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Disappearing to the gym on Valentines Day.

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DemiMai · 12/02/2026 19:04

Hi, would this annoy anyone else, or am I just going over the top?

So my husband is massively into the gym. Weight lifting in particular, and literaly goes every day.To cut a long story short there’s a woman that he’s ( very ) friendly with there that I’m not very comfortable with.

They chat all the time, before, during and after their workouts. She’s also in a relationship but not a very good one. She’s constantly moaning and asking my husband for advice.

Anyway I asked him on Saturday if he’d like to spend the day with me. My mum offered to have the kids Friday night till Sunday morning. So Breakfast in bed, go out for lunch, maybe have a few drinks etc. He’s straight up refused saying he’s going to the gym for 2/3 hours in the morning, and when he gets back we can do something together in the afternoon,

I’m not a needy person at all, but it annoys me that he can’t spend one whole day with me, also the fact I know he’s going to be there chatting to this girl the whole time, when I’m just sat at home waiting around for him.

Am I just going over the top or is this really selfish of him? Before anyone asks, I know they chat all the time because he tells me.

OP posts:
BlonderThanYou · 13/02/2026 23:02

Do your own hobby in the morning or join him at the gym. Cant see the big deal if you trust him.

Goditsmemargaret · 13/02/2026 23:18

I own a gym and my classes are all fully booked tomorrow..I don't think it's a big deal.

FrozenFebruary · 13/02/2026 23:28

weewillywink · 12/02/2026 19:07

He's not completely refusing to spend time with you. I don’t see the harm in still going to the gym for a couple of hours. A whole weekend for a made up celebration is a little excessive.

Well apart from anything else, if they're picking up the kids Sunday morning it's not ALL weekend is it? She didn't say she didn't want him to go Sunday just ONE DAY.

@DemiMai putting to one side it's Valentine's Day (as the whole valentines thing will derail your thread) you have a child free couple of nights & a whole day. If he doesn't want to make the mistake if that with you & has made plans to soend the morning with her I'd be telling him he has a choice to make. Me & his kids or this woman. id shut down any 'oh but it's not like that' BS. & tell him you're not putting up with this emotional (at least) affair & he stops now & makes a choice. Your marriage or her & if he doesn't choose you'll be choosing for him.

if you just sit around watching his happen it'll be a drawn out process which destroys your marriage.

pull the plaster off xx

FrozenFebruary · 13/02/2026 23:30

McHot · 12/02/2026 19:27

If he goes every day and he can't give up one visit to spend a day with his wife then I'm afraid he's an addict and you are not his priority. The woman is incidental as in shes in the proximity of his addiction so he's by default spending more time with her than he is with you. Anything done to excess is distress IE addiction and at present he values the gym more than his marriage. Maybe he needs a rude awakening.

yeah, no, she's the draw & the gym is 'the cover'

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