Correct. Breaking up because of one stupid, insensitive comment is the only option. Idiot.

OP should make him one

Normally I'd agree, it's very stupid to break up with someone so hastily. Though I'd assume when OP called, she sounded incredibly upset, which her boyfriend should have heard and thought maybe the phone call was more important than a video game.

this isnt exactly a deal breaker. if, during the phone call, you didnt specify why you called he cant possibly know why. maybe he just thought you wanted to chat. but id sure let him know you were upset and talk to him about it. good luck.

Well, OP says she had just told him what was going on, out was in the middle of it. I would've broken up with him out at least beat his ass.

Maybe he was too engrossed in the game that he didn't hear what op said and thought she just wanted to chat?

So... because he is engrossed in a game, she should break up with him? That's so childish, guys... I've known some guys who can't pay attention when they are playing games. They just cannot do that and talk at the same time. Honestly, I'm a gamer, so (to me) this is the likely scenario. girls (no offense) tend to exaggerate A LOT.

This. Any girl who dates a gamer should realize that they get concentrated and don't fully focus on anything else until the game is done. Frustrating at times? Of course. But it's how they are and you have to just deal with it.

A " true gamer" is a reasonable person and knows when they should stop playing. I guess that if she was pregnant and her water broke, it'd be okay for him to keep playing instead of taking her to a hospital because he's too "engrossed in the game and she should deal with it"?

Has anyone else played a video game and the focus on that only? I zone out too and it shouldn't be a breakup point. Just talk to him about it.

Lukensz, that's an entirely different situation. If she's right beside him and obviously in labour, that's one thing. But to answer a phone call which probably started off like any normal phone conversation (and she's lucky he even answered), it's totally normal for a person to say they'll call back if they're in the middle of something. Unless she's bawling her eyes out right away then there's no real indicator of a problem.

I am dating a "gamer", and when I called to tell him my brother died, while he was in the middle of a huge battle, he turned off the Xbox and listened to me. He could hear I was upset - he may not have heard what I was saying but he heard my tone of voice.

@102, what if the woman needed a ride to the hospital because her water broke when she wasn't right next to him? Because he's too engrossed in the game she now has to find another way there or waste the time of an ambulance to get to the hospital? Yeah, people can get really focused on a game, but it's not right to hang upon his girlfriend like that if she was upset and had already told him why. At the very least he could have asked her to hold on for a second.

You guys are all completely missing my point and way overreacting. If my brother died I'd probably be far more hysterical than a cancer diagnosis (because actual death is worse than potential death, not saying cancer isn't bad before you guys freak out on that too.), and not everybody shows as much emotion over the phone. Also, okay fine the woman's in labour and she's at somebody else's house and calls h for a ride, that's still something that the person could pick up in the first line of the phone call, which is probably a woman freaking out pretty hard. Stop overreacting, you have no idea how the conversation went with them, and to say to break up with someone over a line on a phone call is ridiculous.

but maybe he didn't realize what op was saying? she had only "barely" said what had happened when he cut her off.

How do guys like this have girlfriends an I'm still single? Wtf

I completely agree #112 I date a gamer and go through the same problems but we both care about each other and spend time together after 5 years we are now living together everyone should seriously stop overreacting over these things he will get back to her now if he isn't going to listen and be petty about it when he does talk to her that's a different story

I think we understand that. But when your girlfriend's grandmother is in the hospital dying, he needs to get off his ass and help his love. And if he didn't I'd ditch his ass and immediately break up with him.

one bad comment isn't worth a breakup.

It might not be the first bad comment, only OP knows. Best wishes to your grandma, OP :)

I really love hoe everyone is always saying not to jump to conclusions, blah blah, but honestly, if it's a female fml, you always tell her to "break up with his sorry ass" etc etc. This site is extremely sexist, isn't it? He's too into something to concentrate, so he asks if he can talk about it later and you say to BREAK UP with him? Sometimes you guys give golden advice, but it is not the case this time

How is he a dick? Because he was playing a game? Because he asked her to call back later? OP's boyfriend didn't know about WHY she was calling. So set that aside. It's better they talk when he's not distracted by gaming anyway. If OP's conversation went: OP oh hey babe" "call back later" OP "my grandmama's been diagnosed with lung cancer" "call back later" then yes, safe to say he is a dick. I agree YLS OP, but YDI for not saying anything, and hanging up the phone.

actually "I barely told him what happened" tells me he did know. he just didn't care.

No, that can mean that she started at "I woke up today". My fiancée has a horrible habit if doing that instead of getting to the point. If I'm in the middle of a match, I'll ask her if she can wait till it's over so I can focus on her and not worry about that fact that she's going through 70 things that probably barely have to do with the main point

I'd imagine that when OP called, she sounded at least slightly upset. I can't imagine her sounding too chipper on the phone, which he should have picked up on and thought, "Hmm, better talk to her and see what's wrong!" But you're right, it's all just assumptions. For the record, I hope he didn't hear OP was upset and it was a simple mistake.

She CLEARLY STATES that she already told him what happened when he responded to call her back. It's not like she just called to tell him about a pair of shoes she just bought and expected his full and undivided attention. She called, told him about a sick relative, and he just ignored her. Definitely break up worthy. I don't know what kind of people you've been in a relationship, but you must have been pushed around a lot an treated very poorly.

A speedy recovery from lung cancer...

What?

If he's going to pick a game over his girlfriend he doesn't deserve one.

No he's just a ****

I apologize, but some idiot people don't understand the concept of sarcasm.

*posts stupid comment* *get's thumbed down* "hurrdurr idiots don't understand sarcasm"

We know OP's boyfriend is a dick but let's not be too harsh by assuming he plays Call of Duty

Well both the op's bf and majority of call of duty players are dicks, coincidence? :p

No. There is never a time for that.

Because of one insensitive comment? Relationships don't work that way

You've probably never even been in a relationship based on that comment so you really wouldn't know.

This is very true, my ex was very unsympathetic when my aunt died suddenly, even though he had seen her the week before. Yet when his granddad died I was expected to do everything and beyond with not even a single thank you.