AITA for suing my boyfriend and breaking up with him after finding out he secretly filmed us and posted it online?
I (29F) recently broke up with my boyfriend (32M) after finding out something truly horrible, and I feel totally wrecked by it all. I don’t know if I’m overreacting, but I ended things and now I'm suing him, and some people in my life are acting like *I'm* the one being unreasonable. For a bit of backstory, we’ve been together just over a year. Everything seemed great, or at least I thought it was. But over the last few months, I noticed he was being a bit...weird with his phone? Always turning it away or putting it face down. He also seemed to have a lot more cash than usual, which I thought was odd because he works a normal job, and we both sometimes struggled financially. When I asked, he just brushed it off and said he was doing some side hustle and not to worry about it. Then last week, my gut feeling just went into overdrive, and I decided to snoop a bit. I know, not great on my part, but something didn’t sit right. I went through his phone (while he was asleep) and found hidden folders full of videos. Videos of *us*, taken during private moments when I had NO idea a camera was even on. I started freaking out and digging deeper, and that’s when I realized he had been posting them on a subscription site for money. I saw comments from strangers, money transactions...everything. When I confronted him the next day, he didn’t even try to deny it. He told me he needed the money and thought I’d “never find out.” He even tried to make me feel like I should just let it go because “everyone is doing this now.” He told me it was “harmless,” that people “loved” us, and that I should be proud of the attention. Proud?! I felt so disgusted and violated, I couldn’t even look at him. I told him I was done and left that day. Here’s the kicker, though: I’m suing him now. I went to a lawyer, and we’re going after him for invasion of privacy and emotional distress. I feel totally justified, but now some mutual friends are saying I’m overreacting and that it’s just the “modern way” of making money, that I should’ve been flattered by the attention. One even said maybe I should just move on because “it's not like he hurt me physically.” It’s like they don’t get how serious this is and how much this betrayal has messed with my trust. I don’t know. Am I being too harsh here? I feel like I have every right to hold him accountable, but the backlash from friends is making me wonder if I’m being unreasonable. AITA for not just breaking up but also going after him legally?
