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<p>One woman is getting sweet revenge on her boyfriend after he accused her of taking too long in the bathroom.</p><p>The boyfriend got angry she was taking too long in the bathroom, so she stopped grooming completely. He then backtracked and asked her to start back up again &mdash; but she realized she preferred her new low-maintenance approach. So she told him that if he wants her to wear makeup, <strong>he has to pay for half of it.</strong></p><p>Now they&#39;re in a deadlock and they can&#39;t figure out who&#39;s being the bigger a-hole. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/cqin60/aita_for_wanting_my_girlfriend_to_wear_makeup_and/">On the subreddit &quot;Am I the A**hole?</a>&quot;, the boyfriend posted the story, along with input from the girlfriend.</p><h2>It all started when BF got mad at GF for taking too long in the bathroom:</h2><blockquote> <p>Upwards of 1 hour, sometimes closer to 2. When I playfully ribbed her about this, she&#39;d get irritated but nothing major. 3 months ago I was playfully teasing her and she flipped out.</p> </blockquote><h2>She heard his complaints &mdash; and went on strike from all grooming and maintenance (besides, of course, basic hygiene).</h2><blockquote> <p>She said she won&#39;t do anything anymore, and true to her word she hasn&#39;t shaved, waxed, or put on makeup since then, and wears her hair looking like bedhead.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>BF was shocked to realize she was taking so long in the bathroom <em>for a reason</em>, and that he couldn&#39;t have his cake and eat it too.</h2><p>But it was too late &mdash; the girlfriend weighed in to say she now prefers the low-maintenance approach and won&#39;t be going back to her lengthy beauty routine.</p><p>She agreed to style her hair and wax her upper lip because the boyfriend also does some hair maintenance. But she said anything beyond matching his grooming level was now out of the cards.</p><p>In her words:</p><blockquote> <p>He keeps being a dick about how long I would take in the bathroom, so as he said, I quit things he didn&#39;t even realize I was doing. No makeup, no shaving/waxing, no brows, no waxing those moustache hairs, I have curly frizzy hair so I stopped using product or straightening/curling with an iron, no mani/pedi, no touching up or redoing my highlights. Do I look like a beast? Sure. Am I a comfy, smug beast? Hell yes.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>The boyfriend is blaming it all on being &quot;conditioned to want her to look a certain way&quot; &mdash; failing to realize he can de-condition himself at any time.</h2><blockquote> <p>I understand that it&#39;s her body, her choice etc., but if there are any guys out there who think they would be ok if their gf had long underarm hair then you&#39;re a better man than me. I haven&#39;t pushed her to do anything, nor am I enforcing any ultimatums. If, as she says, I&#39;ve been conditioned to want her to look a certain way... well, that sucks, but it&#39;s not my fault. If we broke up, she&#39;d pay for all of this beauty stuff herself, so why should I pay? Anyone who says I&#39;m TA, are you going to then start paying for all your girlfriends&#39; beauty regimens, or else be fine with 100% body hair and no makeup or hair care ever? Be honest with yourselves.</p> </blockquote><p>The couple added at the end of the post that they &quot;love each other a lot and aren&#39;t actually fighting.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;We recognized that we&#39;re having a difference in opinion, and since neither has been able to sway the other we came to the court of public opinion,&quot; they wrote.</p><h2>And it turns out the court of public opinion has judged the boyfriend to be the raging a-hole in this scenario.</h2><p>Literally no one feels bad for him.</p><p>&quot;Pay the beast,&quot; wrote <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/cqin60/aita_for_wanting_my_girlfriend_to_wear_makeup_and/ewwkm8q/">BrandiLovesAnt</a>, with <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/cqin60/aita_for_wanting_my_girlfriend_to_wear_makeup_and/ewwvqug/">jollycuppa</a> adding, &quot;For real. OP brought the wrath of the beast upon himself and now he must pay the price for it. Though he says if she was single she&#39;d be paying for it, the girlfriend&#39;s side seems to indicate she vastly prefers not doing this and may not continue if not pressured to do so.&quot;</p><p>Another redditor, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/cqin60/aita_for_wanting_my_girlfriend_to_wear_makeup_and/ewwv9s6/">ChangeFromWithin</a>, wrote, &quot;gotta pay the troll toll!&quot; which is what I&#39;m going to yell out every time I&#39;m paying for $178 of Sephora crap from now one.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/cqin60/aita_for_wanting_my_girlfriend_to_wear_makeup_and/ewwszmy/">justtolearn123</a> pointed out that the boyfriend&#39;s over-the-top beauty standards are based on a lot of BS:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Honestly, I think more people would be more comfortable with girls wearing less makeup/ having more body hair if it was more common. It&#39;s natural. I believe anyone has the right to do whatever they want with their body, and if you are going to pressure someone to do something else, then you should be paying half (if not all) of the cost.</p> </blockquote><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/cqin60/aita_for_wanting_my_girlfriend_to_wear_makeup_and/ewwsgew/">anarmchairexpert</a> mocked the boyfriend&#39;s assertion that since he&#39;s not her sugar daddy, she should pay for all this stuff herself:</p><blockquote> <p>&quot;Oh but she&#39;s not my sugar baby!&quot; So you want to be able to dictate how she looks, but you also think she should incur the cost as well as the time (and discomfort) of living up to that? Honestly, 50% of the cost is a bargain.</p> <p>&quot;Oh but she&#39;d do it if she were single&quot;. Would she though.</p> <p>Tell you what. Why don&#39;t you two add up all your grooming expenses. Your hair and shaving products, her hair and shaving products and leg waxes and straighteners and makeup and hair products and mani/pedis. Call them joint expenses, split them 50:50.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/cqin60/aita_for_wanting_my_girlfriend_to_wear_makeup_and/ewwnbfg/">memewasher</a> put it most succinctly, saying, &quot;if you can handle her naturally you don&rsquo;t deserve her when she does her self up special for you.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Guy upset after girlfriend stops shaving because he complained about how long it takes her to get ready.

One woman is getting sweet revenge on her boyfriend after he accused her of taking too long in the bathroom.The boyfriend got angry she was taking too long in the bathroom, so she stopped grooming completely. He then backtracked and asked her to start back up again &mdash; but she realized she preferred her new low-maintenance approach. So she told him that if he wants her to wear makeup, he has to pay for half of it.Now they&#39;re in a deadlock and they can&#39;t figure out who&#39;s being the bigger a-hole. On the subreddit &quot;Am I the A**hole?&quot;, the boyfriend posted the story, along with input from the girlfriend.It all started when BF got mad at GF for taking too long in the bathroom: Upwards of 1 hour, sometimes closer to 2. When I playfully ribbed her about this, she&#39;d get irritated but nothing major. 3 months ago I was playfully teasing her and she flipped out. She heard his complaints &mdash; and went on strike from all grooming and maintenance (besides, of course, basic hygiene). She said she won&#39;t do anything anymore, and true to her word she hasn&#39;t shaved, waxed, or put on makeup since then, and wears her hair looking like bedhead. BF was shocked to realize she was taking so long in the bathroom for a reason, and that he couldn&#39;t have his cake and eat it too.But it was too late &mdash; the girlfriend weighed in to say she now prefers the low-maintenance approach and won&#39;t be going back to her lengthy beauty routine.She agreed to style her hair and wax her upper lip because the boyfriend also does some hair maintenance. But she said anything beyond matching his grooming level was now out of the cards.In her words: He keeps being a dick about how long I would take in the bathroom, so as he said, I quit things he didn&#39;t even realize I was doing. No makeup, no shaving/waxing, no brows, no waxing those moustache hairs, I have curly frizzy hair so I stopped using product or straightening/curling with an iron, no mani/pedi, no touching up or redoing my highlights. Do I look like a beast? Sure. Am I a comfy, smug beast? Hell yes. The boyfriend is blaming it all on being &quot;conditioned to want her to look a certain way&quot; &mdash; failing to realize he can de-condition himself at any time. I understand that it&#39;s her body, her choice etc., but if there are any guys out there who think they would be ok if their gf had long underarm hair then you&#39;re a better man than me. I haven&#39;t pushed her to do anything, nor am I enforcing any ultimatums. If, as she says, I&#39;ve been conditioned to want her to look a certain way... well, that sucks, but it&#39;s not my fault. If we broke up, she&#39;d pay for all of this beauty stuff herself, so why should I pay? Anyone who says I&#39;m TA, are you going to then start paying for all your girlfriends&#39; beauty regimens, or else be fine with 100% body hair and no makeup or hair care ever? Be honest with yourselves. The couple added at the end of the post that they &quot;love each other a lot and aren&#39;t actually fighting.&quot;&quot;We recognized that we&#39;re having a difference in opinion, and since neither has been able to sway the other we came to the court of public opinion,&quot; they wrote.And it turns out the court of public opinion has judged the boyfriend to be the raging a-hole in this scenario.Literally no one feels bad for him.&quot;Pay the beast,&quot; wrote BrandiLovesAnt, with jollycuppa adding, &quot;For real. OP brought the wrath of the beast upon himself and now he must pay the price for it. Though he says if she was single she&#39;d be paying for it, the girlfriend&#39;s side seems to indicate she vastly prefers not doing this and may not continue if not pressured to do so.&quot;Another redditor, ChangeFromWithin, wrote, &quot;gotta pay the troll toll!&quot; which is what I&#39;m going to yell out every time I&#39;m paying for $178 of Sephora crap from now one.justtolearn123 pointed out that the boyfriend&#39;s over-the-top beauty standards are based on a lot of BS: Honestly, I think more people would be more comfortable with girls wearing less makeup/ having more body hair if it was more common. It&#39;s natural. I believe anyone has the right to do whatever they want with their body, and if you are going to pressure someone to do something else, then you should be paying half (if not all) of the cost. anarmchairexpert mocked the boyfriend&#39;s assertion that since he&#39;s not her sugar daddy, she should pay for all this stuff herself: &quot;Oh but she&#39;s not my sugar baby!&quot; So you want to be able to dictate how she looks, but you also think she should incur the cost as well as the time (and discomfort) of living up to that? Honestly, 50% of the cost is a bargain. &quot;Oh but she&#39;d do it if she were single&quot;. Would she though. Tell you what. Why don&#39;t you two add up all your grooming expenses. Your hair and shaving products, her hair and shaving products and leg waxes and straighteners and makeup and hair products and mani/pedis. Call them joint expenses, split them 50:50. And memewasher put it most succinctly, saying, &quot;if you can handle her naturally you don&rsquo;t deserve her when she does her self up special for you.&quot;

One woman is getting sweet revenge on her boyfriend after he accused her of taking too long in the bathroom.  The boyfriend got angry she was taking too long in the bathroom, so she stopped grooming completely. He then backtracked and...