Last night, boyfriend and I were sat together on the sofa watching the England game. Well, he was watching the football and I was on my phone doing various bits but was happily sat with him cuddled up. We'd been chatting all the way through the first half and it got to half way through the half time commentary. He'd already said he probably wouldn't watch all the match as he needed to get some sleep for an early start at work. I asked him what the plan was and he said 'I'll watch 5 more minutes of this, then head upstairs' I was a bit bored and getting tired by this point but thought that's fine, I'll wait for 5 and we'll go to bed together. 10 mins of half time commentary passed and I again asked because I would go up without him and he could come up later if he wanted. He repeated his answer and started to get annoyed. Turns out he meant i'll watch 5 more minutes of the match when it restarts the second half. But aibu to take what he said literally and presume he just meant 5 more minutes of the programme in general rather than of the 2nd half of the game?
He doesn't watch football usually, I know nothing about football so how can I be expected to mind read and understand that's what he meant. It led to bickering and he continued to say things like 'If I'd have said that to anyone else, they would have understood.' And 'I'm sorry you've interpreted it that way.'
It was a miscommunication that was blown way out of proportion but his response always makes me feel like I'm in the wrong. He puts a spin on the apology to make it my fault. It should have been I'm sorry I wasn't clear enough and didn't say what I actually meant.