He pays the rent, buys the groceries, covers the streaming services, and even funded a $900 shopping spree. But when he had to miss a birthday dinner to stop a cyberattack, his girlfriend packed her bags—and now he's wondering if he's the bad guy.
A 28-year-old cybersecurity analyst shared his story on Reddit's r/AITA_WIBTA_PUBLIC, laying out the kind of relationship standoff that no firewall could prevent. He works long hours—sometimes 60 to 70 a week—handling incident response and infrastructure upgrades. In his words, "the whole nine yards."
