Who is in the wrong here?

Question

Okay just a warning, this is going to be a long question, so stick with me here.

My boyfriend works from 7pm-7am. Yesterday was my birthday and he text me happy birthday at midnight, then of course he sleeps during the day. I kind of hoped he would have asked for the night off, but oh well. I told him I felt like he didn't make time for me anymore, and he said "sorry I have a job" which was very rude... I immediately called him and asked if he was serious? He said are YOU serious? Then I told him that I would have been happy with a 5 minute phone call saying Happy Birthday I love you. He laughed and said he didn't understand why I was overreacting. His laughing made me feel 10 times worse than I did before because he wasn't trying to make me feel any better.When he feels a fight coming on or any sort of real discussion, he tries to get off the phone by saying, Yea I'm gunna go. Which I didn't allow because I wanted to speak to him about this. We ended the conversation on a good note, but I text him later explaining why I was upset and that I'm not demanding by any means and just wished for a phone call at least. He has apologized but I'm pretty sure it's just to shut me up.
What do you guys think?
Did I somehow overreact or is he just being an *******?
Again sorry for this being so long but I needed to give all the details to ask correctly.

Additional Details

We never argue actually. We get along perfectly, which is why this whole ordeal threw me off! I told him I understand he's tired and he has to work, but I wanted him to see how and why it upset me

Answer 1

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im sure he was tired from a long day at work..yea it would have been nice on his part if he did something nice for u on ur birthday...he might have been acting like a bit of an a-hole..let him make it up to u..take u to dinner or something..

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Asker's Comment:

thanks, we discussed it and everything is fine :]

Answer 2

I wonder if sometimes guys can become insensitive because they feel like they get criticized for too many little things? I don't know, how often do you argue about things in general? I think it's best to wait until something really big comes up, so that when you have something to say it will really stand out and come across as important. But I can't tell if that's what's going on in your situation!

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