I’ve only had one boyfriend in my life so i don’t have a frame of reference for certain things. When it comes to interests, me and my boyfriend like very different things. I like musicals, romance, art and stuff and he likes sports and watching sports and videogames and scary movies. Obviously we don’t have to do EVERYTHING together but is it okay for him to have “limits” when it comes to my interests? Im the type of person that i when i like something, i want to share it with others whether him, my friends or family, even if its as simple as “wanna watch the trailer for this new movie with me?!”

I’m not mad or complaining I’m just curious to know if anyone else’s SO has “limits”. For example, my favorite movie is hairspray and i want to watch it with him but he said no because he “already watched it with me” but that was a long time ago and he wasn’t paying attention to it. Or i love high school musical and teen beach movie but he refuses to watch them because he “has his limits.” This isn’t to say he won’t do ANYTHING with me, he’s watched musicals with me before and he’s gone to a convention for tv shows that i like with me, but with those he says 100% no. I suppose I’d be more understanding if he had a legit reason but he’s kinda just like no and that’s it. like i won’t watch scary movies with him because i don’t want to be scared but he’s literally just like…no. But It’s never happened the other way around because he really doesn’t ask me to engage in his interests with him, and if i offer he doesn’t want to because he “knows i won’t enjoy it.” But isn’t that what you do in relationships? Sometimes you do stuff you don’t wanna do because you know it’ll make the other person happy. Again I’m not complaining i just want to know if this is something that you encounter in a relationship