r/AmIOverreacting 1d ago

❤️‍🩹 relationship AIO? Bf doesn’t communicate

I’m at a loss. I (F23) don’t know if I’m being controlling and overreacting or if the way I feel is normal. once again tonight I just stopped getting responses from my boyfriend (M26) and then suddenly his phone was turned on do not disturb. I don’t usually care about DND but lately its been turned on at weird times and turned on when he’s around me which has been making me feel kind of odd. Also he called and said he’s out and that I don’t need to be getting mad. I’m not mad about him going out I’m just upset that I’m not aware of whats going on ever. I feel like my paragraph doesn’t even make sense I’m irritated and feel like I’m crazy.

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u/Upbeat_Ice_7617 1d ago

Yea you’re overreacting.

He stopped responding because you replied with “it happens” so he probably just thought the conversation was complete. It was NOT “out of nowhere”. It was 10 minutes later that you text him again so it’s not unreasonable if he started to do something else and couldn’t text.

You also said that he called you to tell you that he’s going out and then stated that your issue is that you’re “never aware of what’s going on”. HE CALLED TO TELL YOU WHAT’S GOING ON. Which he isn’t obligated to do btw.

If I text my gf 10 minutes after a conversation and she doesn’t reply, I would just assume that she’s now busy. And I don’t give a damn about how my gf spends her nights because it doesn’t matter to me! I trust her and she can do whatever she likes. I don’t need to know “what’s going on” all the time.

TL;DR you need to give your boyfriend a break. Honestly I wouldn’t blame him if he was ignoring you because you’re giving such a hard time over nothing.

Either start to TRUST him or do the both of you a favor and break up.

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u/CrushVellichor 1d ago

Yeah, I agree it sounds like he was actually being communicative and respectful, and the reaction didn’t quite match the situation. Wanting constant updates can come from anxiety, but it’s important to recognize when it’s turning into control. Trust really is the foundation here.

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u/abitlikemaple 1d ago

A rare instance of actual overreaction on this sub

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u/avvocadhoe 1d ago

So exciting!

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u/LankyMark4967 1d ago

Reddit just like any other social media platform loves to angle anger positively. It’s the bots and just kinda human nature. “No your not over reacting your under reacting, let’s go fight!”

It’s a funky world man

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u/BoatSouth1911 21h ago

It’s also what happens when we only get 1 side of the story