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[SeaMaiden]

Guess I am lucky that DH and I now home 24 hours a day just do our own things....we have TVs all over the house... we like different things  and shows and do not need to be in each other’s space all day long. 

[Daysdee]

@halfpint1  I so agree with you.  I'm in the same situation as you.  It sure is a different and lonely life.

[Venezia]

@Icegoddess- I understand your rant very well.  Just because we love someone doesn't mean we never get irritated or that we want to be together 24/7.

I remember in one of Rev. Norman Vincent Peale's books, he said that he was never impressed by couples who claimed they never argued.  He said how boring would that be?  He understood we are all human and, essentially that, if we never "argued", it might indicate a bigger problem in the relationship.

My DH retired over a year ago and it's still difficult sometimes to seldom have the house to myself.  He has no hobbies and no friends; as he says, he's not "a social person".  His only outings (without me) are to the supermarket or the doctor.  At least that gives me the occasional hour alone!

[Mindy D]

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@Icegoddess wrote:

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@Drythe wrote:

I only have one suggestion, you want privacy, lock the bathroom door. 😃

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@Drythe I can't.  There is only a doorway between the bedroom and the bathroom.  I have been wanting one of those sliding barn doors, but it would have to be on the bedroom side and still wouldn't be lockable.  There really is no way to put in a regular door and not have it be in the way.

The door that hubby closed was the one for the little room that the toilet is in.

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Slide in doors are not expensive to put in and they can have a lock.

[Icegoddess]

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@Mindy D wrote:

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@Icegoddess wrote:

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@Drythe wrote:

I only have one suggestion, you want privacy, lock the bathroom door. 😃

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@Drythe I can't.  There is only a doorway between the bedroom and the bathroom.  I have been wanting one of those sliding barn doors, but it would have to be on the bedroom side and still wouldn't be lockable.  There really is no way to put in a regular door and not have it be in the way.

The door that hubby closed was the one for the little room that the toilet is in.

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Slide in doors are not expensive to put in and they can have a lock.

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@Mindy D if you're talking about pocket doors, that won't work.  One wall has plumbing and there really isn't another wall.  The toilet room is on that side, so it's just a doorway next to another door.  

If I do the sliding barn door, I don't think that would be lockable from inside the bathroom since it would have to be on the bedroom side.

[Icegoddess]

Thanks for your replies everybody.  I really don't need anybody to solve my problems.  I tend to be that kind of person too, so the suggestions were fine.  They're not really problems anyway, just more of an annoying day, and I just wanted to let off a little steam.  Mostly, my room is the living room.  There's a TV in the kitchen, but I don't like sitting at the kitchen table to watch it while he seems to have no problem doing that most days.  The other TV is in his man cave and he even has a futon that he can lay on and sleep or watch whatever he likes.  So, I see nothing wrong with being a bit put out by losing the ability to watch what I wanted on that TV.

However, I did think suggesting divorce, then saying it was a joke immediately followed by how it sounded like I hate the man went a bit far.

[Mom2Dogs]

@Icegoddess there was not a thing wrong with your post....if my husband heard the things I mumble under my breath, we'd been divorced years ago....it's my way of letting off steam.

[jannabelle1]

Loved your rant! Sometimes we just have to do that!

[Drythe]

@Icegoddess 

Just getting back.  Enjoyed the post.  Two thoughts:

1- I’ve learned that the bigger they are, the harder they fall, and make more noise on the way down too.  No falling silently for them!

2- Have you considered a doggie gate?  😃

[september]

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@QVCkitty1 wrote:

I’m sorry for you loss. However, as much as we miss our loved ones, it doesn’t mean we ever got annoyed with them. We are supposed to ignore honest feelings because someone might die . Again, I’m sorry for your loss, but this poster is entitled to her feelings without being shamed. 🌺

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I don’t see @halfpints comments as being shaming.  I see it as seeing this situation from another side. I also lost my husband....would love to have him back, even if he somewhat upset my schedule due to having a cold or some other minor illness.  

My husband had Alzheimer’s disease as well as Lewy Body Disease.  His brain disorders changed his personality in ways he couldn’t control.  

A cold is nothing.  You recover from that and move on.  People don’t recover from many other illnesses