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My 26f boyfriend 28m thinks his job is exactly as hard as mine and it’s causing resentment (by Sparky)

 Sparky (0)  (29 / M-F / Massachusetts)
22-Jan-19 9:22 pm
My 26f boyfriend 28m thinks his job is exactly as hard as mine and it’s causing resentment

I can’t tell if I’m being an awful person but this is really bothering me.
I have a stressful job. I’m responsible for a large group of people (around 10,000) who regularly commit suicide, self harm, have multiple health needs and who’s day to day care is severely underfunded. It is my job to try and improve conditions (being vague for anonymity.)
My boyfriends job is working for his friend, a successful media personality. Half of this involves being in prank style videos, the other half is sourcing content for his friends Facebook page.
Yesterday, I came home stressed and upset. I have tonsillitis, one of my men poured a kettle of boiling water over his head and there are problems that may mean we don’t have enough food for everyone. I said that I was feeling overwhelmed, and my boyfriend said “we all have problems at work, mine is stressful too.†And got annoyed at me, he ended the call saying for **** sake.
I feel really upset. I do think my job is more taxing and difficult. I do want to do what I do but it’s hard. I don’t think he understands how hard it is.
I wasn’t using him as a therapist, he asked me to call him and tell him what was going on so I did. I’d only spoken for less than 2 minutes before he got annoyed and the conversation ended.
I want him to realise that my job has unique stresses, and just because he can fix things that bother him by having a direct chat with his friend/boss, that doesn’t mean I can do the same. He wanted me to tell my director that I can’t do these things because they’re hard to deal with. I’ve said that’s not an option but he doesn’t get it.
I don’t know what to do, or if I’m wrong for thinking like this.
TL/DR: my boyfriend has a more lighthearted job and can’t empathise with mine which I feel deals with more difficult issues. I don’t know how to talk about this with him


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