Dumped Over a Joke

My girlfriend dumped me over a joke I made at dinner. We were at this Italian restaurant

with her parents when her dad asked about my job. I work in IT, pretty standard

stuff. Her mom goes, oh so you fix computers? I laughed and said yeah,

I'm basically the guy you call when you forget your password. Everyone chuckled

except my girlfriend. She got weirdly quiet. Later in the car, she exploded.

You embarrassed me in front of my family. You made yourself sound like some

tech support guy. I tried explaining it was just a joke, self deprecating humor.

She wasn't having it. Two days later, she texted saying we're done.