AITA for gaming while my boyfriend took care of his sick kid?
I (28M) love gaming—it’s my main hobby, and my PC is my happy place. My boyfriend (40M) hates this. He thinks gaming is a waste of time and gets annoyed if I play while he’s around, even though we’re both adults with busy schedules. We’ve argued about it before, but I’ve tried to compromise by not gaming when we’re spending quality time together.

Here’s where things blew up: He has two kids from a previous marriage. I’m totally cool with them—they’re great, and their custody schedule usually splits weekends with their mom. Last week, though, their mom had an emergency and couldn’t take them, so my boyfriend had to care for his sick son all weekend. When he told me, I said, “No problem, I’ll just game all weekend then!” We texted normally, and everything seemed fine… until he showed up furious the next week.

He accused me of not caring that we didn’t see each other, said I “made light” of the situation by being excited to game, and claimed I prioritize games over him. I was baffled. I thought I was being supportive by not stressing him out or guilt-tripping him for canceling our plans. Plus, I figured: He’s busy parenting, I’m busy gaming, win-win? But he’s calling me selfish and says my reaction proves I don’t value our relationship.

So, he’s mad I didn’t “miss him” or ask to come over to help. But… it’s his kid, and I didn’t want to intrude on their time (or expose myself to a sick kid?). Plus, he’s always criticizing my gaming, why would I invite myself over just to sit quietly while he parents? It's not even my home and although his ex-wife is pretty chill and we get along well its her house not ours.

So, was I insensitive for gaming instead of acting sad we couldn’t hang out, or is he overreacting?