How does your husband say hello and goodbye to you

[nattybones]

How does your husband greet you and say goodbye to you in person?

It's always me that moves towards him to give him a peck to say goodbye.

If I'm at home and he comes in, he just comes in! No hug or a kiss.

Whoever is going out/coming in just shouts out to the other room/upstairs. Never done the hug & kiss thing, but marriage seems to have survived 30+ years, so I really don't see the need 😂

Quick kiss and “love you” whenever leaving, kiss and “how was your day” when coming home.

“wheres my darling, I missed you sooooo much” to DD

Always a quick kiss and hello or goodbye. Sometimes the dog gets the hello first, though! 😂

Love you bye.

Where is mum when he enters.
15 years of marriage

No hugs and kisses

I find it weird that when he comes in my husband won't always say 'hi' - it's the way of his family though. If I come in and he's sitting in the sitting room I'll pop my head round the door and say hi...he doesn't.

Now we've got a dog the dog gets absolutely drowned in affection. The cat gets a hi. And I get whatever is left.

Sometimes a peck on the cheek in the morning ...

We probably need to up our game a bit. I miss it.

Depends on the situation, its different every day really!

If I go to the door, i generally give him a kiss unless im in the middle of something and need to dash back to it. If he's unlocked the door himself he will often come up behind me and hug/kiss me. Not always though.

I think it depends on how busy/stressed etc I look, or how busy/stressed he feels. Same with when he's going to work or out elsewhere too.

Same here 😬

This is me with the dog.

We say Hello and Goodbye to each other, usually shouted from one part of the house to the other

There's plenty of spontaneous hugs and kisses at other times, but bugger tracking each other down every time we want to leave the house.

We usually kiss goodbye but not hello. No idea why. There’s usually a “have s nice day. Love you” when leaving as well.

Always “love you” and kisses blown down the phone when we speak on the phone. I know. It’s cringey but that’s what we do.

With ex big hug, but then he was a big hugger.

No hugs or kisses. Doesn't bother me.

Always a kiss and "I love you" when he goes out even if it's a few times in a day.

Doesn't normally kiss me when he gets home but always says hi or hello. If I am upstairs he will call out to me.

We do kiss and cuddle quite a bit (married 42 years)

We just say hello or goodbye unless one of us is going away/coming back from an overnight or longer stay, or going to do something particularly stressful or difficult, in which case a hug would be added.

Always a kiss and hug along with a “love you” and goodbye or hi how was your day. On our days together we are fairly affectionate, lots of hugs and kisses throughout the day, hand holding when out etc he is more affectionate than me though and usually the one who instigates it.

@Bobshhh that's hilarious mine walks in saying hello beautiful come here for cuddles iv missed you! Yes talking to the dog 🤣

A kiss goodbye, on the rare occasions I am still in bed when he is leaving for work, he will come in and kiss me in the forehead. We don’t have any particular greeting, not on a daily basis such as coming home from work anyway, if one of us has been away for a day or two then we kiss hello too.

Aye aye min - fit like.

See yi later min.

Going to the shop? Byeeee

Going out out? Kiss and byeeee

Home from the shop? Hiyaaaa

Home from out out? Quick kiss and hiyaaaa

🤷🏽‍♀️

Oh and "love you" whether shop or out out.

He's very affectionate.

Cuddle and a kiss always. Usually he is up earlier than me on the days he’s in early so a kiss on the head and off out the door.

When he comes home I get a kiss and a cuddle too but only after he has sat down and hugged the dog 😂😂

To be fair though I go and cuddle the dog first when I come in too!

If he was never very affectionate why is it a problem now? It seems a bit unfair to attribute your weight gain to his behavior. How would you feel if he thought or said" I have remained consistent all through the years, but she has changed drastically (meaning your weight gain)" ?

You may be somewhat self conscious about your weight gain, but if he has never been affectionate why would you expect that to change?

You can tell him that you would like a peck on the cheek when he comes and goes, but to me that would be more of an indication that he is capable of following directions as opposed to any indicator of real affection.

Affection can be demonstrated in many ways. Perhaps , you are overlooking are under valuing the ways that he demonstrates his affection. If you have never been satisfied with the level of affection that he demonstrates, why on earth did you marry him?

You can try telling him directly the things that you would like him to do. You might also inquire if you are meeting his needs and wants in the area of demonstrated affection. He too may feel that his needs in that area are not being met. Communication may lead to discoveries for both of you.I'm

We have an awkward one arm goodbye hug in the morning because he is leaving while I'm brushing my teeth/putting on makeup/rushing around with random kid shit in my hands.
We mutter a quiet goodnight if any because we are dealing with putting kids of various ages to bed and he usually stays up later to finish off working.
It doesn't sound great, I know.

And when he comes in we say hi and maybe a little chat while I cook dinner.

Yep! Mine left for work this morning after giving the dog a big snuggle, said "Bye Fluffybum", then looked at me and said "See you later".