Husband Gaming During Early Labor— am I crazy?
Any advice is welcomed if I’m (31F) being unreasonable. My husband (30M) and I have been together for 5 years, married for 1 year. He is a hobby gamer to the tune of 30-40 hours a week in a game that cannot be paused or saved. He claims it is his hobby and just something he enjoys doing, but it has hurt our marriage. It’s been a hot topic thru the pregnancy as I have felt alone much of the time. The boys get on at night and that can’t be missed. /s We do have a standing date night once a week. We are also in couples counseling.
I am 39 weeks pregnant today and having contractions. We went in Friday to L&D with lots of pelvic pain and cramping. We are in early labor and just working the time down until delivery. I’ve been having painful, but infrequent contractions today and got a notice from my tracking app to get ready for the hospital. He was gaming when I showed him the notification. He checked it and determined it was not close yet, so he went back to his game to finish it out (“I just need 5 minutes to extract”). I’m going through the scariest experience of my life as a first time mom and finishing his game is more important.
After fighting about the continued gaming he angrily cooked himself dinner with headphones on without offering me any or asking if I need anything. He asked if I was having more frequent contractions which I wasn’t and he went back upstairs to game.
I lost my kitties at that point and just left the house after packing my hospital bags. The contractions slowed but we are in a huge fight about the video games being the priority. I am back home after picking up food for myself. I asked him to dissemble his computer for two weeks and he absolutely refuses. I am so tired of being second fiddle to video games. When I need him most he is unavailable and escaping from any stress. Am I being completely unreasonable or is this a major red flag I’ve been overlooking for years? I’m terrified to see how he behaves when our child arrives in the next few days.
Edit: Important note: husband had a health crisis two years ago and turned to video games and food to cope with the anxiety. He is in individual counseling and we are in couples, but he has not been able to recapture the confident happy person he was before it happened. He is completely healthy now, just afraid.
Edit 2: Want to add that he claims we spent a lot of time together the last two days (including hospital visit) so that justifies him getting away for a few hours. Now that we are fighting that is also an excuse to go game. I’m at the end of my rope here.
TLDR: Husband’s gaming hobby is destroying our marriage and preventing him from supporting me during early labor.