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Is it bad to want to be left alone

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BwjrIg · 29/08/2026 12:12

Context - just got back from a week away with the kids on my own. Was pretty full on, the kids loved it, am totally done. Husband was working but basically got a week to himself. He is now in a mood because I am not being more affectionate.

If I have to be honest - I just want to be left alone and a bit of time to myself. My oldest didn't go to bed till 10.30 on holiday i.e. my bedtime, youngest got up at 6.30 so I basically been emotionally and practically servicing someone else with no break for a week. Am done.

What I really want is to just have quiet time for myself. My husband instead wants to have sex and constant affection as he feels he's been missing out. I get that, I do but am I unreasonable to feel like all I actually want is not to be needed by anyone and left alone rather than jumping straight back in to basically servicing my husband. I know that sounds bad. I get that am a 40 something woman on HRT but honestly I just want a break.

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Nofeckingway · 29/08/2026 12:36

Tell him you need an early night , a lie in for the morning , him to take over this weekend. Then MAYBE you'll hit him up for a booty call. 😁

SlightlyTremulous · 29/08/2026 12:32

BwjrIg · 29/08/2026 12:24

I have mentioned it to him. He is upset that I don't want the shared affection and that this doesn't make me better and supported. It doesn't. I just want peace by myself

Tell him you’ll be interested in sex again once you’ve had a rest and time to yourself and not until. And that if he feels he ‘missed out’, he’s more than welcome to take the children away by himself for a week while you focus on work.

stopbeingnasty · 29/08/2026 12:32

You've just had a whole week of carrying the entire load by yourself. The least you deserve is some time alone!

EmpressaurusKitty · 29/08/2026 12:28

Not at all. Sharing a house with other people sounds like the stuff of nightmares.

BwjrIg · 29/08/2026 12:24

I have mentioned it to him. He is upset that I don't want the shared affection and that this doesn't make me better and supported. It doesn't. I just want peace by myself

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WallaceinAnderland · 29/08/2026 12:23

Have you told him that?

Loulou4022 · 29/08/2026 12:21

I think your husband needs to realise that if he took some of the pressure off you, you may feel more affectionate rather than being constantly overwhelmed!

SlightlyTremulous · 29/08/2026 12:18

Of course you’re not being unreasonable. Go away for a night or two by yourself.

exexpat · 29/08/2026 12:16

You are definitely not being unreasonable. Can you disappear for a day over the bank holiday weekend and leave your husband in charge of the kids?

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