Dear Queenie,
My husband doesn’t mind for me to spend time away from home with my friends during the day, but he says dinnertime and the evening and the weekend are supposed to be for family and I should stay home with him.
He also is suspicious of what we are doing when I go out with my friends.
Most of my friends have jobs and I also work part-time, so the evening or the weekend is the only time we can do anything together.
Queenie, I don’t think this should be a problem. Do you?—Uncertain wife
Dear Wife,
That depends on how often you leave your husband alone to spend time with your friends, but he seems to be somewhat insecure and controlling, to say the least.
If you cannot work this out with him by talking it over with him, perhaps a professional marriage counsellor could help him understand your point of view, if you can persuade your husband to go with you for counselling. And if he will not go with you, go by yourself for help in understanding your situation and learning to cope with your husband’s attitude.
