Why does my boyfriend tell me, his exact words: "Respectfully, please go away" when I sit next to him when he's with his friends?

[Evie_Rose91608]

I have a boyfriend. Today I sat next to him while he was with his friends. We were about to watch Hamilton in our civics class. He turned to me and said, quote, "Respectfully, please go away." When I refused to move, James (my boyfriend) and his friends proceeded to move to the other side of the room, leaving me alone with my best friend, Lucy. Why would he do this? Is he cheating?

[SnowedIn]

I don't think he's cheating. If this was a one time thing, he may want some time with his friends without you. That's not that he doesn't like you or want to be with you, it's that he wants/needs time with other people that doesn't include you. It's also possible that if you have been spending a lot of time together that his friends have said something to him like "dude, why do you spend so much time with her?" and this is how he's reacting. I wouldn't read a lot into this until or unless it becomes a frequent or all the time thing at which point the two of you have to talk about it.

[SnowedIn]

Thanks for MHO!

[Evie_Rose91608]

Np! Thanks for the opinion!

[NamerOfStars]

It means that, at that moment, he wanted some time with just his friends. That's actually a very reasonable thing to want; dating someone doesn't mean spending every waking moment with them. We all need some time alone, and we all need parts of our lives that are JUST ours, and not also our partner's. It's not a rejection of you.

[LazerBean]

He doesn't want to be around you.

[tenor55]

Yep…pretty much. Find a new boyfriend.

[Akam93]

Probably just want to be with his friends only.