u/Cold_Lettuce_4963

I haven't talked to her about this yet, but I've been thinking about it a lot for the past six months.

I have a few hobbies, and before the relationship, pretty much all my free time revolved around them. Now I spend about 90% of my free time with my girlfriend, and honestly, I'm totally fine with that — I enjoy being with her. But I don't want to give up my hobbies either. Recently, on a family trip, I got into billiards — my younger brother and I played almost every day. So today I suggested to my girlfriend that when we have some free time, we could go to a billiard club and play. Her response: "Sorry, you know I don't like that kind of thing." I'd be okay with that, but the problem is that 99% of my suggestions for spending time together turn into similar rejections, or it ends up with her just sitting on her phone while I'd like to share my leisure time with her. I've already accepted that we'll never paint miniatures together or play Warhammer, but damn, could she at least try hopping into Minecraft with me for a couple of evenings, or watch something we both like instead of watching Desperate Housewives for the fourth time this year?

This has been going on since the very start of our relationship — everything I'm interested in gets shot down with "Honey, but I'm just not into that, how about we go to that handmade doll shop instead?" At the same time, when I want to get together with my friends and play Warhammer for one day out of the month, it turns into her sitting with a grumpy face the next time we meet, and throughout the whole game she texts me asking when I'll be done.

Also, I think it's important to mention that I'm very supportive of my girlfriend's hobbies — I regularly suggest spending time on her interests and always do it with genuine enthusiasm, never showing that playing some Roblox nonsense isn't really my thing.

Am I an asshole for wanting just a little bit of time for my own stuff, especially when she's not interested in any of it?

In short: I'm using a laptop with Windows 11 Home. Specs: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H, 32GB RAM.

The problem: At some random moment, my laptop stops responding to touchpad clicks. I can move the cursor, but I can't switch to another app with the mouse, and I can't control anything inside apps either. It all goes back to normal after a restart. Has anyone run into this before? I'd appreciate any help. If you need more info, I'll provide everything.

What I've already tried: reinstalling the drivers—didn't help.

So recently my girlfriend and I got into an argument about which OS is objectively better. I think Android is—it's open, you can install any app you want, flash your phone, tons of customization options for the interface, and cameras on modern Android flagships (Samsung, Xiaomi, Honor, etc.) have long caught up with iPhone cameras in quality, and sometimes even beat them. My girlfriend, though, is convinced that iOS is head and shoulders above Android—it's more intuitive and logical, everything is right where you need it.

For context:

I have a Samsung S25 Ultra 12/512

My girlfriend has an iPhone 14 Pro 6/256