My husband and I have gone to Mexico for a friend's wedding. I very seldom make him go to anything, but this was one of those things that I told him wasn't optional -- he was coming to this wedding. He is a bit of a hermit (or homebody if you feel that is a nicer term), and really doesn't like to go out much. I, on the otherhand, start to feel stir-crazy if I'm home too many nights in a week. For the first couple of years we were married, I tried to go out only when he wanted to. And then I started to resent him with all the invitations we turned down (and subsequently stopped receiving). So, somewhere along the line I realized it was okay for me to go out without him when an invitation came up for something that interested me. I didn't really realize how often I did this until we arrived in Mexico.
The bride-to-be's sister met my husband and I in the hotel lobby with a gaggle of other folks. Later, the bride relayed her comment to me: "How serious is Heather with that guy?" Nearly eight years of marriage later, I guess we're pretty serious.
Most other couples are referred to by both their names -- The Guy and The Girl (order generally depending on which of them you knew first, or better). When people talk about inviting us to things, they say "Heather, you wanna come? Oh, and if your husband wants to come too, that's fine." He's the afterthought. I don't want him to be the afterthought, but I don't want to wait and only leave the house the 2 times a year he feels like it, either.
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SO, just curious, but are you just venting, or do you see anything you can do about the situation?
I mean you've been together a long time, you've accepted that he hates going out, you love it, you've resolved not to nag him about it, so, you know, what does that leave?
My suggestion is that you have all of your friends remodel their houses to look just like your own, so that you can always tell him that he's at home and these random people just keep showing up.
Really just lamenting the fact that I seem to mention him so infrequently that people I come into contact with seem to forget he exists. Not really suggesting any change to anything. Though that remodeling thing might be a good idea. When are you moving here, again?
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