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Partner hates me going out ...what do I do?

33 replies

closethedongdong · 27/12/2022 14:27

We have been together 2 years and live together.
Lately it's been miserable
She quit her job so now has no money to do anything.
She has a couple of friends but doesn't seem them often.
I have a few friends I see regularly.
Tonight I'm going out with one of them,she isn't happy
She said she doesn't want to see any pictures as it's rubbing her nose in it.
She says if it was other way around she wouldn't leave me in alone.
I popped to my dads Christmas Day -she wasn't happy
She cried saying she felt alone
Christmas Eve we went for a meal and drinks and I paid and Boxing Day we went out
So it's not like I'm not taking her on nights out.
I just feel guilty
Then she says she should move back home (5 hours away ) so she has friends again

Am i in wrong?

OP posts:
Legoninjago1 · 27/12/2022 15:00

That sounds extremely draining OP. I think unless there's any real prospect of things improving markedly, I'd be getting out of that.

Igglepiggleslittletoe · 27/12/2022 15:04

Give her the train money and send her home. She is way too needy to be healthy.

YoSofi · 27/12/2022 15:06

Go out. Seriously, go out with your friend and have a lovely night.

Shes doing this to ruin your mood and you’ll give in and not go.

This is not a healthy relationship.

MyBooksAndMyCats · 27/12/2022 15:08

Go out, she's doing it on purpose so you don't go.

when she moans next just simply call her bluff "okay I'll help you pack." Or "well if you didn't quit your job you'd have money to go out, when are you planning to get a job so I no longer have to listen to this emotional manipulation?"

gamerchick · 27/12/2022 15:17

closethedongdong · 27/12/2022 14:32

She didn't move here to be with me
She's lived up here for 8 years now
Last week she was saying she hates back home ..so I don't get why she's now saying this
Unless it's because I'm going out
I don't even want to go out now

It's worked then did it?

Tell her if she's that unhappy then maybe she should move back. Just so she doesnt use that manipulation again. Go out with your friends. Something needs to change, you can't be controlled like that, she needs make her changes.

yellowsmileyface · 27/12/2022 15:23

A lot of people think controlling behaviour is telling your partner "you're not allowed to go out". Usually, controlling behaviour involves acting in a way that makes the person come to their own conclusion that they just don't even want to go out anymore. Just as she's done.

If I were you I'd go out and not come back.

KvotheTheBloodless · 27/12/2022 15:36

She's emotionally abusive. Bin her off. Seriously, do not have kids with this child-woman.

determinedtomakethiswork · 27/12/2022 15:52

Why didn't she go with you to see your dad on Xmas Day?

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