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Devoted January 2013

Husband works night shift

Kat, on November 25, 2019 at 6:09 PM

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I would like to know if I am overreacting or if someone sees this similar to me. My husband works night shift, and he doesn’t want to change jobs, even though his health is affected, because it’s a state agency. He has great benefits and he’s not the kind of person to change jobs often, unlike me....
I would like to know if I am overreacting or if someone sees this similar to me. My husband works night shift, and he doesn’t want to change jobs, even though his health is affected, because it’s a state agency. He has great benefits and he’s not the kind of person to change jobs often, unlike me. The problem comes, that he doesn’t sleep at home. He still goes to his parents’ house to sleep! I feel like he should be sleeping in our house because there is a reason why we got married and got a place. It really bothers me! So now he hides it from me, and some times I ask him something, so he doesn’t reply. When I call him and keep asking him about something that I left for him to check on, he tells me he’s at his parent’s house. He would go sleep at his parent’s place, every single day of the week. Isn’t that crazy? The fact that he’s lying to me, makes it worse. Now that we have a puppy, I don’t like the puppy to spend too much time unsupervised running around the house, he is still sleeping at his parent’s! Am I the only one that thinks he should be sleeping at our house and that he should cut the umbilical cord? Or do you guys think this is ok and I am just overreacting?

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  • K
    Devoted January 2013
    Kat ·
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    Glad to know I am not.. some times I don’t like to bring things to him thinking that I am wrong to think a certain way
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  • Cher Horowitz
    Master December 2019
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    You are not overreacting! I would be disturbed if my FH did that. A marriage is about two people becoming one - parents not included in this union! Marriage is about putting your spouse above family, and if you feel he isn't prioritizing you I really encourage you to speak up. You deserve to feel like a priority and the most important person in his life!

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  • K
    Devoted January 2013
    Kat ·
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    Thanks! That’s how I feel. Great way of putting it.
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  • Sexypoodle
    Master October 2021
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    Very sorry to hear that this is the current state of your marriage, especially after only 6 months. Hope things turn around for the better.
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  • K
    Devoted January 2013
    Kat ·
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    Thanks! Hopefully soon
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  • Mcskipper
    Master July 2018
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    Definitely not an overreaction. Weirdness of the situation aside, even more concerning is how dismissive he seems if your feelings. That would NOT sit well with me. The bottom line is it frankly doesn’t matter if his sleeping arrangement is weird or normal/nothing wrong with it— normalcy is irrelevant. There IS something wrong with it even if the only thing at all that’s wrong is that you are bothered by it. You both have to be on board with the arrangement— that’s marriage. If you both were, then cool — may not be for me but your life is your life. But that’s not the case here, because you’re not comfortable with it. To his “I see nothing wrong with it” your answer is “the thing that is wrong is I am uncomfortable” ...if that doesn’t mean anything to him, that’s a real issue .
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  • A
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    Lying is never okay... period!


    If there is a reason he wants to stay there, he should tell you. Even if you disagree with his reasoning, let him fully explain it to you. Then instead of saying why you disagree, explain to your husband how staying at his parents makes you feel. Then see if you can come up with a compromise.

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  • Ma Anna
    Savvy October 2020
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    You are not overreacting. I think it’s more proper for him to come home to both of your house regardless if you are home or not. I think you should tell him how you feel inside.
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  • Aleah
    Dedicated October 2019
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    I definitely don’t think you’re overreacting, that’s very strange in my opinion. How old is he ? (You don’t have to answer that, that’s just what came to my head when reading that). He should be sleeping at home, with his wife .. when my husband and I argue I always say I’m going to stay with my patents, but I never have because. I live here, with him, and leaving would make things worse. I understand if he slept on the a COUCH after an argument, but sleeping at his parents, for no reason all the time? That is weird, definitely need to have a serious talk with him. I hope things get better for you!
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  • K
    Devoted January 2013
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    Very true, thanks for your input, some times I feel like I shouldn’t feel this way but everyone is different and if it bothers me, it just does.
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  • K
    Devoted January 2013
    Kat ·
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    Yup, that’s what bothers me even more. And I confronted him about lying..
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  • K
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    Kat ·
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    Thanks that’s what I think as well.
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  • K
    Devoted January 2013
    Kat ·
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    He’s almost 30, but some guys just seem like they never grow up or they pretend that they don’t know how to be on our shoes. Just to clarify, he sleeps during the day at his parent’s because he works midnight shifts.
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