Today was my [M22] girlfriend’s [F21] birthday. At night, I got her flowers and fruit. I picked her up from her place and we drove around and talked before I dropped her off at her place less than an hour later. I said I would have liked to come in for a bit but shouldn’t to not steal her time. For the record, we are both in majorly stressful STEM majors and are constantly studying for exams.

She happens to have her most difficult one tomorrow morning and I wanted to account for this, she acknowledges and agrees. I promised we would go on walks in the next few days.

After dropping her off and heading home, she texts me saying she thought we would have done more tonight?? I explained to her that I’d rather her get a good nights sleep and hang out any time after the exam tomorrow morning.

Now she’s giving me the silent treatment.

Im seeking advice because I’m upset that I apparently didn’t do enough. Even though it was the most we could manage with our swamped schedules.

I expected her to be more appreciative but instead wants more than I could give. The last thing I wanted was to keep her up at night and jeopardize her performance on the exam when we could just hang out after.

This relationship is about 5 months old and am starting to question if she is the right one for me because this seems like a red flag.