So yeah. My boyfriend (30M) is absolutely obsessed with podcasts. Not in a normal way. I’m talking full on listens to them while brushing his teeth, while cooking, while getting dressed, sometimes even while we’re watching Netflix. He’s always saying stuff like podcasts are the future or audio content is underrated or whatever.

Anyway, we’ve been together for a little over two years and live together now. A while ago, he pitched the idea of doing these Monthly Relationship Check Ins. It sounded harmless enough, basically a sit-down once a month to talk about how things are going, any issues we’ve noticed, ways we can improve communication, blah blah. I figured, sure, why not. Healthy couples do that stuff, right?

Then he dropped the real part. He wanted to record them. Like, full on record us having these talks like a podcast. At first, I thought he was kidding. He said it would be private, just for us, like a little time capsule. Still kinda weird, but I agreed to try it once.

We do the first one and the man starts it with welcome back to another episode of Love Audit. I literally stared at him. He wasn’t joking. He had a typed up outline, segment titles, intro music. He even put in a fake ad break for HelloFresh. And we’re sitting there talking about how I sometimes leave the dishes in the sink.

I barely got through it.

Then last week he tells me he wants to make it public. Like publish it. Put it on Spotify. No money, no ads, just to share what he calls authentic relationship growth content with the world. I told him absolutely not. I was cringing just listening to my own voice, and I didn’t want strangers hearing me talk about emotional labor and whether or not we should combine finances.

Now he’s been moody, saying I’m being unsupportive and ruining something he thought we could build together. I told him if he wants a podcast, he can start one that doesn’t involve me. He thinks I’m overreacting and not respecting his creative side.

Honestly, I’m starting to wonder if I was too harsh.

AITAH?