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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/AliveBread4423 on 2026-06-20 21:57:15+00:00.

Repost because this is one of my first times on Reddit and I suck at posting properly. So I (18M) have just recently graduated, and on the first day of summer I had an Interstellar watch party with some close friends of mine. I invited my girlfriend to go for comfort, however she declined and had something to do. For context, ever since I was a kid, I’ve had a habit of holding someone’s hand whenever I cry or feel incredibly stressed. This has usually only come out with family and my best friend Will and Ahmed once or twice. It’s not a very prevalent habit, but recently I’ve been under a lot of stress with my father’s deportation, and seeing how my family is still affected by it. My dad just so happens to look like Matthew McConaughey, so interstellar makes me bawl everytime I watch it. I was sitting by this girl, Angie, who’s in our group during the movie. During the part where the main character is trapped and looking at their past, I grabbed her hand without thinking, and she kept it there. This is the part where I’m in the wrong, because the hold calmed me down and I kept it there until credits started, where I got up and let go of the girl’s hand. I feel really guilty about the situation now, and I don’t know how to explain this to my girlfriend. Any thoughts on how to bring this up, let alone explain it to her??

TL;DR I held a girl’s hand out of bad habit and now I don’t know how to tell my girlfriend