I wasn’t sure where to post this as it’s not really a relationship issue but more of a situation of clashing personalities, although I might be making this unnecessarily difficult for myself.
A good friend has had some difficult times and we thought it might not be a bad idea for her to join me and my partner for a long weekend on our holiday. It’s a location we go to often, so not a novel place, and my
partner was happy with this too.
The problem is that she has recently been diagnosed with a condition and since it’s early days she talks about it a lot. I don't mind it although sometimes she can be a bit much, but my partner has a very low tolerance towards this and I know that he will be losing patience quickly, and the last thing I want is for this to blow up because the two have opposing views. I know that this might sound ridiculous but he is pretty black and white and I’m worried that he will snap at her at some stage.
I have not told her about this because I don’t really know how to. I think it would be reasonable to suggest that we discuss this when it’s just the two of us together than all three, but I’m not sure if that will sound weird. Would this be weird if a friend suggested this to you?
So long story short, long weekend with 2 people who will absolutely disagree on a topic that will likely come up because it’s important to one of them. And yes, im
aware that this is a problem that I have created myself by not thinking it through.