to be happy DH is out tonight?

[Kronutpearl]

DH is out for work drinks & dinner tonight. I love him but I am delighted. I intend to put DS to bed, eat a fish finger sandwich for dinner and read my book watch shite TV

According to my colleague this is weird and loving couples shouldn't want to spend the evening apart ever

Surely I am not BU?!?!

When my DH has an evening work thing I do exactly the same as you! Fish finger sandwich and all! It totally normal and very healthy to spend time apart occasionally imho.

YANBU!
DH was away last night and as soon as the DC were in bed I had a plate of scampi followed by Dairy Milk and watched 50 Shades of Grey. Nothing wrong with enjoying an evening to yourself from time to time.
Enjoy!

Lol @Helena333 mines is the same I applaud you for suffering 25yrs, I may kill mine and we are only 5yrs in.

I fantasize about booking a hotel ..... Not to meet a stranger in, just to stay in on my own but without having to call home to chat ( which is what I have done when I used to have nights away with work) no colleagues to have to have dinner with, no early start. Just me, crap TV and a bed to myself with no ironing pile making me feel guilty!

Mine went out last week and I treated myself to a hard boiled egg sandwich. Like Kinsey Millhone

Nope.

I want DH to go out more.

He doesn't. Sigh.

Not unreasonable! This is why DP and I live next door to each other instead of together - its wonderful!

sounds blissful, enjoy

YANBU at all. I love a night in to myself when DP is out. If the teens are out as well - bliss.

I love them and all that, but I like to have a bath, do my nails, scoff my secret snacks (if the brats haven't got there first) in peace and generally just be alone.

Ha ha I agree OP! My DC is at a friend's, DH has just gone out with his mate (too much faffing for my liking and I have been hovering waiting for the departure!) and I am now just about to watch long lost families, with mumsnet on standby and my guilty pleasure , a mild curry pot noodle, king size naturally!

Haha StripyHorse one of my mum's friends does that every year for her birthday!

@Mustang27

Lol @Helena333* mines is the same I applaud you for suffering 25yrs, I may kill mine and we are only 5yrs in.

It won't get any better, trust me!!!

He has loads of plus points, so I guess I will keep him for now

Definitely not BU! DH works shifts so I'm used to having a few nights on my own most weeks. He's currently on a run of nights. By night 3 i do miss him because it gets a bit boring and we almost literally pass each other as we each leave for work as I work 9-5. However I really think I'd go mad without the nights I have to myself....my own tv shows, faff on here and Facebook, eat what I want etc. I love him dearly and would never be without him but he's always worked shifts and I really need my space. When he is home goes out, I'm another saying don't rush back etc because he deserves some fun but also because I want to watch Nashville!

@Mustang27

@Helena333

I am 43 (yes 43 years) in! I feel your pain......

You have an odd colleague.

Your colleague has a very odd idea of what is a healthy relationship!!!
DP and I sometimes go out without the other, sometimes he stays away for work (one or two nights at a time). First night I love it, takeaway, bubble bath, random shite on telly that I've recorded. Second night I do miss him, but not in a "you're not ever allowed to go away again way" just in a "ok, I'm looking forward to you coming home way".
I think it's really strange when couples can't bear to ever be apart, how do they work/socialise/have friends?

My DH works two nights a week. Once the kids are in bed I choose my night. Can be spending hours on the phone talking complete shite to friends. Currently rewatching SUITS on Netflix. Funnily enough, I visit my mum in UK twice a year on my own and DH takes a week off work. He admitted that when I go away he watches back to back TOP GEAR on BBC BRIT and science documentaries and his diet is a little more 'meat based' as I am a pescatarian. Looks like he enjoys some 'alone' time too.

I think its the sign of a healthy relationship
We have a marriage licence not an umbilical cord

DP is doing a week of lates which is unusual for him. It's been fab i've made huge progress on my blanket I have older dc who have my sense of humour so we can watch shite tv together without his noisy computer in the background. I am not looking forward to monday.

Mustang27

Five years in here too! This is terrible but the first year we were together we lived an hour apart so only saw each other Saturday night into Sunday and... sometimes I miss it I had all week to go to the gym, meet friends for coffee, eat cheese toasties for dinner and watch crap TV in my underwear

I love the bones of him but I'm definitely more independent than he is!

I love when my husband works lates. He hogs the TV when he's here which means football or cycling on every night. I love getting the kids to bed then curling up with a family sized bar of choc (without someone telling me I'm going to become diabetic) and watching Nashville or some soppy romantic movie. Bliss.

I'm out tonight but so wish it was the other way around and Dh was going so I can lay on the sofa and watch what I want. Tempted to bail tonight but it is drinks that have been rescheduled lots.