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Becca
Just Said Yes October 2022

Pre-bachelor Party- is it ok that I'm not ok with it?

Becca, on March 30, 2022 at 9:08 AM Posted in Family and Relationships 1 9
My fiancé mentioned to me last night, during our weekly movie night with my friends, that he wanted to talk to me about his friends wanting to throw him a pre-bachelor party. Is this even a thing?



We haven't gotten into the details yet but he did say it would be a weekend trip. I really want to be okay with it, but honestly I am not. It's not because of anything I think they might do, but it's because we haven't had any vacations/getaways together since my birthday in 2020. We also hardly ever go on dates, I took him to the movies last weekend but before that I think our last date night was with another couple in December. We went on a trip with his family to CO for a family wedding and to a cabin with our friend group for his birthday last year. Since the cabin trip, he has had 2 vacation/getaways with friends while I stayed home to take care of our dogs (one was about 5 days in Puerto Rico for a bachelor party, the other was a weekend cabin trip in the mountains). I have not been able to go anywhere.
On one hand I am thinking, soon we'll be having kids and neither of us will be able to have getaways as often so I should let him take advantage of the time we have to have trips with our friends. On the other hand I'm scared it's becoming a trend where he puts time with his friends before me. He's been stressed at work so at the end of the weekday, we veg on the couch and watch tv. He works remote and I go into the office twice a week. Last week his poker night got moved to one of the days I go into the office so I literally only saw him for 2 hours the entire day, which was spent watching TV. *cabin trip example is below if needed for more context.
I'm definitely going to talk to him about it because I feel like he's putting more effort into having time away from me than he is trying to spend time with me. We can't talk about it tonight because he has his weekly poker night with "the boys" tonight. I just want to make sure I'm not being *completely* selfish.
Has anyone felt similarly? Am I being controlling/selfish?

*more context if necessary*The week before his cabin trip I had been working and sleeping at someone's house down the road to dog sit and came home for a couple of hours after work before going back. When he had asked me if he could go on the cabin the weekend before the trip, I told him I'd rather it not be an overnight trip because I was going to be gone all week and we wouldn't see each other much and I wanted to spend at least one day with him. I found out he planned to go anyway on Thursday. That Friday I had a breakdown triggered by comments about my weight while wedding dress shopping. His friends wanted to come over and earlier in the night he asked if he should cancel, I thought I would be better with food since I hadn't eaten all day and told him so. After eating I realized it was a legit breakdown and asked if he could cancel. He said one of his friends had already left so they still came over while I locked myself in the bedroom crying. He went to the cabin with his other friends the next morning.. he did offer the night before to cancel the cabin trip but I felt it would be worse for me to make him to stay home because of me. I don't want to be the woman who won't let her man do anything without her. I was upset for the entire weekend and ended up feeling abandoned when I needed him but I told him to go so I felt like I couldn't say anything about it.

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Latest activity by Amanda, on April 2, 2022 at 7:46 PM
  • Sarah
    Master September 2019
    Sarah ·
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    Have you talked to him about any of these things? My first reaction is to say that compromise is key, but there can't be compromise without open communication. Have you told him that it's bothering you that you two don't go on dates anymore or that you want to do a getaway with just the two of you before he takes more time away with his friends? If you've expressed those feelings and he just isn't responding or is doing things to hurt you intentionally, I'd say you have major issues that need to be addressed in your relationship before you get married. If you aren't communicating your feelings to him though and you're telling him to go anyway even when you don't want him to, you can't expect him to read your mind and do what you want.

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  • Becca
    Just Said Yes October 2022
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    I haven't had the chance yet. I am going to talk with him but won't have the chance until tomorrow evening. He just told me about the pre-bachelor trip last night when we had company.
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  • A
    Expert September 2022
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    I would agree with Sarah about the communication piece. I also think a weekend getaway with just the 2 of you (and hopefully you can get someone to watch the dogs) is just what is needed in this situation. I think you just need a little bit more quality time, and a getaway (with no work, no dogs, no other people distracting you) would be really wonderful! Ideally, this weekend getaway would be *before* his bachelor party.

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  • Paige
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    Definitely agree about having a conversation. It sounds like with his cabin trip he had at least considered how you were feeling, and he also did ask about this next trip rather than just plan to go. I've definitely been guilty of not wanting to burden others and telling them to go do whatever they wanted when I really wanted to be made the priority (and then ended up hurt when they did whatever they had planned), so I do get where you're coming from. It would be great if other people could read minds lol. It sounds like planning a getaway for just the two of your would be a great idea, even if it's just spending a weekend somewhere nearby.

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  • S
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    Definitely have open communication with him. From what you mentioned it sounds like when you do show you’re upset he’s willing to work with you to make you happy. One thing to maybe think about is with his plans with friends, is he always the one that comes up with the plans? Or does someone else come up with them and he decides it’s a good idea and wants tag along? Some men don’t initiate plans. That’s how my fiancé is, 90% of the time it’s his friends inviting him to do something or me coming up with our dates and trips. Or I at least have to tell him “hey we should do a date night” and then he’ll come up with something. So I think that goes back to the communication thing, if you communicate with him that you want to do a date night or a small trip then he might say “oh good idea! I’ll look into options for us.”
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  • Jacks
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    Definitely have a conversation. Your feelings matter and they are important.

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    It sounds like your issues are about way more than any one trip he takes with his friends, no matter the occasion, so your post title is a little misleading. Please plan to have a good conversation about your needs and desires to spend more time together, plan trips together, and all of that relationship stuff that is way more important than a single part of wedding planning (bachelor parties or wedding dress shopping).

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  • Natalie
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    I’m a little confused. Based on the post, I am under the understanding that the two of you are living together, both working from home at least part of the time, and spend most evenings and weekends together at home? Truthfully, I don’t think the issue is him going away or hanging out with friends. It’s concerning that despite this amount of time the two of you are regularly together, you were bothered by a day you had to go to work, he went somewhere in the evening, and you “only” spent two hours together that day. It seems like the two of you spend so much time together that you have started to depend solely on him for your happiness and entertainment. There also seems to be a lack of communication. Do you ever suggest going to dinner, the movies, or whatever you’d like to do for dates? You need to voice this and stop relying on him to make the suggestions.
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  • Amanda
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    I would have a sit down conversation with him with how you're feeling about the situation.

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