Hub and Best Friend.

Updated on February 22, 2011
E.B. asks from Tacoma, WA
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I love both my hub and best friend. They dont always see eye to eye on things and i want to choose both sides. she was busy with school and i was busy with life so when i met my hub we had been a drift. This is the girl though that if she needed my heart to save her life i would. i would do the same for my hub. she tolerates him enough to ask to go on close vacations, i dont want her always getting bummed out by my hub. and am not asking for advice on picking between the two. the is not the problem. i keep them both advice on how i can help them see better eye to eye or ways i can make sure the water stays still? i want everyone at the end of the day i guess not going grr that just ruined my day. i hope this makes since.

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Thank you all for your advice and input. We only vacation together when we take our kids to great wolf lodge. it is my kids and her lil boys favorite place to vacation. My hub and her have two different parenting styles and they dont meet there. I am not doing it for the attention. I have anxiety problem so, i prepare for these events. i thought we had made it through the trip and he started acting like a butt. He was tired and over done with getting kids reading for bed and what not. i see both there siides to the problems. and i will just have to know that i love them both equally my hub will come first. I think she understands this. i think this is what bums here out. is that no matter what he will always be my hub and she my best friend. again that you for all of your insight.

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M.L.

answers from Houston on

Keep them out of each other's business. Don't go seeking approval of either and don't go gossiping to one about the other either. Every one is entitled to their own opinions. Really through, she goes on vacations with your family? Maybe you can go on the next one without her and have some good time with your hubby. Perhaps there is some jealousy going on there between the two , you probably need to spend more one on one time with the husband, and do just girl night out things with her later.

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S.H.

answers from Honolulu on

You need to realize, that the 2 people are separate.
Not congruent.

You have a 3 way dynamic.
It should not be that way.

No one HAS to all agree with each other and be the same.
That is the problem here.
Your expectations.
And theirs.

Why, do they all have to overlap anyway? And be the same?
They don't have to see eye to eye on things. And you don't have to do what one says over the other.
You make your own decisions.
You are grown up.

Your Husband, though, should not have to compete with her nor should he be put in that position.

To me, the problem is: these are all different people. Even Twins and Triplets...are separate and different. Not identical.
So their and your 'expectations' are not, fair.
The water will NOT be still.
Ever.

Maybe you like all the attention?

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T.A.

answers from Chicago on

Husband comes first. If they don't get along, do things separately with her, without your husband. You don't have to do things as a group...and you shouldn't go on vacation together if they don't get along.

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C.S.

answers from Las Vegas on

If she is your best friend, she will understand, family first.

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M.F.

answers from Youngstown on

Why would you bring your friend on your family vavaction? I find it odd she wants to go with you guys. My friends are my friends and I don't know what my husband and friends would argue about. Even when my husband is being a BIG jerk they stay out of our marriage. Oh they listen when I talk and agree with me but they would never tell him what they thought. That would make it h*** o* me. Same with my man, although I don't usually have fights with my friends..too old for that bull. Your friend and husband should do the same. Don't take her on vacation you are just asking for trouble in more ways than one. I agree with the others and just spend time with her without him. You have a family and seeing your friends should be like rare occasions for you. Your friend needs to get her own life.

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C.O.

answers from Washington DC on

Oh honey!!!

I'm sorry this is a problem for you!!! My best is considered my husband's "other wife"....they get along like peaches and cream!! Do they always see eye to eye? HECK NO!! But it's NOT my place to be referee - they are both adults.

The water will NOT always be calm. And that's OKAY- it makes us appreciate the good days all that much more!!!

if they have a problem with the other - tell them " you are both adults - i love you both - don't make me choose" and let them work it out on their own!!!

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R.M.

answers from Cumberland on

I've had three glasses of wine-so it almost makes sense....you cannot change them-they will almost never see eye-to-eye-but you can ask each of them not to put you in the middle-ever. This isn't a contest or a chance to prove your loyalty to one or the other-one is your best friend-and one is your husband-you care enough to love them both-you are a big person-be proud of yourself!

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S.W.

answers from Atlanta on

Maybe you should do more things separately with both. Do husband and wife things with your hubby and then friend things with your friend. Make it so they do not have to see each other all of the time which it sounds like they do. (Maybe) but that way when all of you do something together...maybe it would be a little less stressful for all. Hope that helps a little. Good luck

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L.R.

answers from Washington DC on

Why does she get "bummed out" by your husband? She won't be bummed if she doesn't see him. If the being bummed is because you can no longer spend time with her like you once did before marriage, she will have to learn to work through that as a fact of life.

Keep the two of them separate. It sounds from the post like you are spending time with both of them together, which is asking for trouble. Going out with her doesn't have to involve him (I'm assuming here he is willing to watch the kids while you have the occasional afternoon or dinner out with her...?). Going out or staying home with him doesn't have to involve her (you know they don't get along, so don't invite her to the house when he's there). And going on vacations with both of them? That must be so tense for you and for them too.

If she's asking to go on vacations with your family, that sounds like she may be a bit needy -- craving your company so much that she will, as you put it, tolerate him. Ask yourself -- Does she cling to you in other ways? If you looked at the relationship from outside, objectively, would you say maybe she is at your house more than most adult friends, even best friends, really should be? Does she have other things and other people and other support systems in her life, or does she depend on you? I am not saying that's the case because it's hard to tell from a post, but it's worth thinking over.

It's great to have friends who are different from each other (and I'm listing your husband as a friend here!). It adds interest and different opinions to your life. But it sounds like she is getting in the way of your marriage, and/or your husband is getting in the way of your friendship. Trying to "make them see better eye to eye" will cause you a lot of stress and grief and isn't your job as a wife or a friend. Think about how you can see her a reasonable amount of time, without him, and definitely I would reassess the idea of vacations with both of them.

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G.T.

answers from Modesto on

they both love you and vie for your attention, sort of like sibling rivalry. Until both feel totally secure they wont ever get along with each other.

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