A man in the United Kingdom has shared on Reddit that he spent close to £2,500 on a gaming PC as a birthday gift for his girlfriend of three years, only for her to end the relationship the very next day. The post, shared on the subreddit r/LegalAdviceUK, quickly drew thousands of responses from users offering both legal analysis and personal opinions on the situation.
The original poster, who said he is 21 years old, wrote that the breakup came as a complete shock to him. He said he later received screenshots from two mutual acquaintances in which his ex-girlfriend, who is reportedly 29 years old, allegedly admitted that she had been planning to end the relationship for months but deliberately held off until after she received the gift.