AITA for asking my husband to check on me while playing video games?

Absolutely NTA. Something like this happened to me. Only my brother and I were home when I injured myself pretty badly. He couldn't hear me yelling his name multiple times because he had his headphones in and was playing video games. My neighbors ended up hearing me first and were the ones who helped me get medical care and told him what had happened. I ended up having to get a minor surgery and I couldn't walk for more than a month.

My neighbors no doubt handled the situation better than my brother would have been able to, so I guess I lucked out on that. And I don't blame my brother for the accident because it had nothing to do with him, nor did his inability to hear me affect my overall outcome too much. But still, having him hear me would have made me feel much safer.

Your husband, on the other hand, SHOULD be capable of helping you in case of an emergency and it is NOT at all unreasonable of you to expect that from him. Taking breaks from the game might not be fun but he should value your health and safety over his playing time. Needing help and not being able to get it is an absolutely terrifying feeling and you are not at all unreasonable here. You are absolutely justified in being worried about this sort of thing. Besides, even if nothing ever happens, it is way better to overreact than to not react enough in this situation.

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