Your boyfriend has been making you watch video games with him, inspired by how you play along, not voicing your true opinion.
When you are always playing along, he assumes you enjoy it.
Be forthright in your body language and intentions.
Should you keep faking it all the time, he will get the wrong impression.
It’s time to come clean and let him know you don’t enjoy it.
To do this, calmly inform him that you aren’t fond of watching him play video games all the time and would rather do something else with him when you are with him.
You don’t have to make him feel like there is something wrong with him for playing video games.
You shouldn’t make him feel like he is a bad boyfriend for forcing you to watch him play video games.
Remember that there is a probability he doesn’t know you don’t enjoy watching him play video games, as you always act like you do.
Should this be the case, you have been misleading him.
Being that he has been misguided by you from the onset, he assumed that you liked watching him play video games all the time.
This is not how you felt.
You don’t enjoy it.
You do have to own up to your responsibility here in possibly misguiding him.
This is why you shouldn’t approach this by making it seem like he has been the one in the wrong.
Your approach should be more so one of honesty and offering solutions.
Instead of telling him that you don’t enjoy watching him play video games all the time, tell him that you would rather do an activity with him while you are with him.
You don’t mind watching him from time to time, but you would much rather engage in an activity with him.
Be specific in the activities that you want to engage in.
To be even more effective, tell him that instead of watching him play video games this Friday, you would rather go see a movie with him or hang out at the local pub.
Give him a solid suggestion that has a specific day and activity planned.
This is how you get him to understand that you are serious and want to move away from what he is used to doing with you.
You aren’t trying to make him appear to be a bad boyfriend nor taking him away from his love of playing video games.
You are merely suggesting alternatives to what you can both do together.
What he chooses to do beyond that with his free time is up to him.
This tactic gives him the freedom to consider an alternative, which increases the odds that he takes action.
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