📝 AITAH for not wanting my husband to go out every weekend?

By InfamousDefinition76 • Score: 1 • April 10, 2025 11:58 PM


I, 24F, have been in a relationship with my now fiancé, 24M, almost 6 years. Recently, I'd say about the last 3 months, he has been going out every weekend and not returning home until 3-4am. Now, he has been under a lot of career and legal stress recently, so he has been turning to alcohol a bit and going out to "ease his mind". Mind you, we have two children that are 2years old. I feel like he is rarely spending time with myself and the children, as even when he comes home he does not spend much time with us or include us, specifically the children as of late. He does occasionally invite me to go out with him, but sometimes I don't go so that I can spend time with the kids since I also work full time. Not only has he been going to bars when he goes out, but also a local strip club. I will say I do trust him and his bank account shows he is not spending much money, it appears to just be the entry fee to the club, so I don't believe he is cheating or anything. He says he goes there because the alcohol is free and he often sees a lot of people he knows there. I feel like it is unnecessary to go there every..weekend.. lol. If he is going to have drinks on the weekend, I feel he could easily just do that at home with his family. I've had this conversation with him as well and he tells me he just prefers being outside of the house since he is extroverted. I can understand extroversion, but every weekend is excessive in my eyes, especially when we have small kids at home who ask where their daddy is. At this time he has declined receiving counseling. He has told me I don't need to worry and it's not a big deal that he is going out especially when he goes to the strip club because he is saving money by not having to pay for drinks. AITAH for feeling likethus is wrong? Or should I be ok with this since it will likely subside in the next few weeks once the stress settles?

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