33-year-old demands girlfriend submit to workplace-style performance reviews, gets frustrated when she refuses: 'He insists this will make us stronger as a team'

My boyfriend (33M) has decided to 'optimize' our relationship, and I’m losing my mind

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In this story, one woman reached the end of her tether when her boyfriend took cues from some training he had undergone at work, wanting to apply them to their relationship. He decided that they needed to have a ‘relationship debrief’ every Sunday, with him tracking their habits as a couple to analyze during this meeting.
The girlfriend hated the feeling of being micromanaged in her personal life, and when she decided she was too tired for this meeting one day, her boyfriend responded with frustration. She wanted to know if it would be too much for her to ask him to stop this.
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