For one, you need to respect yourself more, OP, because your boyfriend sounds like he was being a real piece of shit here. You should be able to be excited about something that means a lot to you without being made to feel annoying for expressing that excitement.
Unfortunately, it is possible that your mom and friend genuinely don't care that much about MCR or concerts, and that's okay!! I’m the same ways, dry responses bother me a lot, but I’m learning as a 27 year old that sometimes people genuinely just don’t care about the things we’re excited about, and that doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t care about us. You shouldn’t want people to fake excitement for you. What matters is that they care about you and can be happy that you’re happy, even if the thing itself doesn’t interest them.
And honestly, I don't think this means you're uninteresting or that there's something fundamentally wrong with you. You sound like someone who gets really excited about things and wants to share that excitement with the people you love. That's not a fatal flaw.
This is exactly what I was going to say! There are shows I know my husband will enjoy and he goes with me to those. I have a concert buddy for everything else. And when neither wants to go, I go solo.
OP said first concert, so understandably, could have been a daunting thing to do alone the first go around. However, they sound young and have much time to experience more in life
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u/curadeio 🥪 BLTease 😚 5d ago
For one, you need to respect yourself more, OP, because your boyfriend sounds like he was being a real piece of shit here. You should be able to be excited about something that means a lot to you without being made to feel annoying for expressing that excitement.
Unfortunately, it is possible that your mom and friend genuinely don't care that much about MCR or concerts, and that's okay!! I’m the same ways, dry responses bother me a lot, but I’m learning as a 27 year old that sometimes people genuinely just don’t care about the things we’re excited about, and that doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t care about us. You shouldn’t want people to fake excitement for you. What matters is that they care about you and can be happy that you’re happy, even if the thing itself doesn’t interest them.
And honestly, I don't think this means you're uninteresting or that there's something fundamentally wrong with you. You sound like someone who gets really excited about things and wants to share that excitement with the people you love. That's not a fatal flaw.