Breaking up with your partner is never easy, but for one woman, the process was almost impossible - because her boyfriend refused to accept the change in their relationship status. The woman explained she had been seeing her partner for 10 months but had recently discovered he was cheating on her, so decided to dump him via a message on Snapchat.
But she was left "completely baffled" when he turned up outside of her house and told her he "refused her breakup request", as it turned out the bloke believed that it was his job, as a man, to be the one to "do the breaking up".
In a post on Reddit, the confused woman said: "I'm so confused. I found out my partner of 10 months was cheating on me so I told him it was over via Snapchat (not classy, but I'm tired). He was camped outside of my door today and said he wants to be the one doing the breaking up. He said that he refused my breakup 'request'.
"I told him to leave or else I'd call the cops, and he starts saying that he's never had a woman break up with him and how he's 'the man here'. He left, and now I'm just completely baffled.
"I ended up calling my sister to come and pick me up, and I'm staying with her for a few days. Is this some alpha male bulls**t, to say that women can't break up with men now? What the actual f**k? He's never shown any signs of being this way before."
Commenters on the post branded the bloke as "toxic", with many saying his mentality was similar to the popular comeback of saying you quit when you're about to be fired from a job.
One person said: "You fired him, but he says he quit. Either way, you're rid of some toxicity. I'm sure it's some ego trip for him to say a girl has never broken up with him. Huge red flag anyway."
While another added: "I don’t think it is alpha-male idiocy as much as him showing his true colours and how he handles rejection. I'm sure there are women that have tried to be like that before, but you certainly got unlucky in how infantile he's acting."
And a third wrote: "What a fragile male ego. Never had a woman break up with him? I bet he's had dozens and he's just in denial.
"Not that the cheating wasn't already an excellent reason to cut ties with him, but with this you know you are dodging a massive bullet. He views you as a pet or possession that he controls and must voluntarily give up, not a person."
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