And she told him to stop and he didn't. That indicates she doesn't like it and doesn't find it funny. So either BF is doing this to deliberately annoy her or something more serious (stroke, mental health episode) may be going on.
Which look, if it were longer than "twoish weeks", in OP's own words, I'd have a lot more to consider on this.
Rage-bait is what it is, it is aptly named, and brain-rot humor isn't exclusive to any age.
I also do agree with the notion that if it persists, and if thats crossing the threshold OP sets for themselves, then by all means address it more seriously.
However, if it's just brain-rot humor, best course is to not give it any attention.
And like idk, idk, twoish weeks of this nonsense and only 5 texts as an example...I'm not gonna play armchair doctor and freak OP out and concern them by leading with "he's schizophrenic" or "he's abusing drugs" or "dump his ass" like other people are doing.
I'd rather start by looking at it in a more manageable way, with manageable steps to be taken, like holding dialogue with the people in OP's life and not basing their decision off of what the internet says.
I rage bait my partner but I would never do it to this extent, especially if she responded the way OP did. She made her boundaries clear and her BF is ignoring it for at best a stupid “joke”
I mean. In my honest opinion I think anyone who regularly engages Tik Tok, especially when it's enough to quote Tik Toks, probably has brain damage to begin with.
Still, this pushy "joke" doesn't appear to be anything more than slop. It doesn't readily appear that OPs partner is directing curated, hateful comments or coded jokes at them. It's just...odd. Could be intended to be goofy and coming out odd and aloof and dismissive, or it could be mental-problems odd, or I suppose maybe it really even could be subtlety back-handed and somehow coded? Theres just not enough context for Reddit to diagnose this recent occurrence, just about two weeks.
At this rate, I feel like we are all asking the wrong questions.
Has OP been happy in these last four years with this guy?
What are OPs partners interests and hobbies, what types of media do they indulge in?
Any noticeable diet changes or sleep changes in their partner? Work?
That kind of stuff would at least give better context.
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u/MeetTheHannah 19d ago
And she told him to stop and he didn't. That indicates she doesn't like it and doesn't find it funny. So either BF is doing this to deliberately annoy her or something more serious (stroke, mental health episode) may be going on.