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Am I overreacting, or am I owed an apology?

Asked by nikipedia (28077points) August 23rd, 2012

My boyfriend started hosting a weekly game night at our house about 8 months ago. I usually make dinner for everyone (5–8 people), have dinner with them, and then hang out in my room while they play. I only play if they are short a person and need another to make the game work.

I enjoy hosting them, but it is a fair amount of work to plan a menu that everyone can eat (1 vegetarian, 1 pescatarian, 1 gluten-free), shop for it, cook dinner before everyone arrives, and then clean up after. No one has ever offered to help with any of this, and I admit to being a bit resentful, but overall I enjoy it.

Last week, the game ran late. It usually ends by 9:30, and I make it a point to be asleep by 10:30 each night (I am a bad sleeper and wake up early whether I want to or not).

So this past week the game ran late, and I went to bed at 10:30 and shut my bedroom door. I was awoken three separate times by the game players when they yelled/cheered during the game. The final time, at the end of the game, they yelled so loudly that I got up, and very irritatedly said, “Can you stop screaming?” One of them replied sarcastically, “Well we’re done now, so we won’t be screaming anymore.”

I slammed my door and went to bed. My boyfriend apologized, but no one else has bothered. I’m so irritated I wish they wouldn’t come back next week.

Am I overreacting?

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