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Input: This situation has be resolved, I’m just more or less curious as to what the internet might think.

I’ve been with my girlfriend for over two years, and while we have our troubles, the relationship has been phenomenal. We usually go about fights by talking through them and we try to understand each other. It’s important to note that I have crazy anxiety, and I understand this and try my best to combat it. I know I might get dreadfully anxious due to something that doesn’t deserve it, and I will try my best to control it.

So my girlfriends dream job is to be a piercer. She’s pierced herself multiple times, pierced her friends multiple times, and she’s actually very good at it. I’ve pushed her into it as well, she deserves to follow her dreams. She tried and tried to get an apprenticeship, but people kept turning her down until now. She finally found someone willing to train her. She’s been going and having an amazing time, and I’m happy and proud for her.

Unfortunately my anxiety has gotten the best of me here. I feel like there were too many independent variables, but that was an issue we were able to talk out. I had an issue with her piercing wherever she wanted, and her being the only girl surrounded by guys that she shares a passion with. Now for this part, I knew I was wrong. Whenever these issues pop up, I talk to her about why it upsets me, how I’m upset at myself for being upset, and then she walks me through why I should be more comfortable with it. She nearly never has to compromise because I know I’m in the wrong.

Now here’s where the real AITA comes in. My girlfriend was over he other day and offhandedly mentioned something her teacher said.

He said, “So your boyfriend is okay with this?”

She said, “Yes.”

He said, “Good, I don’t want to have another boyfriend barge in because his girlfriend is piercing a penis.”

And you know what, I took that wonderfully. We never talked about it happening, I never realized she might be piercing dicks, but I just figured hey, it’s a part of the job. I just let it go because it was her passion, and it genuinely did not bother me.

She goes to the salon, trains with her teacher, and has  a fantastic time. She gets off and calls me right away, tells me about her great day and so on. She then asked me, 

“Do you want your dick pierced?”

“Well no not at all.” 

“Okay! Well then I’m going to have to ask someone else!”

And there was the problem. The idea of her piercing dicks wasn’t an issue when it was a stranger. But the idea of her asking our personal guy friends to do it? I immediately had an issue with it. I don’t want her to know what one of our friends dicks look like, work related or not. It just bothered me a lot, and she simply could not understand why. AITA?

having an issue with my girlfriends piercing dream job