📝 AITA for expecting more affection from my very busy boyfriend?

By Nikky_nikols • Score: 4 • April 10, 2025 9:54 AM


I 23f, need help approaching this issue of dissatisfaction with my bf (27m)

English isn't my first language and I don't live in the west, so if some things don't make sense, there's the reason. Bare with me

So I've (23f) been dating this guy (27m) for almost 6 months now.

He's a good person overall. We're both in healthcare, he's a resident while I'm a nurse.

Now I've been having a bit extra time to myself compared to him, despite also reading for my upcoming licensure exams.

Now with him being busy, we hadn't been able to meet in a month (till yesternight), despite us living 5 minutes away. And I've been missing him a lot.

Here's the thing, he'd promise we'll meet say tonight, and I'd be so excited preparing myself, even buy him some suprise gifts.

Then he'd just ghost me and won't call for days. He would then call waaaay later claiming he has been extremely busy since and didn't have time to communicate.

Which I'd totally understand, but he'd be very active on other social media platforms, posting and replying to people on there.

And not just that, he would write poems for other girls. Which he argues is all in good humour and to engage more with people so that his account gets monetised.

He says the girls are nothing but strangers. Okay fine. I wasn't that bothered with the latter. It was more saddening to me that he would rather ignore me as I await on him, but be active somewhere else.

This issue was my breaking point last week and I presented it to him. I had been so frustrated over being left on read numerous times.

So I gave him an ultimatum. To decide if he still wants me, I told him he had 24 hours to decide and reach out. Next day rolls around and I wait for his call. 24 hours pass by and nothing.

I was so disheartened by this and found myself ringing him numerous times because I was in denial that I meant so little to him then.

I was desperately hoping he had some sort of excuse and wasn't just ignoring me again. All my calls went unanswered.

He then called waaay later and claimed he had been busy the entire day (despite having time to be active on twitter), and argued that he hated such ultimatums and wasn't willing to abide by them.

We had a lengthy talk over the phone, where he deeply apologized and acknowledged that I was frustrated by his actions. I decided to let it rest and move forward with him

So two days ago, he promises to see me again when he's off from work. I am excited again and buy his favourite foods and wait for his call. He then calls me at midnight, claiming his siblings dropped by and he couldn't chase them away. Okay fine I guess, still disappointed

But yesterday, he calls again and tells me to come over to his place. It's been 5 weeks since I saw him and I'm very much excited. I arrived at his at 10pm. But I find him with his male colleague, and they are very busy watching football.

Now I'm there waiting for the game to be over, so that his friend can go home and we can have some time together at least.

Throughout the whole 90 minutes of football, I was very uncomfortable in the presence of two men. I especially don't like this other friend for his womanising tendencies but I bare it because I really missed my guy.

So they cook and sit down eating as they kept discussing football. I don't understand the game, so I pretend to be occupied with my phone or sth because it's so awkward.

The friend then leaves around midnight. My man and I are left alone. Well we then get intimate, but I just wasn't into it anymore. He look, I stayed 5 weeks without nothing, so my libido was over the roof.

But surprisingly, right then at that moment, I felt nothing. It was fast and frankly mid. I thought since we hadn't been together for months, it would be amazing. But I was disappointed. Two minutes and we're done.

Then he slept. I wasn't satisfied, so I tried making some advances, only for him to snap at me that he hadn't slept in two days and was so exhausted.

Then turned his back on me and kept sleeping. I should be understanding and patient with him no?

And tbh, this ordeal right here, where I've expressed dissatisfaction and wanting more of him sexually, only for him to turn his back on me, has happened before again.

Now I'm back home wondering how I'm supposed to feel and what to do. Yesterday I was excited to see him. But today I regret even going to his. I feel so dirty. I can't explain it. Please advice on what's the best action to take cause I don't know what to do

AITAH for expecting more from him? What should I do? Should I call it quits?

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