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. So many people spend a ton of time with family. muchachaenlaventana And when it comes to something as important and serious to me as moving in with someone, assumption just aint gonna cut it. but you have to talk to him about it. Laura Hope My boyfriend goes to his mom and dads every weekend doesnt think me or my children with him he used to text me all the time and call me he doesnt do that anymore weve been together 3 years and there any place he ever takes me is to the grocery store and back home and he doesnt even hardly touch or kiss or anything anymore I tell him I love him all the time hell tell me back but I feel that he just tells me because he doesnt want it to hurt me. Your husband sees you every day of the week It is possible that from your husbands All Im saying is be careful. tbrucemom June 18, 2014, 12:24 pm. If your husband does not agree to any compromise, there is probably another reason why he always wants to spend his vacation with his parents. Your husband wants you tospend every holiday with his parents, and he doesnt even ask you what you want. Listen and dont judge when he tells you why he likes going to his parents and respect his opinion on that. This may seem obvious, but its so easy to forget and feel bad. Not needing to have such a sterile conversation because youve given enough time to learn that about each other naturally and observe how the other person lives? i think the dysfunction wouldnt come from just the time spent, like the literal hours, i think the dysfunction would come from the things surrounding the time spent- the guilt, ect. What about visiting your parents? Am I being unreasonable for not wanting to go to his parents house every weekend? Or I used to. June 18, 2014, 10:18 am. I have friends who are engaged and live together. Anyway, LW, I think that first of all, youre a little premature in worrying about this to the point of writing to DWjust talk to your bf about it. bittergaymark I understand the problem with not seeing him enough, but I think shes shooting herself in the foot by going with him all the time since that way shes communicating that shell go along with whatever his plans are. Red_Lady Im 99% sure hell be fine with this, unless theres something going on with his family that you dont know about. He has no problem with his family coming to your place unannounced whenever they want and staying as long as they wish. December 6, 2022, 12:17 pm. January 4, 2021, 3:35 am. My boyfriends mom can be like this wants to spend all her time with him/us because she doesnt work much anymore and is bored, and obviously loves him. For example, my SO knows I would love to adopt one day. We just got thru the holidays. Who keeps the dog? It sounds pretty nice, to me! If this has only been going on 3-6 weeks or so she might be just starting to feel the pinch, so it hasnt really come up before this. This is for your husband to do, but you have to let him know. . Francine That an entire day together isnt enough? Haha. Dont go this weekend. Trust me, I like to avoid problems just like the next person, but I think theres a difference between letting things slide and not being confrontational and willfully blinding yourself to the reality of your relationship. I wouldnt worry about ityet. 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. And that commute can be a PAIN IN THE ASS. Im curious to know where the boyfriend lived before he moved in with the LW. WebYou are a good person for trying to bond with your husbands family. LW is definitely being reasonable in not wanting to spend every weekend with her boyfriends family. Which is totally fine for you. My friends personalities changed drastically bitter, enraged, drug and booze binges, even suicidal ideation because losing Mommy destroyed them. After knowing and hearing most peoples story, it all comes down to men choosing their family over their partner. I purposely do this so hell not do the same with me. But if that has been the case and she doesnt want it to continue, she should try to stop it now. Some people are just family people, and want to spend a TON of time with their parents/siblings/etc. But yeah, having a partner whos very close to their family is not for everyone. 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. That in itself is not dysfunctional, but putting a guilt trip on somebody because they would rather do something else is. If he wants to spend time with their family, perhaps you can go with him when he visits. GatorGirl By the time If the situation is even more complicated, for example, if his parents are old or his siblings have problems, your husband will feel even more guilty for leaving them. 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. Husband says we will spend Christmasses together when we have our own family. First, you are against it because youre fine where you live and dont want to ruin it. Let your boyfriend stay at his parents longer and do something else in the meantime. June 18, 2014, 10:08 am. Something that youre going to have to communicate about. For the first two months we dated, hed go and see his mom for an hour or two during the weekend, because I lived in the same town as she did and as my parents did. or just dinner? Even with stuff planned, spending time with his daughter, etc., he still prefers to spend his free time at his parents home. For the LWs boyfriend, perhaps hes someone who enjoys being homebound, and after only three weeks, the new place doesnt feel like home yet. You cant expect your husband to not want to see his family, and you shouldnt. It is what they like to do. Posted on Last updated: December 26, 2022. Have you tried just not going? Just tell your boyfriend you dont want to go to his parents house every weekend. Your bf dated you before so you know he is capable of doing it again. 1. It showed up in the wrong spot for some reason. lemongrass Dear Demetria: Im a newlywed. Most people dont want to know about the SO cheating, not because of the cheating, but the outcome of the cheating. I stand by it. But, if I were you, I wouldnt go every time. Er, the mom will find a reason drop by the LWs place. It is soooooooo dangerous to do that. June 18, 2014, 12:41 pm. January 20, 2012, 8:49 am. In fact, this couple isnt married, so they arent even her in-laws. Much of the advice seems to center around just talking to the boyfriend about the problem and even asking why the LW wrote to Wendy after only 3 weeks of a problem, without talking to bf. Ive put my head in the sand in relationships as well before. 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. Find a free movie or concert in the park, those seem to be like everywhere. But it sounds like they like things just the way they are. I agree with you both. and cant get out much, so Drew has dinner with him every week. But dont punish him for having parents close by, ts nobodys fault. Heck, some people are just like that. After a year and a half of this, I asked my ex if we could have a parent-free Sunday, just us. January 20, 2012, 11:26 am. I hate to say it, but I dont think your boyfriend or his parents (especially his parents) are going to change. I miss just being able to head out into the city at random, looking for things to do, which is what I did when I was single and even when my boyfriend and I werent living together. Dear Ann Cannon So my only son and his wife have been married for almost four years. Healthy couples accept these realities of life, work together to minimize the strain, and maximize their relaxation and entertainment time.. 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. allathian I am curious of yalls ages though. Stop getting angry over small unrelated things and tell him what is really bothering you. Get out and DO something. If I say Im ready to get home on one of those nights, his dad always makes a comment trying to make me feel guilty for leaving even if weve spent the entire day there. Pay careful attention to his reaction. It was a huge fight, and the beginning of the end for us like Id asked if we could murder his folks! You can be with his family every weekend and every holiday, but he can never be with yours. I can see it both ways. This can also be a consequence ifhis parents are selfishand manipulate him into feeling bad because he doesnt see them enough. allathian You are not jointly responsible for bills you used to handle separately. I think I need more info. The evening must be spent together as well? You dont need to spend every weekend or every day with your boyfriend. Those things how they want to spend their weekends, their philosophies about money are the kind of things you should know about someone BEFORE making the huge commitment of moving in together. I guess then that depends on the LWs definition of a routine of spending significant amounts of time at their house nearly every weekend. You say you cant get your boyfriend to understand that you dont want to spend every weekend with his parents. It also gets you out of the house so that, when his parents drop by, too bad, you arent there. I agree that some things should be discussed in more detail,for example, who pays what bill. Maybe he just needs to be broken out of his pattern. leilani 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. So why are you still with him? when it comes up we just talk about it. Just set a boundary that you wont spend more than so-and-so-many hours there and get ready to leave when you want to. So make it clear to them in advance that they cannot come unannounced, that you cannot go to their place every weekend, and if you want to celebrate a holiday yourself, that is your business. There is also a possibility that his parents create this feeling of guilt. Well. 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. LW has already talked to bf and this hasnt worked. Ann Cannon. You know what will happen when you make him choose between spending every single weekend in the suburbs with his parents or three weekends a month in the city with you? Doesnt the LW ever have anything she needs to get done? New readers, welcome to Dear Wendy, a relationship advice blog. Say that you were thinking more along the lines of once a month. 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