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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know, honestly, I kind of lose patience with the "He's an introvert! It's so hard for him! He needs his space!"

He's an adult. Part of being a married adult with children living in a community is participating in that community. Part of being an adult is doing things that you don't want to do in order to participate in that community and with your family.

I am married to an introvert too, and there are times when [b]I find his attitude toward social interaction to be very condescending[/b]. Sometimes it seems like he prefers to hang out alone because nobody could possibly be as interesting as he is and the social interaction is so very pedestrian and he just has better, more lofty things he'd like to be doing. Like DD and I are shallow for wanting him to come to dinner with us and our family friends - people who he professes to like!

It's not trying to remake him in my image. It's participating in family life, where that family life includes spending time together with other families. So yes, OP's husband needs to suck it up a bit. So do some of the other PPs for whom it's sooooo difficult to spend 3 hours at a BBQ or whatever. These are the things that we do for the people that we love, and part of being an adult is recognizing that and not being a jerk about it.[/quote]

OP here - sorry, busy day, and just catching up.  This is definitely part of it (the bolded).  I was talking to a friend today about how he'd wanted to leave the wedding weekend early (which was with his family) and she seemed surprised (basically like "oh, it's not just us?")  So something isn't getting across and I do think some of it is his attitude about it.  He wears his feelings on his sleeve so a) with me, instead of texting after we got the game night invite (we were both at work) like "hey, I've had a long week, mind if I stay in tonight?  Feel free to go, I've got the boys and will then chill - maybe dinner with the group next week?" he just pouts and/or makes a sullen comment.  OR b) when a group starts to discuss a potential hangout (happened last weekend - we were all at the pool and someone said, hey, everyone want to have an early BBQ tonight and started offering things to bring etc?) he shuts down immediately and/or starts giving me obvious dirty looks when I chime in (which I do reluctantly knowing he won't be happy about the activity, but frankly I feel awkward when everyone's offering and we just sit silent - plus I WANT to go!)

I also agree with PP who mentioned that yes, I do feel eventually we'll start getting left out of couple/family stuff.  He's already left out of some guys' nights because he always says no, which doesn't bother him, but I could see it eventually trickling down.

Interesting and thought provoking to see so many others in similar situations..[/quote]

Why are you talking to other people about your husband wanting to leave early?  Why not make an agreement when stuff like the BBQ comes up that you will just take the kids?  For serious introverts that impromptu BBQ is just a straight up nightmare.  I know it can be hard to understand, but he just wants to get through hanging at the pool and then GO HOME.  He is not interested in extending.  Why is that so hard to get?

I agree that he is being shitty about it, but so are you (and I am the introvert).  And yes, you will start getting left out of the family stuff if you keep turning it down because of him.  Just GO without your DH.  Why is that so hard to do?[/quote]

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