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DH and commitments - football related!

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Anythingbutfootball · 28/05/2019 22:42

DH is sport mad. Great, love having fit and active husband.
DH plays footie every Friday night, plus training every Wednesday.
DH also takes DSS to training every Monday, Thursday (Which is a walking distance from his house) and to every game on a Saturday. Great, it's important that he does that.
However this means that weekly if I wanted a date night with him or to use the car I can't until some point on a Saturday afternoon, earliest lunch time.
This week DH doesn't have a game, but is planning on a night with the boys as 'he has an opportunity to do so and he doesn't get that often' fair enough, he doesn't.
AIBU that once a month, one of the Thursday, Friday or Saturday sessions is dropped to give us a chance to do something? Or should I just ride out the season?

OP posts:
Loopytiles · 29/05/2019 07:56

My friend gets her young teen to football and back with lift shares, or he goes one or both ways on foot or public transport.

BackforGood · 29/05/2019 08:14

You dont like football so are making an issue here where there isnt one.
I dont think youve said if you have dc to get to places or stay in for each evening ?, but as not been mentioned /factored in to your complaint I'm presuming not.
So, on the 2 nights your dh has football (no parent counts time taking their dc to activities as hobby time for the adult) I don't see why you can't go for a drink afterwards, or make a bit of couple time with a takeaway or a nice meal or doing something together afterwards.
Or why you can't go out at those times - walk, public transport, lift from friend, taxi, or you take car and him get lift from friend, etc. Or one of you drop the other off.

Cant grasp why you want to stop him doing something he enjoys to "go out" on a Friday,early, when you can go out early every Saturday and every Sunday and every Tuesday, or go out at a slightly later time any night ? Confused

NameChangeNugget · 29/05/2019 08:20

Has he taken up football since you got married or were you hoping to change him?

YABVU

arethereanyleftatall · 29/05/2019 09:08

I didn't realise taking my children to their umpteen activities counted as a hobby for me. My dh must be so cross with the hours of hobby time I get.
Like everybody else has said, that's just life with children.
Exercising twice a week isn't excessive, in fact I would say it isn't enough! We should be aiming for at least three times.
The problem is the car for you. You should have said - we have one car, dh uses it five nights a week, so I'm stuck at home.
But - what would you use the car for? Do you actually want to go somewhere or are you just using it as a stick?

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