For context before I (24F) get into the issue: My fiancé (26M) is a hugh basketball fan with his absolute favorite team being the Houston Rockets. They are currently in the playoffs and have game 6 against the Lakers tonight which is exciting for him because apparently if they win tonight they would be forcing a game 7 after coming back from an 0-3 start in the series that only 4 NBA teams in history have done. I am not a basketball fan at all and actually despise when it’s on the screen.
For the issue, my birthday is on Sunday and my fiancé has a few surprises planned that I’m super excited about. However, if the Rockets end up winning tonight, then game 7 would be on my birthday. He asked if we could carve out 2 hours of that day to watch the game. I said no and he seemed really sad about it, but I said no for the following reasons:
- It’s my actual birthday and I would rather do anything else.
- He has watched almost every single Rockets game this season and treats every game like it’s the most important of the season despite my continuously asking to watch literally anything else. The answer would typically be no.
- We already have time apart on that day because he has to go into work for a few hours.
- If they lose, he’ll be bummed out and in a sad mood.
With that said I still feel a bit bad if this would really be a historic basketball event, but that’s not how I want to spend my birthday. Am I being unreasonable?
TLDR: My fiancé (26M) wants to watch game 7 of the Rockets vs Lakers game if it happens but I (24F) don’t want to because I hate watching basketball and it’s my birthday.