my boyfrind an i like to talk on the phone alot lately cuz we're not able to see achother as often as we would like. we would talk for like 3 or 4 hours at night whil we play on the computer or watch tv. we likes to play the MMORPG daiblo 2. he owns a clan, whatever that is. he sometimes has to do something on there that would require both hands so he'd have to put down the phone. i understand that. he says that he'll be right back. but a few times he forgot that he was on the phone with me after he does that. i waited at least an hour last night but he never came back. i fell asleep with the phone on my ear waiting for him. is something wrong that he would just forget about me or am i over reacting?
Just for your information, a clan is like a group or gang. Not in the bad sence, but when you become part of one, you are recognized as part of that 'family' otherwise called a clan.
Anyways...I always give my gf undivided attention when we're on the phone. Sometimes I just lie on my bed and close my eyes and talk. If you are both playing a game together on the computer or watching the same thing on TV then thats great. If you both aren't and are doing different things while talking, then thats not good and should not go on like that. Ask him to give you his undivided attention, because it's not like you two see each other for hours a day every single day. Talk to him and let him know you are serious about this.
One thing I will point out - some guys might do things or might forget to do things not because we don't care or love the girl, but just because it never occured to us. Example: I used to never have my phone on me. My gf would call and never get a hold of me especially when she really needed me. Was it that I didn't care about her? No of course not. It just never occured to me. After she sat me down and talked to me about it, I have never left the house without my phone since. So talk to him about it and don't be afraid to ask him to do things or to draw a line - sometimes we need that. Hope that helped and good luck. [ HectorJr's advice column | Ask HectorJr A Question ]
MelLeDisko answered Sunday August 27 2006, 2:31 am: Haha, there's no way you're over reacting. If my boyfriend did that to me a few times, I'd get upset too. What I'd do is the next time you guys decide to talk on the phone, just be like,"I know you're not forgetting about me on the phone on person, and it was fine maybe the first time or two, but I really wish you'd stop cause I don't like sitting there waiting for you for an hour, and winding up falling asleep with the phone next to me at night.
Just try and figure out I guess you'd say, a "schedule" with him. Like, he can talk to you on the phone for 3 hours, and then he can play video games for 3 hours and then he can call you back if he wants. Or just tell him that if he's going to start playing video games and needs both hands, to just have him call you back whenever he's finished with doing what he needs to do.
He just needs to learn to balance his time between his girlfriend and his video games, cause obviously trying to do both at once isn't helping.
orphans answered Sunday August 27 2006, 2:09 am: Totally not overreacting. If my boyfriend constantly forgets about me on the phone, I'd be pissed as hell too.
Tell him that you know he doesn't do it on purpose but he needs to stop doing that. Try talking to him when he's not playing computer games because I guarantee you, he will play more attention to the computer than you. Just how guys are. Ask his to call you whenever he isn't playing or ask that when you are talking, he gets away from the games. Don't be mean/controlling about it though. Just explain that you'd like his attention and you hate when he forgets you're on the phone.
Something else, if you are talking to him while he's playing and he needs to set the phone down, ask him to just call you back when he's done. Or, you could call back after 10 min or so.
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