u/Mammoth-Travel-3610

My girlfriend (27f) isn’t listening when I’m (29m) asking her to stop interrupting me when I’m busy

I live with my girlfriend and she has a habit of constantly interrupting me when I'm busy. I've tried talking to her about it before but she doesn't listen.  Last night I was sat playing a video game to relax and every two mins she was asking me to stop to show me a photo or video.

After an hour I'd hadn't actually done anything on the game since it was constantly being paused. She kept trying to show me and I just told her to save them all and show me when I'm finished.  I told her I'm busy and that she keeps interrupting me and that I was trying to relax.

I said I'm not asking for much by asking her to just show me the videos when I'm free but she argued that it wasn't a big deal for me to pause the game. I pointed out it is a big deal when she's expecting me to pause it pretty much every minute. 

I asked how she'd feel if I kept interrupting her when she was reading and expected her to stop after every few words to look at something. She tried avoiding the question but I just pointed out it's not fair to be constantly interrupting someone. 

She said she wasn't asking much of me but I pointed out again that it's not asking for much to ask her to wait until I'm free. 

Does anyone have any advice on how best to approach this or have any other views on it?

tl;dr my girlfriend keeps interrupting me when I’m busy. I’m asking her to stop and wait until I’m free but she keeps arguing it’s no big deal.

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u/Mammoth-Travel-3610 — 20 hours ago

AITA for expecting not be in interrupted when I’m busy?

I live with my girlfriend and she has a habit of constantly interrupting me when I'm busy. I've tried talking to her about it before but she doesn't listen.  Last night I was sat playing a video game to relax and every two mins she was asking me to stop to show me a photo or video.

After an hour I'd hadn't actually done anything on the game since it was constantly being paused. She kept trying to show me and I just told her to save them all and show me when I'm finished.  I told her I'm busy and that she keeps interrupting me and that I was trying to relax.

I said I'm not asking for much by asking her to just show me the videos when I'm free but she argued that it wasn't a big deal for me to pause the game. I pointed out it is a big deal when she's expecting me to pause it pretty much every minute. 

I asked how she'd feel if I kept interrupting her when she was reading and expected her to stop after every few words to look at something. She tried avoiding the question but I just pointed out it's not fair to be constantly interrupting someone. 

She said she wasn't asking much of me but I pointed out again that it's not asking for much to ask her to wait until I'm free. 

AITA for expecting not be in interrupted when I’m busy?

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u/Mammoth-Travel-3610 — 20 hours ago