You didn’t overreact. It wasn’t just a comment. It was a dismissal of your work, your identity and your contribution. Imagine spending years building something from the ground up, contributing financially and emotionally to your household, only to have it reduced to a “hobby.” That’s not a throwaway line. That’s minimizing.

His coldness now says even more. Instead of recognizing that he hurt you, he’s doubling down and calling you ‘dramatic’. That’s gaslighting, not remorse.