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Background: My (now ex) girlfriend and I are both studying to be clinical psychologists. The final year of our program requires us to do a year-long internship. Most people apply to sites around the country. This is an extremely stressful time, as you’re essentially competing with other doctoral candidates across the US for a handful of positions. 

More Background: Prior to the breakup, my ex and I had been dating for about 9 months. She was very up front at the beginning of our relationship, telling me she has trust issues due to being cheated on in the past. I was willing to work through these insecurities with her. Throughout our relationship, she accused me of cheating with my coworkers, members of my cohort, friends etc. I want to be explicitly clear that I never cheated on her while we were together. At the beginning of the relationship, I was willing to deal with the accusations and assured her that I wasn’t being unfaithful. My thought process was she’d see that I was trustworthy and realize I wasn’t the type to cheat. But as time went on, the accusations didn’t stop or even lessen, and I began to become increasingly resentful which leads to the current situation...

During one of my internship interviews, I was chatting with another interviewee. She told me that she has an upcoming interview where I live. I offered to meet up for lunch when she came to my city and talk more about the site she’s applying to (I had previously worked there). I told my gf and she was furious. She called me a piece of shit and said she knew I would eventually “act like all the rest”. I broke up with her and told her not to contact me anymore. This was a few days ago.  I’ve been getting messages from her friends essentially telling me what a terrible person I am for “cheating”, breaking up with her right before her series of internship interviews, and that I was intentionally trying to throw her off her game. My own friend group is split on the issue. None think I’m the asshole for breaking up with her, but the majority think it was a dick move to do it before interviews and think I should’ve waited until after (mid to late January) to leave the relationship. 

So now I want Reddit’s unbiased opinion. AITA? And if so, how should I go about apologizing? 


breaking up with my girlfriend before a series of important job interviews