Why does my boyfriend get so upset about this situation?

[Cass510]

boyfriend and I been together for 4 years. Im currently in a radiology program that is intense as I am about to finish and I have this one tech who is all over my ass, gaslights me and is overall toxic. She has a reputation to make students lives hell. I have been upset many times by her due to situations where I work my ass and still get in trouble and nobody can help me. I cried to my boyfriend like a couple times about it and he gets soooo upset and angry he hates to hear but supports me but gets so mad to know I go through it he wants me to doing something. Especially when he sees me crying he gets even more upset. Why is that?

[AmandaYVR]

He's particularly sensitive to injustice/unfairness?

He's highly protective of you and women in general?

He's highly protective of you in particular and can't stand to hear you being mistreated?

Is your question really, why does he get so upset? Shouldn't your question be, what should I do about it, so that I can vent, but not upset him so much? (That would be the typical question here. Although, tbf, there is no great solution to that question.)

You can't just move on from this program. You need to stick it out and get that certification or whatever it is.

[kylee2437]

Your boyfriend most likely is the kind of person to soak in someone else’s emotions and whenever you come home crying - it ruins his mood especially if this happens often it can be tiring. He’s a person that likes people that go after solutions.

[spartan55]

He's tired of hearing you blubber about it and not handle it.

[BigDog1989]

empathy/sympathy?