Woman Discovers Boyfriend Uses Personal Information from Her Therapy Sessions in His Stand-Up Routine

It's never fun being the punchline of a joke, especially when it involves personal topics.

A 30-year-old woman took to Reddit to ask for advice on how to handle a situation with her 28-year-old boyfriend, who is an "aspiring comedian."

She explained that she’s been seeing a therapist for one year and her boyfriend for two years. She noted that his comedy is “actually funny, dark humor, observational stuff, mostly about dating and work.”

However, a few weeks ago, one of her boyfriend’s friends sent her a video from his open mic. Ever supportive, she immediately watched the clip, but "froze halfway through."

"He was doing bits about me. Not like cute anecdotes, verbatim things I told him from therapy," she recalled.

“He joked about how I ‘trauma dump after two glasses of wine,’ how I ‘need validation like oxygen,’ and even mentioned how my dad leaving when I was 8 made me ‘chronically online.’ The crowd laughed,” the woman shared. 

When she confronted her boyfriend, and he told her she was "overreacting," insisting it was “art” and “not personal.” 

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“His defense was that comedians ‘draw from real life,’ and he didn’t use my name. But it’s obviously me. His friends know. Our mutuals know,” the woman shared.

“I told him it was a betrayal and he said, ‘Maybe if you could laugh at yourself, you’d be happier.’ I left his place that night and haven’t seen him since," she continued. "He texted saying he’ll take the bit down but that I ‘killed his creative momentum.’ I don’t even know if I’m heartbroken or just humiliated.”

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People in the comments section defended the woman, agreeing that her boyfriend shouldn’t be using her personal life for his own gain.

“Honestly, if my partner turned my therapy into joke material, I’d be out the door so fast he’d need a new punchline. She deserves someone who protects her, not someone who tries to be 'funny' at her expense,” one person commented. 

“Using someone’s personal story without consent isn’t edgy, it’s just lazy and disrespectful. Real comedians know the difference between making jokes and exploiting people,” another person added.