Obligatory, this was a few months back, but I got reminded of it recently.
I was gaming with my boyfriend and a mutual friend, and a couple of hours in, I noticed I was very, very light-headed, and unable to concentrate on anything. This is extremely rare for me, and the entire time I was complaining because I had to get off the game. I debated for at least 2-3 hrs whether I should try to call a ride to take me to ER, because it was almost 10 pm and there weren’t any urgent cares nearby.
Some context: my boyfriend does not panic very easily, I tend to worry about my health and get paranoid, so he calms me down and helps me view things objectively. I was recently diagnosed with a chronic blood disorder, and have some other chronic issues. None that are life-threatening, but before diagnosis were very scary.
Throughout the night, he was reassuring me that it was most likely nothing, but if I needed to go, I should. So I got up because I thought maybe a cold shower would help me refresh myself, and knocked over my hard drive off my desk. This led to a very loud bang, and about 2 seconds of stunned silence from me because I was startled – where I come back to my boyfriend frantically shouting my name. Needless to say, he was a bit upset and I think I gave him trauma of loud noises coming from my mic.
His pov: Girlfriend complains about lightheadedness -> might go to ER -> gets up -> LOUD BANG -> WHAT HAPPENED OMG SHES DEAD
TL;DR: Made my boyfriend think that I passed out or died, after I complained about being lightheaded, and then knocking over something on my desk that created a loud bang.
Comments
This is not a TIFU. You didn’t do anything on purpose. He should be relieved – nah, ECSTATIC that you are okay and his worse fears aren’t realized. In a situation like this, you need to be more concerned about yourself than how others feel when you have a health crisis.
This was a frightening situation, but the concern needs to be finding out why it happened so you can prevent it from happening again, not whether you frightened your BF by having a frightening situation. Your focus needs to be on yourself.
girl what