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Input: So the guy that I used to call my best friend told me last night that we couldn’t be friends anymore because I like his most recent ex girlfriend. But this is a long story of why they broke up and why I think he’s over reacting. 

So this guy, let’s call him Joey. Joey had this absolutely incredible girlfriend, she loved him way more than she should’ve.

I say she loved him way more than she should’ve because he sexually assaulted and abused her for 2 years. He would grab her ass or vagina or breast in public when she would tell him not to. He would threaten to kill him self to make sure that she wouldn’t leave. He would grab her by her shoulders and shake her violently when he wouldn’t get his way. 

Over the past 2 years he has cheated on her 7 times (she only knows about 2 times) and broken up with her for different girls twice. Both of the girls he left her for cheated on him and broke up with him, he’d come crawling back to her every time. 

I had no idea Joey treated her this way, so I was a bit more than floored when she told me about it. This guy that I had called my best friend for 7 years was abusing this girl for no reason. 

When she left, he kept texting her every day. Every single day he would text her, threatening to kill him self if she didn’t come back. He would continue to tell her how she “ruined his life” and how he “should just die because she’s the only girl he’ll ever love”. She ended up blocking him on messages. 

He continued texting her on Snapchat. Saying all the same shit. 

Last night he texted me saying that we couldn’t be friend anymore because it “hurts him too much to see (me) knowing that I like her and he can’t have her”. He found out that I liked her because he read my messages and saw a heart by her contact name in my phone. I explained that I like her but that I’d never do anything with her because I didn’t want to hurt our friendship. Little did I know he would blow this all out of proportion. 

Joey abused, sexually assaulted, and cheated on this girl but then tried to tell her she wasn’t allowed to be hurt about the breakup since she broke up with him. He continues to this day to text her, and as of three hours ago, FACETIMES HER, threatening to kill himself if she doesn’t come back. He then pushes away everyone that tries to help just because he is so caught up over this highschool relationship. 

So, am I the asshole for liking her even though he (in my opinion) blew the whole situation out of proportion and ruined our friendship because this girl broke up with him?

liking my ex best friends ex girlfriend