My girlfriend and I are our late 40's and have been together for just over 6 months. We get on very well about most things aside from around her family and friends.
In the past she has spent a lot of time with family and friends. She hasn't had many long term relationships and from what I can tell her "relationship" has been with her family and friends.
I don't have a problem with her family and friends as people but I do with the amount of time she, or we, spend with them - having looked back at the last 7 months and forward for the next 5 months nearly 70% of the time at weekends is/ or will be when she is either with her family/friends or expects me to go along to family birthdays and meals with friends etc - and she has a habit of committing to these without asking me first so is behaving as though she is still single and pleases herself what she does.
There is some natural discrepancy between our families as I only have one parent who I see with any regularity and I've moved around a lot so haven't got many friends - that said I'm happy with my lot.
So the question is whether I'm being reasonable expecting more "relationship" time where its is the 2 of us and if so what is the best way to explain this to her.
Thanks in anticipation.
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blackdog265 · 23/02/2016 17:08
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