Is this normal?

It sounds more like he does not want his parents to know about you.

If he wants a relationship with you he should be making time for those chats and calls with you.

Oh I’ve met his parents many times already and been to their house. We’ve been together a year believe it or not 😂

He's entitled to separate out the things in his life to maintain a healthy balance. His family time is obviously important to him and he's demonstrating good discipline by sticking to it.

I don't think you should expect to be able to demand every waking minute of his day just because you're his girlfriend.

In that case he should suggest a time that you two can phone each other.
Are all the calls made by you or does he call you too?

He should never talk like that with you if he cares and like you. He is tired with you dear

I get that family time is important and I’m not asking him to dedicate every second of his day to me. I just don’t understand how it is rude to call him if I need to talk to him after 7:30

I wouldn't say that's normal behaviour, there could be many reasons perhaps even a certain lack of interest but I'm going to go for perhaps a controlling helicopter parenting household he lives in.
I think the best thing for you to do is now ignore him and don't phone him etc and let him come to you and if he likes you he will contact you regardless of 'parents time' or not.

I honestly think he’s being babied 😅 his parents do everything for him, he asked me out on a dinner date once but then his parents had to drop us off at the restaurant and pick us up afterward 😂

I disagree. He's simply being firm about the boundaries, and I don't think there's much wrong with that.


If that coincides with the time he has put aside for his family, and you know about it, then yes I would say it's slightly rude to expect him to be around (bar for important matters, obviously).

How responsive is he in general? Does he make time at other points in his day? Does he make an effort? If so, I'd struggle to say he's being unfair or inconsiderate.

I honestly think he’s being babied 😅 his parents do everything for him, he asked me out on a dinner date once but then his parents had to drop us off at the restaurant and pick us up afterward 😂

I honestly think he’s being babied 😅 his parents do everything for him, he asked me out on a dinner date once but then his parents had to drop us off at the restaurant and pick us up afterward 😂

The thing is though that if he called me at whatever time, I would drop whatever I was doing and answer to see if everything is ok. He does make an effort during the day it’s just that he prefers to chat to me after his ‘relaxing time’ which is at midnight but honestly I’d rather be asleep, but I’ve had to wait and stay up just to chat to him

To the people saying that he's doing something wrong/needs to grow up, I'm willing to wager that the importance of time management hasn't become apparent for them yet.

Yes time management is important but if you are in a proper relationship you make room for your partner, especially at night time unless you works shifts, then you arrange to phone at an other time.

Even in these days phone calls are a lot more important in a relationship than just texts/ messages.

That’s weird! Don’t his parents pick the phone up after 7:30? I can’t follow the sense of it. Odd. What does he say when you ask him to justify it as ‘rude’? If anyone said that to me I’d call at 5:00am to end it — he’s on his own !