Internet Slams Woman Who Dumped 'Working Class' Boyfriend After Becoming a Lawyer

A woman claimed in a now-viral post that her childhood best friend dumped her "working class" boyfriend after becoming a lawyer.

Posting to Reddit's "Am I The A**hole" forum on Tuesday under the username u/RichSlummer, the woman explained that her best friend wanted to marry a "real man," not a "working class man." Already, the Reddit post has racked up more than 19,000 upvotes and over 1,200 comments.

"My best friend and I grew up in poverty," u/RichSlummer recalled, adding that they didn't have many opportunities to receive an education.

"I got lucky, managed to date a med student, he helped open doors for me and I have become a teacher in a school in a lower socioeconomic area to provide those opportunities," she continued. "My husband is now a doctor."

Her best friend, on the other hand, worked minimum wage retail jobs into her mid-20s. But that all changed when she started dating a factory worker.

"She had dreams of becoming a criminal prosecutor and he encouraged her to not give up," u/RichSlummer said.

"He took out whatever loan he could find so that she could get an education," u/RichSlummer claimed, further stating that he also picked up extra shifts to make ends meet.

Eventually, the hard work paid off, and u/RichSlummer's best friend became a lawyer. But immediately after achieving her dream, the friend dumped her boyfriend.

According to u/RichSlummer, her friend "had no interest in being married to a working class man" because it's "not the woman's job to pay the bills."

u/RichSlummer couldn't believe her friend would "[betray] a man who ... made her what she is." So she called her friend an "a**hole" and promptly ended their years-long friendship.

According to NPR, an increased number of women have become their homes' primary breadwinners.

"Nearly 30 percent of American wives in heterosexual dual-income marriages earn more than their husbands, according to 2018 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics," reported NPR.

"That's been increasing over time: In 1987, only 18 percent of wives claimed breadwinner status in marriages where both partners worked," the media outlet continued, adding that, according to research, this "trend" can lead to "increased strife" amongst couples.

"There are some men who certainly feel really proud of their wives. This is their partner. She's smart and she's successful. And it can be intimidating to a man as well," Dr. Angela Snyder told NPR.

Snyder also said that couples need to communicate if they want their marriages to survive.

"With any change, there are stumbling blocks and there is resistance," the doctor added. "And that doesn't mean it's bad, it just means it's an opportunity for further growth in the individual and in the couple."

Meanwhile, many Redditors slammed u/RichSlummer's friend for using her boyfriend to get ahead. Commenters have also defended u/RichSlummer's decision to end her friendship with the lawyer.

"She took his love, his graciousness... and led him to believe they had a future together while bleeding him dry. She is a vampire. She does not have the requisite morality to be considered for your friendship, because you're a good person. She is not," wrote u/KittenIsMuffin.

"Dumping him because she wants to ladder climb is extremely classist and coldhearted. It really sounds like she just used him for his money, rather than actually enjoying the relationship or caring for him," said u/Dontdrinkthecoffee.

"[G]ood luck to her, she already HAD a real man. He did all of the things she's saying she wants, except on a much smaller paycheck," added u/SnooGiraffes3591.

Of course, some Redditors thought that the story sounded too crazy to be true.

"This sounds incredibly fake," commented u/throwaway_cay.

"YTA [you're the a**hole] for making up a s**t story lol," wrote u/RANDOM_DOKKAN.

Newsweek reached out to u/RichSlummer for comment.