final straw...

For some men their car is like their baby they even give them names, wouldn't you be upset if someone keyed your kid?

i would think the girls here would be more sympathetic to him.we all know we let things build until we break. maybe his car was his breaking point.

Cut him a little slack - I know I cried harder and was in a funk longer when I got dumped by a girlfriend than when my mom died. The main reason being that I watched my mom slowly waste from late stage breast cancer over the course of four months and was prepared, even a little relieved (she was in a LOT of pain and the end was inevitable even before she started treatment), when she died. Meanwhile, my girlfriend texted me one morning that we needed to talk and then my 2.5 year relationship was just over. The difference between walking slowly in to a cold pool versus jumping in to the deep end.

I have the same situation now. Where my bf of two years cares more about his new car

Okay then...you should probably go somewhere, but not to hell. More like out the door, at least until he calms down if not forever. I realize he's upset, but think of it this way - it's a lot easier to fix a key scratch in a car than if someone had slammed into and totaled it.

It could be displacement, he is upset about his mother but instead chooses other things to reflect those feelings :/

I really like my car... but I do not go to pieces like that. That is just over the top past over the top.

Maybe you could just let him mourn over his car even though it obviously doesn't matter to you.

I just don't get it. Why? I mean, seriously. It's a freaking car, they are meant to get you from point A to point B. What it looks like shouldn't freaking matter. And the way he reacted towards OP is just, well, it's just plain being an ass. She was right; he was over-reacting to his car being keyed, It's obvious he cares way more about the money he spent on that than treating his GF the way she should be treated.