My bf (26M) and I (26F) have been together for 3 years. He is someone who gets stressed easily and obviously I wouldn’t want to trigger it. He has a big project coming this month and a few months prior, he prepped me that he will be less free as he will have to prepare for it.

Two weeks before this, we met up and I asked him if he wants to hang the coming week but he told me that we should “wait till the project is over” so he will have more time for me. I respected it and did not ask to meet up. Texts were also getting less frequent as he is always working on the project and although I constantly find myself waiting to talk to him instead of initiating, I still did not complain as I did not want to stress him up.

Then comes today. I spent the entire day on my hobby and he sent a text to me. I saw but I didn’t reply as my hands were full. About 4 hours later when I replied, I found out that he deleted the message so I asked why did he delete. No response till the night and he told me he is working on his project again.

Fast forward 1 hour ago, he got mad for no reason and I asked if I pissed him off or anything. He said that he felt like I didn’t appreciate him as I did not initiate meetings or text frequently. I was shocked and felt so wronged. AITA for thinking this way?

Ps he also broke his arm recently and could not pick me up which was one of the reasons he said that he felt like I was unappreciative as I would not travel to find him.