Others have argued that a woman’s desire for her partner to leave the house more frequently so that she can have some alone time is unreasonable.
Nothing beats relaxing in the comfort of our own homes for those of us who are homebodies, especially if we can have the place to ourselves for a little while.
One woman, however, claimed that after moving into her boyfriend’s home two years ago, she is no longer able to have that alone time because they both spend a lot of time indoors and never have the opportunity to be away from one another.
The 30-year-old lady revealed that although she spends the majority of her working week in an office and her boyfriend spends most of his time working from home, she occasionally wants to be able to get away from him at home as well.
In spite of the fact that her 41-year-old spouse is content to stay at home and has no interest in picking up a hobby that will get him outside more, the lady has been pressuring him to do so.
In a post on Reddit, she wrote: “I moved into my boyfriend’s house almost two years ago. Things have been going smoothly so far, bar a few disagreements here and there. He works from home 100% of the time, and he is a homebody. I work from home 2-3 days a week, so we do spend quite a bit of time together. I lived alone before moving in, and I loved having my own place to myself.”
“Now, as he is literally ALWAYS home, that never happens anymore. He doesn’t have hobbies that will get him to go outside. He very rarely goes somewhere without me, like to a bar or a party for the evening. When he does go out for social events, I’m going along with him. I leave the house on my own much more often to go to work or visit family or friends.
“That leads us to our latest argument. Lately, I’ve mentioned to him several times that I would like to have the house to myself sometimes. It’s not like he’s annoying me when he’s home, and I’m not planning to do anything sketchy but I guess I just need to be home alone sometimes. If you’re a quiet introvert like me you probably know the feeling. Having someone else in my living space all the time is starting to really bug me.”
Her boyfriend initially agreed to try to go out more frequently, but this week when a friend asked him out for drinks, he declined the invitation and stated he “didn’t feel like it.”
“After our last talk he said he would make an effort to leave the house more often but that never happened. Last night, a friend hit him up to go grab drinks, so I was hopeful that he would finally go out, but he said he didn’t feel like it. So I snapped and reminded him about what we discussed and that I wished he’d been to see his friend and gone out on his own for once.” she added
“He feels hurt that I want him out of the house sometimes, he feels like I’m forcing him to leave and that I hate his company but it’s not really what this is about. I would like him to WANT to go out more, I don’t want him to just leave and wander out alone. I told him I’d like to have my evening alone at home once every two months, which seems pretty reasonable I believe.” she explained
In contrast, the majority of comments on the post have been supportive of the man, with many stating that it was unreasonable for the lady to move into his home and then “force him out of it.”
Some Reddit users’ responses are listed below:
1) One person commented: “I would literally never leave my property ever again if I didn’t have to. I would hate this so much. You moved into his safe place and now you are pushing him out of it.”
2) Another user reacted: “You moved in with HIM knowing how he is. Now you want him to leave HIS house so you can have some alone time.”
3) A different user posted: “It’s his house, and presumably has more than one room, just go and sit by yourself for a while – you’re forcing him out of his own space for literally no reason.”
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