When everyone is telling you that you're wrong and not looking at a situation correctly… At what point do you take a step back and reflect internally?
It's repeatedly surprising how many people lack the ability for this introspection and it occurred in this train-wreck of a post on Reddit's r/AITA (Am I the A--Hole) subreddit over the weekend.
The poster of the topic u/fern_mounds posted a topic to the popular subreddit to share the story of the current drama that has been unfolding in her friend group.
The friends are organizing their first post-covid party, which is set to take place at her house. She wants her partner to attend the proceedings since her partner is a woman and these gatherings have traditionally been 'Girl's Nights.'
Her friends want to bring their partners too, rationalizing that either all partners are able to attend or none at all. For some reason, the poster has been completely unable to wrap her head around this point and can't rationalize that the point of a 'Girl's Night' has always been that partners don't attend. She's completely focused on the fact that the gender of her partner should qualify her for the event.
Admittedly the term 'Girl's Night' is incredibly exclusionary and growing increasingly outdated in modern social circles. 'Friend's Night', or 'No Partner Night' as some commenters have suggested, is probably a better way to describe the original intention of the event.
Regardless of an endless stream of comments trying to explain these points to her, the poster refused to relent, choosing to instead argue with anyone who disagreed with her and tell them that they were wrong.
Why post looking for advice online if you're not willing to accept that advice?
What are your thoughts on this topic?
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