Miscommunication in relationships is inevitable, but there’s a difference between a genuine misunderstanding and someone rewriting their prior obligations in real time.

This woman followed her boyfriend’s instructions to the letter. She pulled up to his building with a TV she was gifting him, one that needed two people to carry up several flights of stairs, and waited in her car for thirty minutes while he got ready.

But when he tried to leave without her without acknowledging their original plan, she finally called him out. And he didn’t take it well at all.

Keep reading for the full story.

AITAH I met up with my boyfriend to unload a TV I’m gifting him and he says I’m too literal.

We live in the same apartment complex and he stayed the night at mine and we slept in Sunday morning.

He was running late to get on the road for a family event, so he said “let me go shower at my place, I’ll be about 10 minutes, you pull the car up with the TV.”

A TV I’m re-gifting to him that I’ve had in my car for 3 days that needs two people to take it up a couple flights of stairs.

She’s not too mad about it, but decides to tease him anyway.

He is usually running late so I rolled up to his building about 15-20 minutes later and sat in my car air conditioning with a book.

After 30 minutes pass I playfully texted “hey, what does 10 minutes mean in your world? Got an ETA?”

He says “I’m getting in my car.”

Little does he know, she’s looking right at his car, so she knows he’s full of it.

Now I’m annoyed because I’m parked near his car and he’s 100% not getting in it.

And furthermore, is he just going to hit the road?? Is he going to help me with this TV or not?

I reminded him I’ve been sitting here with the TV waiting for him like we planned.

It set him off.

Their miscommunication soon becomes clear.

He says “why didn’t you TELL ME?”

He thinks I should have texted “here” AND that I took his verbal “pull up, I’ll be 10 mins” too literally.

I feel like there’s no need for me to communicate “here” when we agreed on a plan verbally.

She thinks his communication left a lot to be desired too.

In my mind, he deviated from that plan and owed me a heads up. Like “hey actually I won’t have time to deal with the TV today, sorry.” Or “hey I’m headed down, where are you parked?”

Anyway, are we both just bad at communication or AITAH?

This boyfriend most definitely has some explaining to do.

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What did Reddit think?

As far as this commenter is concerned, she held up her end of the bargain.

This commenter doesn’t really see why her boyfriend is so confused.

Clearly this guy needs to work on his time management.

Accountability isn’t this guy’s strong suit either.

This boyfriend’s “you should have texted ‘here'” argument falls apart pretty quick when you realize they had both planned for her to be there at a certain time.

This woman more than held up her end of the bargain. She showed up where she was expected — in fact, she showed up with time to spare.

Her boyfriend was the one who lost track of the plan. All it took was her playful questioning to make him lose his temper. But that didn’t change the fact he was clearly in the wrong.

He needs to work on his time-management skills — and his accountability.