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AIBU asking the DH not to play golf so we can all go out ?

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whatisforteamum · 03/02/2015 20:39

I did ask this question on relationships last yr.
28 yrs together with 2 teens.We have both worked long hrs for yrs and got the mortgage paid in 2013.Then Dh had a heart attack.
Rehab advised him to find a way to relax so he signed up to golf which he loves but never had time to go to due to working w ends(both of us).
My job changed hands so i ended up working lots of sundays and meetings,mothers day fathers day easterwhich i have done for 11 yrs but i really needed a hol as both parents have cancer.
Still Dh wouldnt budge and went to golf so v little fun for any of us.
As predicted Dads cancer returned and spread and though he is having chemo we arent sure whether it is working as yet.
Dh insists he is golfing once a month again on dates set out.I could weep what with exam restrictions,my job and his golf i feel trapped!!
Before anyone suggests it i cant drive too far due to anxiety so cant take Dcs on my own.
Dh has said we will go out although last summer passed me by stuck at home.

OP posts:
Purpleflamingos · 08/02/2015 09:00

DH plays golf.
I have no advice for you.
It's an obsessive hobby. However, DH plays 2+ games a week.

Misfitless · 08/02/2015 09:53

Have only read the first few pages.

OP, have you thought about paying for a few motorway driving lessons, with a qualified instructor? Your anxiety re motorways is conquerable, I'm sure.

I wouldn't be asking my DH to forfeit the golf if I were you, tbh.

I think if you could get out and about using the motorway network, you'd find the golf a non-issue.

My DM is the same - doesn't drive (I know you do, but not to the extent that you can do what you want.) She's 65 now, and is very restricted in what she can do and where she can go, and always has been.

She gets quite resentful and bitter towards my dad, as if it's his fault that he can do things and go places, but she can't. Don't be my mum, OP Smile.

simontowers2 · 08/02/2015 10:00

What are "anger issues"? Bit vague.

NeedsAsockamnesty · 08/02/2015 10:05

Is it the golf once a month or that he won't skip alter or change the times he plays to accommodate a holiday or family day out?

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