husband wants to spend every weekend with his family

For example, my SO knows I would love to adopt one day. WebTherefore, his wife IS attending family functions on the weekends. If you have a relationship/dating question I can help answer, you can send me your letters at wendy@dearwendy.com. Anne has since finished her probation and has a 5-year-old son who my mother dotes on. You two have moved pretty fast (relatively speaking), and you two CAN actually spend time (read: weekends) apart. You dont have to spend as much time with the parents as your boyfriend does & he might reduce his own time there if youre not there with him. January 4, 2021, 3:35 am. She does say they sleep there on weekend nights, so that would indicate that its longer than just a leisurely lunch. John Rohan You could always lighten the mood a little by telling them you need time together to practice making their future grandkids. To me, it is not strange at all to spend some time every weekend with your family. Okay okay. And I bet your boyfriend will come home a bit sooner if you do! , And BGM made the point also that except for what seems like an obvious dealbreaker to most people, they have a wonderful, amazing, great relationship. Not just loving-tight, but codependent-tight. and it sounds like she hasnt even tried to discuss this current issue with him. You cant. If they are going to see his parents then I think he should pick up the tickets, especially since finances are tighter for her. January 20, 2012, 9:28 am. I could go off on the USs unhealthy obsession with pouring all energy and time into romantic relationships and nuclear family only, and how its bizarre how much we focus on what a loser and mamas boy you are if you dont move out at 18 and hate your parents. GatorGirl And please, do not take that literally, I just couldnt come up with a better one. Geocaching!!!! I like to relax at home. You accept him as he is or you leave. In a family dynamic where an adult person is tethered very closely to the authority figures in particular, this does have a psychological effect on the adult child or children. All rights reserved. This boyfriend seems like one of those people whose default is go home. I bet when he lived at home he barely left the house. I would probably always choose vegging at my parents house over mine, or even my boyfriends. One thing you can try before just accepting things as they are or moving on already is to start scheduling activities and day trips on the weekends that your boyfriend is home. January 20, 2012, 12:27 pm. But, guilting someone is wrong and there is a little of that going on here. All Im saying is be careful. I think of it as the I got you phenomenon. Yeah, I agree you should really talk to him about it. lets_be_honest After a year and a half of this, I asked my ex if we could have a parent-free Sunday, just us. I cant imagine that life! I wonder if part of this is having to share your time with someone else. January 20, 2012, 9:38 am. So put aside the awks phone chat you might have to have with your Mum, and enjoy the fact that this year you can eat until you feel sick with your bae. Ive dealt with this type. Next time he says to go to his parents for the w/end, tell hime youd rather do x or y. artsygirl Lets not start with how many siblings he has. At the center, authority figures in a power position, you typically have parents or other guardians. The money thing should definitely be discussed too I mean when youre looking for apartments how does this not come up? That was my first thought. Who keeps the dog? I agree that it is dysfunctional. My husband and I are very much like you all except reversed. But moving in together may also make you slack on spending time with your own friends and hobbies. I can totally see this though, wanting to chill at the parents. And he was a bore. I just truly think this stuff is common sense, which is why it is so baffling to me. If hes not receptive, as others have said, I think you have your answer on how to proceed. I am curious of yalls ages though. As your history with him has shown, he likes spending I was saying you would know/discuss important things because you are in a relationship, without a business meeting atmosphere. January 20, 2012, 9:09 am. Maybe a couple times a week for dinner. Its different having lunch with your parents or spending a couple hours with them every weekend. definitely not enough information here. I agree with you AND Flake, RR.at the same time, if their biggest issue is spending too much time with his parents on the weekends I think theyre probably in pretty good shape. June 18, 2014, 12:46 pm. Heck, some people are just like that. I kinda think thats totally normal if you love your family. Ok, fine, I do this. June 18, 2014, 12:47 pm. Im also curious about how far away the parents live. What I am saying is when you are dating, you establish certain guidelines. Could that be why theyve been there so much? Are you far away from your own family? If after that he continues to do the same thing, that tells me that maybe our spending habits may not mesh. January 20, 2012, 10:58 am. If that doesnt work if he wont set aside some time for the two of you, or if you need more distance from his family than hes willing or able to manage, then Im afraid its MOA time. I guess then that depends on the LWs definition of a routine of spending significant amounts of time at their house nearly every weekend. Hed schedule one weekend a year when his best friends came to his town to party. Does that make sense? Who does that? Problem You dont have a problem with that, but does it have to be every weekend? ForeverYoung It seems like this is something that would be pretty easy to compromise on. January 20, 2012, 11:41 am. Plus his parents never made him feel like thats what he had to be doing. According to relationship expert and dating coach James Preece, Neglecting your family and friends January 20, 2012, 8:02 am. Or drive somewhere without lots of light pollution to go stargazing. Shes not being selfish or mean, shes simply asking for him to place more importance on her & their relationship. I dont know how to handle a situation that hasnt happened yet. He has 3 sons two who are 26 (act like Theres nothing inherently wrong with wanting to spend a ton of time with your family. Yea, I mean this could be two things: a mere annoyance or an over the top mom. Maybe pick out a day once a weekend which is just couples time (hate the term date night). Laura Hope If you have something like, oh, I dont know, a skydiving excursion planned on, say, a Saturday afternoon that hes home, and maybe a float trip on Sunday morning before he leaves, that leaves just a small amount of time for him to see his parents enough for a short visit, but not so much that youre spending 80% of the weekend with them. Er, the mom will find a reason drop by the LWs place. Do you just go to your SO and say, Dear, before we do that we have to talk. While he enjoys his sweet nostalgia and thinks abouthow good things used to be, you sit at home and wonder if you can handle such issues with such an immature husband. I am extremely close to my family, I talk to them for the most part at least once a day. 14 years ago. Its one thing to have dinner with your family once a week. So if you feel your husband growing distant, and you realize he hasnt said I love you in a long time, it could be because hes wrestling with feeling like he doesnt want you around. In other words, its a big sign he doesnt want to spend time with you. Heres a look at the 5 big stages successful relationships have to go through. Just want to put my two cents in: I think its all about communicating. GatorGirl ReginaRey WebGoing every weekend with a 6 hour drive is a lot, but if he feels like thats what he wants to do then he should. You are still in the early days of this relationship so make sure you are upfront with your expectations. That would be great if your husband didnt spend every weekend with his family instead of you. January 20, 2012, 12:15 pm. I would say I prefer half my weekends to either be spent relaxing at home or sitting on a beach. Follow along on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. I think its every weekend during the parts of the year he travels a lot, so summer and fall. Most people dont want to know about the SO cheating, not because of the cheating, but the outcome of the cheating. Yet another letter from a LW who has the perfect boyfriend EXCEPT for one small, oh, you know, majorly epic, MASSIVE tiny thing she wants changed. Your bf dated you before so you know he is capable of doing it again. As a PP said, some extended families are close and spend a whole lot of time together, and girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses, get pulled right into the family circle. The pursuer (usually the guy, but not always) realizes that he has gotten the person he wanted, and stops feeling the need to woo herie frequent well-thought-out dates, sweet romantic gestures in the middle of the day, unprompted soliloquizing on how much you mean to him, etc. I think a lot of people on here are offering her good suggestions to try and help her with her boyfriend and to get him to spend less time with his family and more time hanging out with her. Years later, theyve never recovered. but, i mean my husband and i just talked about it. Just because I didnt want to start over again. Your husband loves to drink it with his dad while discussing sports. Will.i.am Friends of her own? WebWe spend far more time during the year with husbands family. They used to spend time in the city before living together and now nearly every weekend with his family. I imagine the problem would be solved pretty easily. Then offer a compromise. I can see it both ways. If he chooses visiting his parents because the alternative is sitting at home, plan some fun things for you two to do together that will be too good for him to pass up. My dads side of the family is like this- I have an uncle and aunt who spend every day at my grandparents for at least a few hours. When they were planning on adopting, I told her that if this is an issue to where she is left with baby a huge amount of time and resents him for it, its not going to be pretty. Drews father is in his 90s (!!) Do something small to build trust, and then your relationship will slowly but surely flourish. Theres also always a cold beer in the freeze. right! I feel like this letter would have been far more appropriate AFTER a conversation where the boyfriend shut her down. They just enjoy your and your boyfriends company and would be happy, it sounds like, if you never left. If this has only been happening for three weeks, I dont really think you have a reason to worry. From that, I can either follow blindly and accept whatever consequences arise form our different spending styles, or, if it is a deal breaker for me, I move. Our compromise (when we lived closer, now we live about 6 hours away) was that we would see my family for dinner once a month and that I could go over other times but that he preferred to stay home. He feels guilty for leaving them, feels comfortable with them, or runs away from some problems he has with you. It sounds pretty nice, to me! Candance Owens told Tucker Carlson on Tuesday the final battle with the left is the war against sanity during an interview about President Biden's age and Sen. John Fetterman's mental issues. He lived 4.5 hours away. No ones a bad person for saying these things (except my aunt, shes the worst and in a league of her own), but if youre someone for whom this feels like guilting, it can start making you feel so bad. . You might even consider scheduling family holidays to spend time with your husbands family, so that you can strengthen your bonds with your husbands family while also strengthening your bond with him. Alternatively, you can figure out what specific times are appropriate for him to spend with his parents. He will want to know why and you will answer that you have explained before that you dont want to spend every weekend with his parents. Im curious to know where the boyfriend lived before he moved in with the LW. She does go with him on occasion, but it is something that is always an issue between them. artsygirl He also has a kid so Im basically competing with so much people. Which wouldnt have happened before since she maybe didnt realize how much he wanted to/did see his family. Two things.. Do people really just walk around with their heads in the sand all day? I think you should leave, but its your choice, obviously. LW is definitely being reasonable in not wanting to spend every weekend with her boyfriends family. Do you both work very long hours or something that he cant muster up enthusiasm to do fun things with you? Pretty much. That it wouldnt be that big of a deal if the LW and the bf went out a couple of times to visit his parents together and if he went out a time or two on his own. Copyright 2023 Dear Wendy. Like hey I can afford around this much, SO says I can afford a little more, so how about I pay a little more of the rent every month so we can get a nicer place? I talk to my boyfriend about this, but he doesnt think either he or his parents encourage this kind of behavior or that the behavior is even weird. WebHere are potential reasons why your husband goes out every weekend without you. your husband wants to visit his family without you, doesnt want to spend Christmas with your family, You and your husband wanting to live in different places. A lot to balancenot a lot of time spent with the fam. But he also has to understand thathis number one family is you when he gets married. She says but I cant seem to get my boyfriend to understand that I dont want to spend weekend nights at their place more often than maybe once a month. So, we dont have a failure to communicate, we have a failure to reach agreement on how they should spend their weekends. Remember there's a reason you want to spend Christmas together. This is something about him that will likely never change. But, if I were you, I wouldnt go every time. i mean yeah there are certain things that happen naturally but there are certain things you have to have a conversation about. He is an adult & his main focus should be on his relationship. Parents are supposed to prepare their kids for the real world, the best that they can. I asked him all the time if 1. we could have weekends where we spent more time just with each other and 2. maybe even have one every once in awhile where he didnt see his parents, that was just us my argument being that I never got a weekend to relax at home and have him come to mei was always either driving to him or driving an hour out to his parents for the weekend and spending the night and all that. Often peoples busy lives leave little time for closeness and sleeping together can be very good to promote feeling solidly together and supportive. Its a worldwide treasure hunt. No one said they cant, just that they like to see each other on weekends. Its just simple, smart, communication! Just because you live together does not mean the dating portion of events is over. Like, I just went to The Niagara falls of Pennsylvania it was no Niagara but a nice day trip. June 18, 2014, 11:03 am. Laura Hope Hosting a BBQ is a great idea. Family events go from holidays, birthdays and anniversaries. On one side you get the parents who reinforce their power and superior knowledge over and over again by holding their adult children in the nest, on the other side you get an individual who rather depend on the parents because by the time they are adults its just much easier and normal for them to continue letting mommy and daddy do all the hard thinking for them. June 18, 2014, 11:40 am. Your husband wants you tospend every holiday with his parents, and he doesnt even ask you what you want. We hope you apply our tips and have many lovely weekends with your husband in the future. January 20, 2012, 10:33 am. In many cultures that is the norm. The only respite I got was working on Sundays occasionally. Lemongrass Im also close to my family, however, I never make my boyfriend feel left out and I always make him feel that he is the priority. Because we spent that time communicating (and other stuff, but you dont need to know) it worked perfectly for us. But I think what struck me is how little they seemed to have discuss things social preferences, money, etc. DO NOT just wait every weekend with huffy baited breath to see what he will choose, voice what you want. Pronouns made that a little less clear. . Personally, I would give him an ultimatumtherapy or you need to move on and find someone whos actually emotionally available. Its even understandable to spend every weekend with them if someone is terminally ill (or some other similarly serious circumstance). lets_be_honest But seriously, moving in with a guy after dating him for three months? Some people rather deal with never knowing they cheated and live in the sand and keep up with the good life, then know about it and have to start over fresh. Maybe he is making up time for that. I think I need more info. LW real advice. You really do have to take strong measures to get through to them. I think the issue is that you just need to communicate. I remember when I first moved in with my now husband I was so determined to split all expenses down the middle, even though at the time I was getting ripped off by my boss of the time (hed pay most of the people that worked for him whenever he felt like it, which was hardly ever). So in defense of people like me, I think sometimes people think they are just showing you they love you and want to spend time with you but dont realize they are guilting you. He may feel he is in a much better position than his family and feels sorry for them. 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