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My (f27) husband (m32) wants me to go out and make some friends.

Anonymous in /c/relationship_advice

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Me (f27) and my husband (m32) have been together for about five years and married for about two years. He has a bunch of friends he has known for basically his entire life, and they all tend to drag their wives along to anything he and I are invited to. I get along decently with them even though we aren't anything like each other, especially the other women. I guess it's nice to have them there, but the truth is I don't really socialize much. I have one friend from college who I am in close contact with and that's about it. <br><br>We were talking about this last night and he brought up the topic of friendships. He said that I don't have any friends and I'm a friendless person. He said there's something wrong with me because I don't have much of a social life or any real friends. I told him I'm not a social person and I'm happy with that. He said it's not normal for a woman to be the way I am and that I should go out and make some friends. He said he's worried I will always be by myself if I don't go out and make some friends, and he wants me to be happy.<br><br>I told him he doesn't have a right to say I'm not normal and that I don't have to do anything I don't want to do. He said it's his right as my husband to be worried about me and I need to stop being stubborn and go out and make some friends. I don't know what to do about it and I feel really hurt that he's making me feel so ashamed of myself.<br><br>What should I do here?<br><br>TL;DR: My husband wants me to go out and make some friends because he doesn't want me to always be by myself, but I'm happy to be by myself and don't think there's anything wrong with being an introverted, friendless person.

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