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How much time do you spend together?

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DevilsAdvocaat · 20/04/2017 21:09

I pretty much sit by myself every evening.
DH and I hang out on Fri/Sat nights but that's it.
Sometimes it makes me feel lonely.
I just feel too tired to go out and see other people.

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Cantseethewoods · 21/04/2017 10:41

I don't think there are rights and wrongs- it's really about compatibility. When DH is here ( roughly 2 weeks in 4), he's usually home in the evenings and I do sport 3 evenings for an hour or so. We don't tend to do the same thing ( he likes tv, I prefer Internet) but we'll be around each other- live in an open plan apartment so hard not to be) We both do quite 'social' jobs so both need a bit of headspace/ quiet in the evenings. Weekends we tag team Saturday around the kids a bit and Sunday we tend to all spend together. DH and I usually go out one evening a week with friends.

UpYerGansey · 21/04/2017 10:57

OP, I am still "married" on paper, but our relationship as a couple is over.
It died a long, slow death.
My h sounds like your, present, yet absent at the same time.
Pitched in v well domestically (and still does) but remote once the daily chores are seen to, kids in bed etc.
Watching the odd box set doesn't cut it.
We've had the conversation, its over. In fact I have been seeing someone else for almost a year now. Doesn't seem to faze h particularly. He's not an emotional person.

Princesspinkgirl · 21/04/2017 15:43

Weekdays when dp gets in from work we sit and eat together then watch tv together or sit and cuddle chat we like to spend lots of time together as much as possible weekends we go out with dd for family time then chill at home

Rowgtfc72 · 21/04/2017 16:57

Dh and I work opposite shifts. I kiss him goodnight on a Sun night and don't see him again till Fri night . We have every other sat together, half the other Sats and every Sun.
I'm starting to miss him after a year of this. Not lonely but it's odd. However I'm an antisocial sod and like my space.
We have a full day together without Dd tomorrow. First one since last year.

bibbitybobbityyhat · 21/04/2017 17:02

Far too much!

I work from home.

DH works out of the house 2 to 4 evenings and 1 or 2 weekend days. He very rarely works during the day, maybe a couple of part days per fortnight.

So we are at home together a lot when the children are at school.

He drives me to the rage several times a day!

Happyhippy45 · 21/04/2017 17:23

I'm not able to work just now so spend the vast majority of the day on my own on mumsnet and Facebook
When he gets back from work my DH will play guitar and switch tv on until after dinner. Then he goes upstairs and records music. If was getting really bad. I felt really lonely and ignored, like he was trying to escape from his disabled wife.
I know that when you are recording/making music it can completely absorb all your attention(I sometimes record too) and hours just slip by.
Have you told him?
I spoke to my DH about how I was feeling and he restricts his music time to about an hour or so in the evening now. Then he comes downstairs and we'll watch tv shows we've recorded or Netflix and chat.

DevilsAdvocaat · 21/04/2017 19:33

Perdyboo such sound advice thank you.
I will talk to him again x

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