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To not want partner's friends/family in my home

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bubbly07 · 07/08/2024 09:58

So me and my partner have our own separate place, I live in a house and he lives in a flat in a tower block.

The main reason we don't have our own place together is because he refuses to give up his flat which he has had for over 15 years and it is rented through the council.
He will only do this when we are able to purchase a property in both our names.

Anyway I have just moved into a house through HA on a market rent scheme and he is now trying to invite his friends and family over which I really have an issue with and it starting to grate on me.

He is acting as if it his home despite having his own flat.

I have never been invited to any of his friends houses and one of his cousins has been rude to me in the past.

I don't want these people in my home.
I love my privacy and have never been the one to have social gatherings in my home.
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His brother does not allow people in his home as he also likes his privacy and now all of a sudden my partner is wanting to invite him and his partner over for dinner.

I don't think I am being unreasonable but my partner is making me feel very bad about this.
I have never had my friends/family at his flat.

I have told him they will just have to visit him him in his own flat as my home is not a social club.
I barely know some of these people.

AIBU?

OP posts:
Aquamarine1029 · 07/08/2024 10:07

You really, really need to end this relationship. It is never going to work.

AmandaHoldensLips · 07/08/2024 10:06

He hasn't got a key to your place, right?

TheYearOfSmallThings · 07/08/2024 10:04

YANBU. That is YOUR house, and although he is right to hang onto his council flat until you are in a position to buy together, until that day comes he needs to invite his family and friends to HIS home. Not yours.

Obviously when you do eventually get a place together, you will have to accommodate his visitors though, so if you find them in any way objectionable, that is something to bear in mind now.

loropianalover · 07/08/2024 10:03

YANBU, I would never move in with him either as then your shared home will be a social club.

He wants to invite people over for dinner at yours - who will buy, prepare, cook, and clean? Bet it won’t be him.

NancyJoan · 07/08/2024 10:02

You are not unreasonable to feel how you feel. You don’t sound like partners though. If you ever do live together you will both be entitled to invite friends/family over, which doesn’t sound like something you would like. I think you both need think long and hard before you consider giving up your separate homes - esp him with his council accommodation.

KimberleyClark · 07/08/2024 10:00

What are his good points?

Sunshineafterthehail · 07/08/2024 09:59

Could he want them to think he has his feet right under your table? Yanbu to want them in your home. I hate visitors..