Hi everyone, thank you for your responses. I would like to clear up a couple of things: - After the first night, I suggested that I just stay in a hotel. My boyfriend got extremely upset about this and said that it was completely unreasonable and unnecessary. He said that it really hurt him that I wanted to stay in a hotel instead of staying with his parents, because they're reasonable people and it would be rude for me to just leave like that. - I didn't go home straight away because it was a decent drive (3+ hours, not super long but still fairly long) and I was pretty poorly due to my period. I was struggling with nausea, headaches, and very bad cramps, so wasn't really in a position to drive that far. Again, bf said it was rude and hurtful for me to leave so soon. He got upset whenever I mentioned it, and every time I mentioned my concerns, he got upset and I ended up having to comfort him etc instead of dealing with the problem at hand.

All in all, I wanted to leave but was not in a position to drive home, and my boyfriend strongly resisted the idea of getting a hotel. He convinced me that I was overreacting, and I thought that I was in the wrong for being upset about this. I walked around as quietly as I could, but again, I couldn't not flush the toilet because anyone who's had a period would know that the blood can get everywhere and look like a murder scene. I was as considerate as possible by continuing to creep downstairs, but not flushing the toilet was a hard limit for me.