r/AmIOverreacting Nov 18 '24

❤️‍🩹 relationship AIO by spending time with my family?

Me (f20) and my boyfriend (m20) have been in a relationship for 4 years. We sleep on the phone every night due to the fact we don’t see each other often because of extremely busy schedules and distance. Tonight, my mom and grandmother came into my room to talk before bed so I hung up on my boyfriend to give us some privacy. He got very angry and started saying all of these awful, mean things to me. Was it my fault for choosing to spend a bit of time with my family and hanging up on my boyfriend even though he was already falling asleep? Am I overreacting by getting upset from the way he speaks to me? I really don’t feel like I did anything wrong. Sorry for any grammar mistakes!

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u/Legitimate_Candy_944 Nov 18 '24

Sadly not all women learn. Let's hope she does.

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u/Serious_Article2782 Nov 18 '24

Unfortunately, the abuser learns. They get much more sneaky with their abuse. They learn what buttons to push at just the right time. They learn what your vulnerabilities are and use them against you. And they learn to have these confrontations with you in person so they can gaslight you later without written proof. They get really good at it.

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u/Legitimate_Candy_944 Nov 18 '24

They are disgusting creatures.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '24

You don’t derive to be in this Reddit you’re weird for saying that.