I am going to resign. Is that the right decision?
I recently joined a startup. My boss liked me very much because I am good at my work. He treated me like a father figure, which meant a lot to me because I have issues with my own father. He took care of me even without me asking, and in return, I worked hard and gave my best to the company.
However, he has another side. He never accepts his own mistakes. If he doesn't like something about an employee's personal life, he starts targeting and harassing them.
Recently, something similar happened to me. I am a manager and have my own team. He kept telling me about what one of my teammates does after office hours. It has nothing to do with our company or our work, and I don't think it's right to interfere in someone's personal life.
Last month, when my salary was credited, my boyfriend's salary was delayed until the 15th. He needed money to pay his EMI and hostel rent, so I lent him some of my salary. He was going to return it as soon as his salary was credited.
My boss didn't like that. He started targeting me and said, "You gave your money to him without asking me." Honestly, it's my salary, and he is my boyfriend. I don't need anyone's permission to help him.
He also told me that he doesn't like me giving more importance to someone else than to him.
People who know me think I am a bold person, but now I have become scared. Every second, I feel anxious. I am staying in a hostel near the office, and he watches when I switch off my room lights. He even checks my last seen status and tells me that I'm always online chatting with someone, referring to my boyfriend.
Tomorrow, I am planning to resign, but I don't know how he will react. My boyfriend is coming to Kochi tomorrow, and he will take me home.
Right now, I am struggling with PCOD and I am mentally drained. He also cut off my connection with the 9-year-old child I told you about in my last post. I'm scared that he might harm the child or his mother because of this. The little boy keeps asking about me and says he misses me, but I can't go and see him.
Posted Jul 3, 2026, 6:18 PM UTC