This subject has I’m sure been discussed many times..... My partner moved in with me almost a year ago, we have dated for almost 10 years and have lived together before. I’ve lived in the same house for 20+ years which is near where I work, my partner has moved from a house which she rented and begun a new life in my town. Having lived here all my life I have friends and hobbies, I’m a very well respected snooked player, probably the best in the town and also a top cyclist, which at 50 yrs old also helps me stay fit. The problem lies that my partner says that, playing snooker twice every week, cycling maybe 3 times per week and the odd beer with a mate, she says I live ‘a single life’. On the other hand my partner, after living here almost a year, has not made any real friends, she just spends most of her time in her small holding with her chickens and rabbits and the fact she doesn’t work probably gets a bit bored and that’s where she looks at me. I on the other hand work 6 days a week and I do know that if I’d have been the one to move town then I’d have been fine, I’d have joined the local snooker team and cycling club. It’s now got to a point that I don’t go out with my local cycling club anymore as they don’t get back until between 1-2pm on a Sunday, and my partner says I’ve got to be back by 11am so we can do something together like go around the charity shops in Hebden Bridge. My partner is 10 years older than I am, and I don't want to sound patronising but biking together is like biking with a child. We both have children from previous marriages, all of which are grown up now and living away. So my dilemma is.......should my partner make more of an effort to get friends and hobbies or should I stop living my single life?