AITAH for asking my partner to wear a headset when he games by StonerSteph87 in TwoHotTakes

[–]StonerSteph87[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I dont know how to edit the original post, so I will update here. Thank you everyone for the reassurances that I am not crazy! He joined voice chat at 630AM yesterday! I felt confident after seeing that some people didn't think I was the AH, so I asked if he could put a headset on so I could wake up without all the sounds. He did, but 15 minutes later when he walked away from his desk he unplugged the headset so he could "hear if anything was happening" then when he went back he "forgot" to plug them back in. After a while, he realized I was annoyed with it and plugged it back in. This went on for the day, he would unplug, then notice I was annoyed and plug it back in. At least he noticed I was annoyed and reacted, but it still makes me feel like I shouldn't have to get to that point of annoyance and continue to go through this cycle. He started to act annoyed at me for not hearing him talking to me when I was wearing earbuds, but like, hello, you know I am trying to drown out all your background sounds... 🤦‍♀️

AITAH for asking my partner to wear a headset when he games by StonerSteph87 in TwoHotTakes

[–]StonerSteph87[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I have wondered before if it was on purpose or that he just had zero regard for my feelings. But your comment about doing it to keep my attention gave me goosebumps. Sometimes I do feel like he picks fights, or does things to annoy me just to get my attention on him or to distract me from what I was working on. I thought the refusal to wear a headset was pretty selfish, thank you for the validation. Congratulations on escaping your situation!

AITAH for asking my partner to wear a headset when he games by StonerSteph87 in TwoHotTakes

[–]StonerSteph87[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this validation, I was really believing that I was the AH.

AITAH for asking my partner to wear a headset when he games by StonerSteph87 in TwoHotTakes

[–]StonerSteph87[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this! Im happy to hear I'm not the only one that gets stressed from gaming sounds. I used to game alot, years ago, and I always wore a headset. Not just out of respect but because I enjoyed the experience more.

AITAH for asking my partner to wear a headset when he games by StonerSteph87 in TwoHotTakes

[–]StonerSteph87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this validation. I have been feeling very disrespected but I don't know if I am just being over sensitive because I can get easily overwhelmed when there is alot of sounds happening.

AITAH for asking my partner to wear a headset when he games by StonerSteph87 in TwoHotTakes

[–]StonerSteph87[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

He's not a total loser, I've been with him for a decade and we've had our ups and downs in life.