📝 AITAH for laughing at jokes a friend of my bf made?

By Celi1997 • Score: 1 • April 6, 2025 10:28 PM


I (27F) recently organised a birthday dinner for my boyfriend (38M). I invited his closest friends (some of them he even calls “brothers”). For context: I’m a high functioning autistic person, and -you guessed it- I struggle with social interaction; my bf told me several times to laugh more, be more open, interact more with people. So this evening, after two very intense days of working, cooking, getting the house ready etc, I was trying to enjoy the dinner and to be social. Mind you: my bf was watching a soccer match the whole time, and was nervous bc he was losing money with bets, so it was a bit awkward and I kinda felt like I had to entertain the ppl there. So one of his friends started joking about my bf being a bit of a hypochondriac. He told a story about him measuring his temperature three times in a single evening. I laughed and added that he asked me once if his temperature of 97° could be a bad sign and if I thought it was going to rise. Later on this friend made other comments about this topic, but I didn’t add anything. I kinda smiled and laughed along, more because of a nervous thing. I really felt the pressure of keeping everyone entertained. At one point I told my bf, who was worried about his upcoming blood tests, that it would be great if he did a some sort of workout, given he has a mild heart condition too. But I said it in a nice way, I’m really concerned about him and his mental/physical health. That’s all that happened. When the guests went home, he snapped at me and told me I ruined the evening by being too open and laughing too much at stupid jokes. He said I hurt his feelings and that I should have ignored his friend. I couldn’t believe it, and replied that he could have been more present instead of watching the game and insulting God in front of everybody because of his stupid bets. I feel so stupid, I worked hard to cook for everyone, made a really nice cake he didn’t even eat.. I really struggle at social gatherings, especially if I’m the host.. so help me out, am I the asshole? (Sorry for my broken English, I’m a non native speaker)

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