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Old Nov 01, 2019, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by bpcyclist View Post
I personally don't see anything untoward in what you posted. When I was in my forties, even before the birth of my first child, we had boys' night once every couple of months, at most. Granted, I was a bit of a career freak. Really, I just wanted to be with my wife. We had fun together.

In my experience, most American men who are responsible, career-motivated people have left the partying in the rearview mirror by age 40. Usually, at least as far as has been the case with the people I have known, a lot earlier than that. To me, the partying thing is more an early twenties, just-out-of-college thing. If you're not in some kind of grad school, that is. Which I was.

A solid BF/partner/fiance/husband would want to be with you. You would be the priority. And that would be plain and obvious. That's how it's supposed to work and that's been my experience. This needing to hang out with the guys all the time is just kind of weird to me. And saying he needs to change this and then not changing it is either a procrastination thing or a maturity thing, neither of which is very good at his age.

Just my 2 cents. I wish you all the best. I'm sure you will find what you are looking for. There are obviously lots of eligible men in NYC. Plenty of fish in that sea. Sending you positive vibes.
I agree with you 110%..i amafraid I was enabling his behavior though. I should have put my foot down and keptit there. But he kept making me feellike I was being codependent. He wants all these things but yet he wants tokeep doing what he is doing expecting different results. He is still in contactwith me too…I get the same info about his life, goals, etc etc. but I don’t thinkhe can ever deliver. You are right that career minded person doesn’t need toparty like that. They like to travel, dine out, and have other interests andhobbies that don’t revolve around their buddies. But only he can figure it out,I had to stop enabling it and acting like its ok.
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