight. Meanwhile, she argued that he was responsible for his actions. It wasn’t her fault he slammed the door like that. To top it all off, she wanted him to reimburse her for the $50 plant since he refused to let her borrow the van, but he seemed unfazed.
The internet weighed in, and people didn’t hold back.
“The broken garage door is 100% his fault. I thought you were going to say you accidentally crashed into it with the van, but this is completely different. He broke it; he buys it!”
*”No one owes anyone money, but you need to get out of this relationship. You bought the plant without arranging proper transport that’s on you. But your boyfriend smashed the garage door like a child having a tantrum that’s on him. Next time, it might not be the door he hits. Run.”*
This story isn’t really about a plant or a garage door. It’s about how both people handle conflict. Sure, buying a plant without a way to transport it wasn’t ideal, but the boyfriend’s reaction was a major red flag. Losing control and blaming someone else for his actions shows a lack of maturity and responsibility.
Sometimes, the best decision is to walk away before things escalate even further. This woman deserves better than a relationship that leaves her questioning her safety and sanity over something as small as a plant.