Feeling Excluded
by Les
(Buffalo, ny )
We are recent friends with another couple (neighbors). It seems like my husband finds every excuse to hang out next door (i.e. help the other hubby with home improvements). What ends up happening is the other couple and my husband end up hanging out for hours and completely excluding me. The result, I feel left out with hurt feelings. My husband thinks I’m making too much of it. This happens every weekend.
Eugene Kayser, lic. Marriage & Family Therapist
418 Stump Rd., Montgomeryville, PA 18936
215-813-8633
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