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Is it normal for my husband to go to the bar after work for a couple of hours while I am home with our 4 year old every day? I have told him how I feel about it, but he says that's his therapy.

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I wouldn’t say normal. I don’t use that term

But he’s not the only man to do it

Some men drink to relieve stress

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Everyday is a lot. Do you get any breaks?

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Sounds like he needs actual therapy. Drinking alcohol is a coping mechanism.

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No he should be home helping

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Is it ok? Honestly since you don’t have your own alone time, no it’s not.

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I think what is healthy is for two adults to compromise and come up with a solution both people are ok with. Normal doesnt equate healthy. So many people do things that arent healthy.
Try to talk to your husband about your concern and needs. And understand that men do need ways to relieve their stress… a lot of men play video games, go to gym, go to shooting range, etc. Ask him if he is going with friends? Who is going? Where? And share your thoughts. Tell him you need more “we time” and also “you time” and u understand he needs “him time.” But u all need to be on the same page.

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Is he’s doing it to avoid you and his family and simultaneously never giving you a break, everyday? Ew.
No it’s not normal of a “good man”.
Him calling it “his therapy” sounds like a way to guilt you into letting him sit a bar a drink while you get no breaks/therapy. I’d be asking him, oh okay, so, What’s mine?

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Drinking every day isn’t healthy regardless of where it’s done. And if he’s drinking as therapy, then that could be a deeper sign of him avoiding his mental health and using drinking as coping which again isn’t healthy. If he’s wants therapy, he needs to go to actual therapy.

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Every day is a bit much. My hubby sees his boys at the pub maybe once a fortnight. They’re also Dads themselves and working FT so they get to meet up have a few drinks twice a month. He does have bowling every Wednesday but then again I have my dance classes Tuesday and Fridays when he puts my boy to bed solo twice a week. Pub, every day, sounds like therapy to him yes but it also sounds like he’s going there to avoid going home. He’s avoiding responsibility, with you needing help at home and just missing his presence. And that’s not okay. I’m all for both parties to have friends and hobbies, but not at the expense of the other. Dancing is my therapy and I go twice a week, but it works for us he’s never complained. See if I took up a 3rd day, then that’ll be a problem, I’d need to switch my days around if I wanted another class.

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