AITAH for refusing to drive 30 minutes at 12:30 a.m. to catch my ex-girlfriend’s mouse?

My ex and I broke up a few weeks ago. It was my decision, but we’ve stayed on good terms. We’ve still been texting and have hung out a few times since the breakup while figuring out what our relationship looks like now.

Two nights ago, I was out with friends at a bar when she started blowing up my phone with calls and texts in all caps saying it was urgent and to call her immediately. I panicked because I thought something serious had happened.

When I called, she told me there was a mouse in her bedroom and asked me to come over and get it.

I live about 30 minutes away. At first I told her no because I was already out with friends and didn’t want to leave. But I started feeling guilty because she was genuinely terrified, so I ended up leaving my friends and driving over anyway.

The funny part is that we never even found the mouse.
The next night, around 12:30 a.m., I was already in bed and half asleep when she called and texted again saying the mouse had come back and asking me to drive over again.

This time I told her no.

I told her I understood that she was scared, and I tried to help her figure out ways to catch it over the phone, but I wasn’t willing to get out of bed and drive an hour round trip for a mouse.

She wasn’t happy about it, and now I’m wondering if I was being insensitive. Part of me feels bad because I know she was genuinely scared, but another part of me feels like we’re broken up, and at some point she has to stop relying on me for things like this.

AITA?

Posted Jul 11, 2026, 1:28 PM UTC

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