Bit of a dilemma – what to do?

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Yesterday a friend called and asked if I would like to do something with her today (Saturday). Once every week or two we get together for a coffee in the week, but that tends to be a ‘girly’ thing, we don’t really know each other’s partners very well. We met at the village toddler group and we both have some ‘free’ time on weekdays to meet up. Then she asked if I’d like to spend the evening with her because her partner was going out. I said we hadn’t really made plans for the weekend yet and I’d speak to her this morning. Now as it turns out my partner was hoping to get on with some outdoor painting today, so if I went out with the girls in the daytime he would quite appreciate us being out of the way! As for the evening though, I’m not sure what to say. My friend asked if my partner would mind if I went out and left him at home, so she’s obviously not intending him to come along. I suggested she and the girls could come round here but her two girls (younger than mine) go to sleep earlier and she can’t go out and leave them alone in bed. I would rather spend the evening with my own family, especially as my partner will be away with work almost all next week, and although we could all go around to her house it doesn’t sound as though we are all invited! When I lived alone I was always happy to have my friends come round on their own or with their partners, and in general I knew both members of a couple, so I’m not used to this sort of relationship that seems to include only one of us. What should I do? All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2016.