should I apologize??

So, I’ve been talking to this boy while he’s stationed abroad.

I get that he’s busy, but sometimes he can go days without texting me, yet can send me black screens for streaks on Snap and be liking selfies on twitter.

He’s usually sweet, like on Valentine’s Day he told me Happy Valentine’s Day that morning.

I understand that his job gets busy, but he doesn’t tell me that. He opens my snaps and doesn’t reply, but will be on Twitter. And when I confronted him about it, he said, “I’m not going to apologize for being busy at work.”

I said that he could’ve at least told me he was so I didn’t think he was ignoring me. He left me on read.

I asked my friends who are in relationships, and they all said the same thing; they also come home tired and exhausted, but always find time to reply to their partners, no matter what- “because when you really like someone, you’ll respond”.

Am I in the wrong here, ladies? Am I coming off too strong and truly, actually just annoying him? Should I apologize for getting irritated with him? I keep trying to rationalize that I should, but I always end up apologizing for how I feel and he gets mad when I express myself.

What’re yall’s opinions!