re: Rock (wife) between (me) Hard place (my family)

I’ve been married 27 years. The first 3 we felt like we had to do everything together and our multiple visits to her family for a weekend were causing friction especially on my end.

Then one day we figured out that just because she was going to her families house for the weekend didn’t mean I had to. So instead of dreading all of those weekends (more than half) I began looking forward to them because I had the house to myself.

And you what happened.

She gradually, started going less and less to the point that now she only goes 2 or 3 weekends a year and I go with her because it is not to often.

You go to the family thing and let her stay home.