His Wife Hates Absolutely Everybody, And It's Beginning To Give Him The Ick

Throughout the entire time that this 28-year-old man has been with his 28-year-old wife, they have had polar opposite opinions when it comes to being social and people in general.

He absolutely adores going out and being around people, but his wife hates it all. In fact, she's the kind of person who will find any tiny reason to hate someone.

His wife gets a thrill out of finding reasons to dislike a person, and she also maliciously overanalyzes details about people.

This all drives him crazy, and it's something he finds upsetting. His wife hating absolutely everybody has gotten so bad that it's beginning to give him the ick.

He's spent a decade with his wife, and he's tried his best to ignore her and not let her negatively impact his social life, so he flies solo a lot.

Once in a blue moon, his wife will come out with him, but she won't have a good time. Then, when the pandemic hit, his wife's job went remote and stayed like that permanently.

His wife hasn't had to socialize with anyone since that all changed, and she only leaves their home to run errands or go somewhere with him.

"I think the isolation is impacting her mentally because now she is borderline nasty with me when I try to encourage her to go out with her friends or come out with mine," he explained.

"She has two old friends who she snaps with but hasn't actually seen in years now - they live only minutes away, though. To save myself a fight, I usually just let her be and socialize on my own. But I recently met a girl from college who I get along well with."

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"I've also met her boyfriend now and he is also great. They are both amazing people, and I care greatly about keeping them around. They've suggested double dating, and the girl really wants to meet my wife. They both have reading and a couple of other things in common, so I thought I could use it as a selling point."

He found out what books this girl likes and told his wife in an effort to pique her interest and get her to come out with them.

But his wife responded that this girl's taste in books is trashy and makes her hate her already. This really disgusted him, and his wife's judgemental ways make him want to run for the hills.

He doesn't understand why his wife cares so much about not enjoying the same books as this girl because that doesn't automatically make you an awful person who's not worth meeting.

He and his best friends have various interests, and they don't always share an enjoyment of the same things, but that doesn't stop his friendships from blooming.

"It's becoming so draining," he continued. "I guess I shouldn't depend on her to maintain my friendships, but It's just more of an ick than anything."

"It feels so exhausting to be around someone this socially miserable all the time. I love people, and I'm struggling to be around someone who is so hateful; I tolerated it before, but it just seems to be getting worse."

"How should I navigate this? Maybe I'm doing something wrong here, and if so, please feel free to put me in my place."

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