Why do some women not like their husbands?

Yeah this. Saved me typing this. I love my DH and he is my best friend (puke emoji) And I DO love spending time with him/going on day trips/to the pub/for a walk etc... But I also like to have time alone, go for walks alone, have evenings alone 3 or 4 times a month, and do things/hobbies/have coffee with one of my 3 friends. (Or my adult DC.) If I had to spend every minute of every day of the year with DH I would kill him - only joking - (probably.)

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My husband is my best friend but I also have very close friendships that I invest time and effort in. I think there is a difference between apparently not liking your husband and wanting to spend time with friends because of this rather than loving your husband but also enjoying spending time with friends...

Lucky your husband picked you then, you must be a better wife than the rest

So what you are asking is, why does someone else have a different husband and a different life than I do? Interesting discussion.

Same. 20 years later and hes still the person I’ve ever met 🫶🏽

I didn't read the OP as being needy and not wanting to have a life outside her husband. I read it as genuine curiosity as to why so many women do seem to dislike their husband's, as opposed to why many women have varied social outlets.

I've a full time job, lots of friends, a reasonable social life (I'm too knackered for more) and am definitely not reliant on my husband to fulfill all of my emotional needs. He still is my favourite person and I (thankfully) can't imagine disliking him or not enjoying being in his company. We have been together for 16 years and have 3 kids.

I do understand why it happens to many couples though and think the OP was looking insight into that, rather than actually not understanding how anyone can have a life outside a husband.

This. My exhusband, as he was packing to leave me and our 3 and 2 year old sons, said " I want to do what I want, when I want and , as I can't do that with children, I have to leave". Thankfully I had a network of fabulous friends who slept at my house, put food in front of me and sat with me whilst I sobbed my heart out for weeks. Never, ever underestimate the value of good friends

Been married 35 years, I love meeting friends but would choose husband and 2 adult kids everytime

Relationships change, the glow wears off. There are plenty like you, op, and others who wish they were somewhere else but feel stuck. That's life.

He's a keeper, and it's great you feel that way because so so many men turn into giant children after having had their own.

Agree. Not 30 years but 19 years, he is honestly my favourite person.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket, pet.

Been married over 30 years and our relationship has changed massively over that time. Initially we were inseparable, and when our family were young, we were each other's support network without a lot of family support. Now our DC are all adults, we're a lot less dependent on each other and enjoy spending time apart as well as time together. His hobby often means a day out of the weekend and I couldn't be happier about it - doesn't mean I don't love him though. I just value my own space a lot more than I was able to many years ago.

What? I’ve been married 30 years and have two kids. If its a good marriage with a good person it doesn’t spoil.

Easter isn’t important to us all. I prefer to spend time with my family overall but also want to spend time with my friends. If Easter is just another day (which it is to me) then it matters not a bit!!! I think you know that tho, surely you know that??

YABU. I would say my husband is my best friend - he's the person I like spending time with most and if for some strange reason I had to only choose one person to spend time with ever again, it'd be him. That's why I married him.

But you don't have to choose that, and friends are really, really important too - I find it very strange that you can't see why someone would choose to spend a Sunday with their mates instead of their husband. It's good for people generally and relationships specifically to spend time with other people - do you never see your friends?

If it's about it being Easter - Easter Sunday isn't exactly a big meaningful holiday for most people unless they're Christians - it's sunny here and it's a long weekend, if a handful of friends and their kids wanted to spend time together it's not like they've missed the opportunity to spend time with their partner over a 4-day weekend, is it?

I've been with my Dh 33 years. Married for 22. He's out today with his friends, I was out yesterday with mine. We love the bones of each other. You must be very insecure OP, if you can't fathom being apart from your DH for one day...

Why do some women not like their husbands?

I have 2 very close friends who are spending today together, with their kids, but not their husbands.

Your title is the wrong way round. The women are with the children, so surely your question should be "Why do some men not like their wives and children?".

Which makes your thread just another nasty thread against women.

People change. Life happens. The person you marry in your 20s and the marriage you have then is bound to change over 10, 20, 30 years. Kids happen. Jobs are lost. Bereavements happen. Financial events happen. House moves and disasters. Lifestyle changes. And just growing up and changing as a person!

If you're having a great time with your husband, why are you on mumsnet wondering why others aren't doing the same?
my fiancé works on an oil rig 3 weeks out of the month. I spent today with my daughter in the park and then went home to cook a roast. You do you, and don't worry about what everyone else is doing.

There you go. You are a fast learner.
Imagine all this time, the answer to your question was different interests and you couldn't figure it out yourself. That's why mumsnet is so great

As well as the many reasons why some women end up and stay with men they thought they were going to enjoy spending all their time with but don't, some women look for different things from different places.

Their partnership with their husband isn't and was never expected to be one of "best friends". They look to their husbands for an exchange of material support, sexual fulfillment, joint parenting, maybe societal acceptance. They look to same sex friends for friendship, fun and emotional support. And some men, I think even more than women, do the same.

I actually know what you mean OP, and I know someone in real life who cannot stand her dh, and does everything with a new friend. She’ll take the children out at the weekend with her friend, for example. It is an odd setup tbh… just be authentic and separate and be done with it, surely, than be living a separate life?

I wonder though if the couples who fall into this situation are mortgaged to the hilt; can’t stand each other, but can’t afford to separate.

Bravo x 10

@whatsausername

Some potential answers:

a) Maybe their husbands are dicks?
b) Maybe they don’t want to end up the kind of wife who can’t bear to spend special days without their husbands and are comfortable and secure enough in their relationships to spend time on a Sunday with someone else?
c) Maybe their husbands think they are dicks?
d) Maybe they don’t give a rat’s ass about Easter?
e) Maybe they DO spend a lot of time together, just not the particular time (Easter Sunday) that you choose to spend with your husband?