Woman feels disillusioned after her boyfriend failed to protect her from a drunk stranger

Love isn't always a fairytale—it's not just about creating sweet moments and navigating through easy days. True love is about facing challenges hand-in-hand, standing up for each other when times get tough, and most importantly protecting each other. But what if you suddenly realize that the partner you love and adore so much, doesn't even bother to stand up for you? A woman who goes by u/prefer2beanon2 on Reddit shared a similar experience when she felt overwhelmed by her boyfriend's behavior. 

The woman had accompanied her boyfriend to his office Christmas party. After the party, they were waiting for their Uber ride when she noticed another girl waiting for her cab alone. "I didn't like that she was waiting by herself, so I was keeping an eye on her while we were outside talking," the woman wrote in the Reddit post. Everything seemed fine until the woman spotted a drunk kid roaming the street, talking to himself. She noticed that the intoxicated guy approached the other girl. "I was watching the whole time to see her body language and see if she was okay, and when I saw her walk away, I walked over there and my boyfriend followed," the woman wrote. 

Soon, the girl standing alone approached and asked if she could wait with her. Without hesitation, the woman agreed. "I said, 'Of course, I came over here because I didn't like that you were waiting by yourself and that the drunk guy was bothering you.' She was super appreciative, and we waited until her Uber came." When the girl's cab arrived, the drunk guy walked straight up to it and tried to get in. "I walked over there and let the Uber driver know this guy was not with her, and don't let him in the car. I told the drunk guy to go away; this isn't his Uber, and [I] tried to shove him out of the car, but he wasn't budging," the woman wrote.

While she was trying to help the other girl all alone on the street, her boyfriend stood at the corner, waiting for their Uber. Seemingly frustrated, the woman called her partner to come and help them. "I called out to him to come help, and he still stood there," she revealed.

Fed up with his behavior, the woman went inside the venue and asked a bartender to help. "My boyfriend just stood there the entire time and watched ME fend off a drunk guy by myself. His defense was, 'He doesn't know what people are capable of and people can be dangerous', but he's perfectly okay with watching his girlfriend walk into that," the post read.

Further, she went on to express how that particular incident transformed her feelings for her boyfriend. "I really don't know where to go from here, but I can't even see him as a man anymore if he's not going to protect me," she concluded. Several netizens lashed out at the boyfriend for being so unreasonable. For instance, u/katamaribabe wrote, "Let's take the fact that he is a man completely out of the equation. Even if it was just one of your friends, no help whatsoever from them is CRAZY." Similarly, u/aprilmaria commented, "Honest to god I don’t know a single woman who’d behave this way. Her boyfriend is a scumbag & she should dump him. You can’t afford to have people in your life that will just leave you there in a crisis."