[marmaduke]

I was talking to my partner about personal things, those things you don't tell anyone else.
I was talking about how my mother treated me. Then, at very sensitive moment he said "Oh, I have earache'.
Really? Earache?
WTF.
I'm telling him this stuff, stuff that broke me, and he comes up with 'earache'.

I stopped talking immediately. "Whats up he says".
I felt like s##t, like crying. All he had to do for once was just listen and make the right noises.

He didn't have earache, he just didn't want to listen. And I try hard not to unload very often as I'm aware it can get boring, and that in general people don't understand. That's why I value this forum and the people on it. They understand me.

It was disappointing though that he didn't want to know me more.

Does anyone have partner that 'gets it' or do I expect too much?

[gloamingone]

My boyfriend mainly ignores me when I'm having a bad day. If I'm shoulders-heaving crying, he'll sometimes ask me what's wrong, but he doesn't really listen to what I say. I hate it.

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[Fuzzybear]

He tries, but no... I keep quiet.