How Binging Challenged My Relationship

My boyfriend is my best friend. We do absolutely everything together and are on a comfort level I cannot even describe in words. So when I decided to take a class that required me to dedicate five hours straight of my attention to something that isn’t him, the jealousy kicked in instantaneously. The TV binge was definitely the hardest of the three binges for my boyfriend to get through. We are both so used to watching TV together and binging on new shows together, that me binging on something solo was rough for him. The biggest struggle for the both of us was to adjust to me dedicating my time to a show he wasn’t watching and could not relate. Another bump in our relationship binging and this class has sort of caused is a bit of tension between the two of us. Even though my boyfriend is very understanding, these past three weeks we definitely have been butting heads more then usual. First of all are schedules are now completely opposite: when I’m in class or binging he has nothing to do, when I have a break he is at work. By the end of the day I’m super exhausted from binging to do anything, which he find annoying because he can’t possibly understand the physical and mental side effects of this unique class. His biggest pet peeve about this class is when I constantly insist on sleeping on the inside so that I can keep my phone plugged in for the sleep app to work. Over these past three weeks my boyfriend and I have not been on the same page, it is as if I have been in a relationship with this class and my binges. I am interested to see if things will go back to normal once this class is over and my social life resumes. I know deep down inside my boyfriend is praying I get an A, and counting down the days till this class is over and he goes back to being the occasional center of attention!