As humans, we all have emotional reactions to other people’s actions. Someone spills coffee on you, you get annoyed. Someone cuts you off in traffic, you might lose your cool. It’s normal. But sometimes, those reactions can go a little too far, crossing into full-blown overreaction territory.
And that’s exactly what the Facebook page “Am I Overreacting?” captures perfectly. From relationship rants to office meltdowns and family feuds, people are turning to the internet to share their most dramatic moments, and the results are pure chaos. Whether you think they’re justified or just being a bit extra, one thing’s for sure: these stories are endlessly entertaining.
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#1 My Dad And I Talking About My Husband Behind His Back
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#2 How’d I Do?
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#3 AIO Boyfriend Wants Me To Pick Up The Leaves By Hand Because He Doesn’t Want To Buy A Rake
We are new homeowners. We can afford a rake. I say that’s ridiculous to pick these up by hand. He says a rake is a waste of money because it’s not a large yard. This lead to an argument where he accuses me of spending way too much money on things we don’t need. Granted I do spend more money than him, but he is the type of person who will own a TV and a mattress and be content.
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#4 AIO For Being Upset My Boyfriend Gave His Ex Flowers?
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#5 AIO For The Way That I Replied To My Boyfriend? Overbearing Behavior?
I texted my boyfriend to let him know I was done with my workout and planned to cool down for a bit before showering. I mentioned that I’d be reading a book in the meantime. After that, I ate lunch, showered, and didn’t text him again until I was finished. His reply afterward caught me off guard — I’m not sure if it’s something I should be concerned about or if I’m overreacting. I told him that his response felt overbearing because it comes across as suffocating when he acts this way. It’s not the first time we’ve had something like this happen in our relationship. Now I’m second-guessing myself — maybe I could’ve worded it differently, but it’s too late to take it back.
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#6 Texts From My Lazy Ex
looking back now I’m just glad I’m free and in a better place. Truly the biggest waste of breath I’ve ever met
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#7 Aio Friend Says He’d Still Vote For Trump Despite Everything. So I’m Cutting Him Off
Ex boyfriend with whom I still have a great friendship with and I were talking on the phone. He jokes about trump trying to downplay the Epstein debacle and how guilty it’s made him look. So I ask him “Would you still vote for him” he replies “Oh 100%” I hung up immediately. For context, This election was a huge point of contempt and frankly a big reason why I couldn’t do it anymore including his spiraling and falling into the right wing hole of content creators and spending all day on twitter.
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#8 Is This A Red Flag? Should I Take This Guy To The Wedding?
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#9 Am I Overreacting For Being Upset That My Boyfriend Invited His Ex To A Party Without Telling Me?
I (18F) have been dating my boyfriend (19M) for six months. Last night, he went to a small party his friend hosted, and I couldn’t go because of work. Everything seemed fine until someone sent me a photo of him sitting next to his ex. When I asked about it, he said, “I didn’t think it mattered, we’re all friends,” and accused me of “acting jealous for no reason.” I wasn’t upset that she was there—I was upset that he didn’t mention it beforehand. Now he’s not replying to my texts and says he “needs space from the drama.” Would you be upset if you were in my shoes, or am I overreacting?
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#10 AIO. My Mom Sent Me A Text That Makes Me Very Uncomfortable
I 20F was texting my mom a few days ago about me wanting to break up with my boyfriend. She kept referring to everything that I was complaining about as my “womanly duties” which doesn’t make sense to me. I dont know if im overreacting or maybe im just being dramatic lol.
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#11 AIO Just Received This Text From My Boyfriend
For context my (F20) boyfriend (M21) and I live together and work full time as well as split rent 50/50. I cook all the meals and clean the house even after my graveyard shifts, all he does is work, come home to play games, and occasionally invites friends over. we’ve been together for over 5 years and he’s been acting this way for the last three months and when I tell him how it’s making me feel he tells me i’m wrong and overreacting. so basically i’m asking AIO??
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#12 AIO. My BF Walked Out Of My School Gathering Over Me Performing
I had this school gathering thingy for the last day on Friday. Family, students, friends etc. I got asked to sing a solo by my music teacher and the song was ‘my all’ by Mariah Carey. (I know odd song for a school gathering but my teacher said it gets my vocal range the best and she wanted me performance to stand out). My bf walked out as you could see from the messages. And we haven’t really spoken since. Am I crazy for thinking this is weird thing to get mad over?? Or am I overreacting. Maybe he thought I was aiming it at my ex or something but he won’t even let me talk it out with him.
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#13 AIO Or Is The Message My BF Sent Me A Bit Over The Top
I was thinking about getting my tongue re pierced as I had it done when I was 14-16 and now im 18 and I want it done again. I was on a phone call with my boyfriend(M21) and at the end of the call I told him I was going into the piercing place just to make sure I still had the right anatomy. This isn’t the first time I told him I wanted it done again and then once I hung up he sent me this paragraph about 20 minutes later. I find it a bit insane and over the top and that he is overreacting. But maybe I am and he’s right in a sense I honestly don’t know 😂 just want opinions on this
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#14 Am I Overreacting For Not Letting My Boyfriend’s Female Friend Use My Shampoo?
I was at my boyfriend’s apartment this weekend. One of his close female friends came over to hang out, and she ended up taking a shower there because she didn’t have time to go home first.
When she asked to use my shampoo (I’d brought my own and left it in the shower), I said I’d rather she didn’t because it’s an expensive salon brand I buy only once in a while. She rolled her eyes and said it’s just shampoo, don’t be weird about it.
My boyfriend told me later I embarrassed him and made her feel awkward over something so small. I told him it’s not about the price, it’s about personal boundaries she could’ve used his shampoo instead.
Now he’s acting distant and saying I was petty. I feel like if the roles were reversed and I used her stuff without asking, it would be a big deal. Am I overreacting here?
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#15 AIO I Wanted To Wear A Dress Or Skirt Today And My BF Got Mad Abt It
for context i have wore skirts w him but recently i have not because it has been cold and i’ve had work or i had to meet his mom and wanted to dress conservatively. I also haven’t had much time really to my self to get ready for him since we spend lots of time together and he already gets upset I take too long to get ready.
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#16 AIO For Being Upset At My (F30) BF (M31) Leaving Comments Like This Under Multiple Women’s Pics Who I Don’t Know?
He’s done this under several women’s photos even after I brought it up to him. He said he doesn’t see the big deal since it’s “an innocent comment” and they’re “just friends”. He also called me insecure for “monitoring his activity”. Problem is, I’ve never met nor heard about any of these “friends” and we’ve dated for 7 years and i think it’s weird to be complimenting other women like that under their photos while being in a whole relationship. Am I overreacting and making this a bigger deal than it is?
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#17 Am I Overreacting At My Bosses Response?
I feel like this is terrible management. I have never worked at a job where the priority is my time off and not my health????? Am I Overreacting?
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#18 AIO, My BF Said A Gay Dude Asked For His IG At Work And My BF Gave It To Him
My BF was at work when he texted me this. Immediately i started to feel weird because to me my BF is leading on/entertaining the dude just by simply giving him his IG account. Am i weird for feeling like this? I know my bf isn’t going to be unfaithful but this interaction in general is making me feel so so so weird.
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#19 AIO About My Roommate And I’s Cat? We Got It Together But It Gravitated More Towards Her
the cat is almost 2 years old btw. i didn’t think my suggestion was all that crazy and we are lower income. anyone who’s owned a unspayed female cat knows how absolutely annoying it can be as well as stressful for the cat. was just trying to be helpful 🤷🏻♀️
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#20 AIO – Future MIL Telling Me I Should Eat Less Because My Unborn Baby Is 9 Lbs
I (F, 37 weeks pregnant) had an ultrasound today and my baby is already estimated to be almost 9 lbs. It’s genetic on my side of the family—big babies run in our genes. I’ve been tested and do not have gestational diabetes. I’m midsize/plus-size when not pregnant, so I know I’m not a tiny person, but everything has been healthy so far.
My future MIL, however, has made several comments that really rubbed me the wrong way. She’s told me multiple times that I should “watch what I eat” because I “have diabetes” (which I don’t), and during my first trimester, she even complained to my fiancé that I was drinking a can of root beer daily. For context, it was one of the only things that helped with my nausea, and I’d sip it slowly over hours. I stopped once the nausea went away around 18 weeks.
Now after this latest comment about the baby’s size, I’m honestly just done. I’m seriously considering not seeing her again until after the baby is born. My fiancé completely supports me and agrees she’s out of line—but I also know he’s supposed to have my back, so I’m wondering if I’m being overly sensitive.
Would you feel the same way if you were in my shoes? Or am I overreacting?
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#21 AIO GF Went To Walmart To Get An Oil Change. The Mechanic Got Her Number And Sent Her A Message
Would I be in the wrong if I contacted Walmart about this? I do, but at the same time I don’t want the guy to lose his job. I just don’t appreciate how he invaded her privacy, got her number, and proceeded to text her. I’m mainly worried that if he feels this comfortable doing it to her, how many times has he done this to other women.
I don’t care to be conformational, I’m not worried about it in the slightest. But it bothers me that her privacy was invaded.
At the same time, I think it’ll be easier just to laugh it off.
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#22 AIO I Left Him For Cheating And Now I Don’t Want Him
I (23F) was dating a (29M). we dated for about 8 months. we’ve known each other since Feb 2024. We were long distance. He lives in TX and I live in PA. He travels for work. I kept catching him lying about little things. I’ve expressed before i don’t like being lied to due to my past experiences with men. I recently was sent a ss of him texting another woman. She sent me the ss. Over time things kept building up. I got sick of it and left. I blocked him on everything and today he texted me this on the one account i forgot to block him on. He’s saying he had a mini heart attack and he was in the er. Long story short, he ended up getting blocked there too. am I being too harsh?
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#23 AIO For Thinking This Is An Insane Red Flag?
I didn’t respond because i was speechless. What an incredibly weird thing to say to someone who you want to interview? Sorry that I’m in the process of losing my current job so I’m very busy and can’t make time for you today? What do i even respond to this with? Would it be wrong to just block his number and forget about working there? Doesn’t seem like it would be the friendliest workplace if this is the attitude I get before even interviewing…..
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#24 Don’t Know How To Respond This…
I had a long day at work and tried to cancel a date. He then replied this to me…
I can’t lie it did make me laugh. But I’m still not going to go out tonight.
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#25 AIO. I’m Upset Because My Brother Isn’t Attending My Wedding. And This Was Us Text To Me
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#26 Am I Overreacting? Boyfriend Sent Me This Message That Feels Like It Was Maybe Meant For Someone Else
Am I tripping? Boyfriend sent me this while he was in the basement and I’m upstairs. For context, I’ve been in the kitchen cooking and feeding my boys all evening. He steps out for about 40 mins. He comes in with food, eats, and then goes back downstairs. He then sends me this message… when I asked him what he was talking about, he says “I feel rejuvenated from taking my vitamins, I was asking if you feel rejuvenated from us [sleeping together] last night”. Now I’m no Nancy Drew but this sounds like a cover up… or maybe I’m just overthinking it Lol Please help!
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#27 AIO Or Is It Totally Normal What He Did?
AIO? My husband went out of town with his friend and spent the night at a friend’s house who is a girl. I don’t feel he cheated and I don’t think there has ever been anything between the two, but I am hurt he didn’t run this by me first and just thought it was an okay thing to do. I do not like this situation at all. AIO?
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#28 AIO — bought Cookies To Share And Roommate Took A Bite And.. Left It??
They’re all gaslighting me in the group chat saying no one touched it. This is a suspiciously bite-shaped mark, teeth marks on the frosting, no indication of being squeezed to take a chunk off to try it. I get maybe they didn’t want to waste the cookie but I’m not eating a cookie that was OBVIOUSLY bitten, they could have cut it in half or something. I just moved in a month ago, I’m not dating any one of them and don’t get how they thought I’d be fine swapping spit. Gross.
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#29 Am I Overreacting Here????
For context, for my gf’s 30th birthday, her mom and I have been planing a super luxurious and decently expensive secret spa weekend for months now. It’s a secret she knows nothing about. One of my gf’s former coworkers texted and asked her if she wanted to go see a play the weekend we planned on sending her, an in a desperate attempt to preserve the secret, I texted her friend, who then responded with this. I didn’t think what I sent was rude, am I wrong here?
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#30 My Ex Texted Me After I Found Out He Cheated
This was over a year ago. We dated when I was f23 and he was M31
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#31 Announced To My Entire Family That I Am Severing All Ties With Them And This Was My Brother’s Response
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#32 AIO For Thinking It’s Weird My Friend’s Boyfriend Talks To Me Like This?
Me and (we’ll call him) Justin have always been a normal level of friendly with eachother. I see him about twice a month tops. No lines are ever crossed, he does not hit on me, and he’s super loved up with (let’s call her) Ariana. I’ve never gotten weird vibes from him, but as of late he’s been blowing my phone up. I’m not really sure how to respond half the time. To me it’s kind of weird though.
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#33 AUI Or Just Asking For Too Much?
Lovely TV, right? I(f23) thought so too. My roommate(f24) accidentally knocked my TV over today, which I thought wasn’t a big deal until I turned it on. I was pretty upset, it’s the 1st TV I ever bought since moving out, about $130. When I showed her the damage, all she said was “sorry!” No, “oh let me help fix it, etc.”Reasonably, I asked for compensation. Since it was $130, I asked for $100. TV’s are expensive. She said she would only pay $60 or nothing, due to the TV being placed in a spot where it could “easily fall over” and it’s “too top heavy” (which is not true). For reference, it sits on a little table I have covered as shown in the photo. It is by the door, however, it’s easily avoided if you use your eyes. I have knocked the tv with my elbow, my cat has jumped on the table many times, even sleeps on it, and it has NEVER fallen over. Never. I know if I ever accidentally broke someone’s [stuff] I’d pay for it. And I know if I broke her TV she would have me pay for hers.AIO for being so upset with her pinning the blame of the broken TV on me and not paying up?
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#34 Toxic Ex Buys Me A Birthday Gift After I Blocked Him…
This man will literally try every single tactic to try to win me back OMG. Then he puts in a long note that basically says he’s sorry for everything and wish he could have done better. He’s put me through so much pain and every single time he does something that reminds me of him I get a flashback of all the horrible trauma I went through. I’m doing way better now but it seems like he never wants to leave.
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#35 AIO Told Me The Day Before Concert That He Was Bringing A Chick With Him?
We had been planning to go to this concert for over 4 months. It was at a local venue, so tickets weren’t purchased ahead of time.
If he had given me any kind of heads-up, I would’ve brought my girlfriend, another friend, or something. But the night before, something about the situation just rubbed me the wrong way, so I decided not to go and worked overtime instead.
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#36 AIO For Feeling Uncomfortable About My BF Of 1 Year Asking To View All Of My Credit Card Balances?
I may be crazy but I think that is really inappropriate. We don’t live together… we are not married. For context, I am currently in the process of selling my house which has been a money pit. My balances aren’t crazy high but they aren’t amazing. I just feel like he has an ulterior motive for asking this and wish he was more upfront. Thoughts?
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#37 AIO For Finding This In My Boyfriends Room And Freaking Out ?(He Said He Doesn’t Know Where It Came From)
I found this wrapper in my boyfriend’s room, he says it’s not a condom but google search says it is. I trust him but Occam’s razor says that it most likely is just a condom. He says regardless it’s just from under the carpet when he was cleaning which is believable.
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#38 AIO? GF Used Chat GPT To Tell Me Why She Wants Too Marry Me
So I saw her message and thought wow that was sweet, but too well worded she doesn’t talk like that. So I used a ai text detector app and well yeah… realized that this girl just used ai too express too me why she wanted to marry me instead of being real and using her actual emotions.
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#39 Aio? Feeling Triggered Ex-Wife Minimizes My Presence At Son’s Events
She always reacts like this. I want it to be nice and civil but I also want to be present in my son’s life. I’m able to attend his Christmas parade and this felt very curt and rude. It’s Sunday and she only even got me the details today.
At every turn it feels like she’s trying to follow the bare-minimum legal requirement. At one of my son’s recitals she wouldn’t even let me say hello to him before he went on stage and the audience was packed. I was really sad that he might think I wasn’t there to see it but I lucked out and he saw me in the crowd.
I guess I should be thankful I even get to tell him hello this time. Depressed.
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#40 AIO For Rejecting Someone Because They Didn’t Immediately Disclose That They Have Two Kids?
So I matched with this guy on Hinge who did not put on his profile that he had children. We’ve only been talking a couple days but it was going really well and last night we talked on the phone for 3 hours. I kept teasing him that everyone has some sort of baggage but he kept saying he wanted to wait and tell me in person to “keep me on my toes”. I suppose I should have taken that as a red flag but I didn’t expect it to be something this big. The last 30 minutes of our convo he decided that he would divulge me and turns out he has quite a bit of baggage. His ex cheated on him and apparently she’s not super mentally stable. AIO for not wanting to move forward?
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#41 Roommate Has Been Acting Really Weird…aio?
He sent me these weird texts….then when I went into the kitchen to get something to drink, I found these drawings on the counter? He really doesn’t want me to go outside. The cameras haven’t picked up anything out there? He’s been acting kinda off for a couple months now, but it’s definitely escalated I think? Not sure what to do.
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#42 AIO For Feeling A Bit Offended By What My Bfs Mom Said
First of I 18(f) want to say i genuinely get her point and I get and acknowledge she’s just trying to look out for him M(20) but I felt a bit offended that despite me telling her the truth that I really don’t ask him to buy me things often, she stil didn’t believe me almost? Also I want to say that the basket she’s referring to was for my birthday he got me a like small to medium sized basket and put a few goodies in it and I am very grateful for it and she exaggerated when she said every week because it’s not that often, he does this where he buys me something once in a while, nothing too crazy and I genuinely don’t ask for things from Him because even though we have been together for a very long time, i get embarrassed even asking for a drink or something small.also yes i do buy him things too it’s kind of one of my love language is gift giving and I don’t mind it at all and he doesn’t either but i get also why his mom might not like it but I felt a bit offended, aio for feeling that? And yes he has a job and so do i
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#43 AIO? I Had Opened Up About My Dating Style, And Asked If It Worried Him At All
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