SD 10 and SD 7 are coming over Friday evening to spend the allotted weekend with us. DH usually picks them up after six, due to work. I announce to him that tomorrow evening, I will be going out for 'Happy Hour' with the girls. His face goes pale, I can see his panties getting into a twist right then and there because 'happy hour' will conflict with the SD's arrival.

So, after a few minutes of me amusingly prodding (nagging?), DH admits he wants me here waiting when he and the kid arrive. At this point I am laughing and I say: HOLD ON, uh AIN'T gonna happen! DH asks why I cannot go out with the girls on a night when we don't have the kids. Well, because I don't want to HAVE to be here when the kids arrive each and every time; in all honesty, they are visiting him, my presence is just a bonus;)

Mind you, I RARELY ever go out when the kids are here, and I spend a lot of time planning and carrying out what we're going to do with them during their visits, without DH help. I reminded DH of this and of the fact that I married him, not his kids and sometimes I need a little girl time. I love them, they are great kids, but I also enjoying having the freedom of going out with friends once in a while.

Finally, after a half hour talk, DH says he enjoys us being together as a family, blah blah blah. I reminded him of my rare outings with the girls and he finally came to the same place I was as far as me going out. He realized his irrational way of thinking and apologized. LOL. It just blew my mind that he actually SAID he wanted me here waiting for their arrival. OH HELL NO!! LOL!!!