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am i valid for being irritated? i asked my boyfriend if i could vent to him/get his opinion about something that happened at work today and he called me while he was playing video games with his friends so he wasn’t giving me his full attention
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Anonymous 1d

Yeah I understand being irritated especially because you wanted to vent, or wasn’t just like a random hello phone call

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Anonymous 1d

what game was it

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Anonymous 1d

That would’ve pissed me clean off bc you could’ve just said no

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Anonymous 1d

valid imo bc i mean you were only asking for 5-10 mins. at the same time you could ask him to get off the game buuuut also idk you shouldn’t have to ask if you’re already asking to vent

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

(it’s relevant) also was he still attentive like is this because he was being inattentive or because you know he was multitasking?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

rocket league lol. yeah he was still attentive and like gave me his opinion like i asked for but he had been gaming with his friends for at least an hour, so when i said “can i vent to you for like 5-10 ish minutes” i was expecting his full attention for those few minutes. even if he was like “yeah let me finish this game” or “give me 15 minutes” is something like that, i wouldn’t have minded

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

hmmmm i feel like rocket league is maybeee a game you can multitask in it depends, and i totally get what you just said. i would tell him exactly that and how he responds is a really good indicator

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

i definitely plan on bringing it up to him in the morning. normally i don’t mind, like when we’re just talking about our day or sometimes he’ll play and i’ll do homework or something and we’ll just be on facetime while we each do our thing. but when i like specifically mentioned wanting to vent for 5-10 minutes i feel like the least he could have done is given me that time yk? but anyway thanks for the advice and for letting me rant lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 1d

exactly! yes i could have asked but if someone told me they needed to vent for a short amount of time, i would give them my full attention right off the bat

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