Am I Being Selfish in This Situation?

This is one of those situations where tone of voice, facial expressions and past attitudes make it impossible for outsiders to tell who is being selfish if anyone is.

No, we’re talking about how you saw one word and assumed the OP must be lying. He’s just pointing out how completely unreasonable that is. If seeing the name of one videogame means you completely discount someone’s story, then you very likely have a problem with that game, and likely gaming in general.

If she wants more “together” time, then she needs to find an activity that’s enjoyable for both of them, and then both of them have to negotiate as to how much together time she wants, how much she needs, and how much he wants and needs. It’s likely that their wants and needs will not be the same, I think it’s pretty obvious that she wants more together time than he does. And then they have to figure out how to best accommodate both of them, without boring one party or the other to tears. For instance, my husband loves to watch TV, but I haven’t watched a show in months. On the other hand, I love to play games, of just about any sort. However, we really can’t watch TV and play a game in the same room, because his TV shows drive me nuts, and the sounds of my games drive HIM nuts (especially when I’m playing Civ III or IV, and I have decided to kill off every other tribe, all those bomber attacks make a lot of noise). So we have different rooms for this. On the other hand, we eat dinner together at the dining room table almost every night, with the TV set to one of the music channels. And we talk. This fulfills most of his social needs, which are greater than mine.

Social needs are real, but alone time needs are real, too. And I swear, some shows suck IQ points out of ya if you watch them.

I think this is the crux of it. If you watch quite a bit of TV, and most people do, then it’s an activity, almost a hobby. Reality TV, especially, is more interactive than other shows. She sounds like she doesn’t want to yell at the screen by herself. Get her into a site like Television Without Pity and she can snark along with other fans of the show. Or, as others have suggested, do another activity with her.

It’s completely silly, but it kind of reminds me of that Judd Apatow movie (blanking on which one) where Paul Rudd realizes that his wife’s worst offense is wanting to spend more time with him. It could be worse.