Why doesn’t he want to be with me at Christmas?

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QI’M 43 and have been dating my new boyfriend for eight months. We see each other every weekend and at least once in the week.

Anyway, he’s spending Christmas with his family and I’m going to my mum’s, which is fine, but I was hoping that he might come and visit me and my family on Boxing Day. I invited him, but he said no! It’s about an hour away from his and he said he had plans. I was a bit hurt — and embarrassed to tell my family he’s not coming. Then, when we got on to the topic of New Year, he said he’ll probably go out with his mates. There was no mention of including me. I’m so disappointed. Now I’m not sure what to do. I haven’t made any plans as I thought we’d be together.

I’m mortified he doesn’t want to spend any time with me over the holiday.

Am I over-reacting?