Do you encourage your spouse/partner to spend time with friends?

I've always encouraged my girlfriend to spend some time with her friends & vise versa... There are times when she kicks me out of the house just so I can spend some time with my friends... I always like spending time alone & that's not to say I don't like spending time with my girlfriend, I think it's important for me to keep some of me time... I get 3 weeks of vacation from work & I make sure to take at least 1 of them on my own... She's absolutely for it...

I do let him do whatever he wanted to his life. It is not that bad for him to mingle with his friends, especially with his brothers. They need to have a break spending time with them. As long as he knows his responsibility as a husband and a father to our own family.

I wont encourage my partner to hang out with his friends if he doesn't feel or ask. It is better he stays at home and spend time with me and the kids than hanging out with friends. It's fine once in a while, but pushing him to do so...is a big No.

I know! Why do people get so-set on 'being individuals?' I've been an 'individual' for too long; I thought marriage was meant to make you "part of something"---an 'individual' part, yeah; but incomplete without the whole!

I am a big believer in your lover keeping their friendships alive and well. I think that these people have been a part of their lives for so long, that I do not wish to break anything up. so I encourage such relationships to just keep on going and going. Even with family. I know, that when I enter a 'inner circle' with a man I love, I will be an outsider to them, not to him, but to them. They will probably feel threatened, that can happen with family and friends. However, I believe in just taking my time, those who like me will, those who will not like me never will, but be kind to everyone in his life, even if they do not care for me. I despise drama in relationships. so wish for everything to go smoothly. If some of his friends and family do not like me, I will still be kind and good to them, because he loves them. That is how I looks at it. I like to think that I'm a good, and positive part of my lovers existence:)_

It depends on the friend or friends in question. He's got a few friends that honestly, he can well do without. They're a bunch of people who just reeks of bad news. I don't want to sound judgmental but if the same friend has been jobless for years now not because of disability or lack of prospects but because he would rather collect unemployment, and another who goes around borrowing stuff and money without you ever seeing your stuff or money again probably tells so much about the persons. I just don't like my husband hanging around people like that for long. I do let him hang out with his good ones, it doesn't always have to be us every weekend. We also need to see people and have lives outside our marriage to help us grow.

I always encourage my partner to have days out with his friends whenever he can, as I truly believe that it is important for each partner in the couple to be able to at least a little bit of time on their own. When I lived with my partner I was driving him mad because we were spending too much time together, and then we took the decision that we needed to be apart for at least a little while, so we started to plan things away from each other. We have got a lot closer since then, and I know that we did the right thing because of that.

My husband spends so much time at work he does not have time for friendships as such.Although he is a much liked person by neighbours ,family,workmates ect.He has never been one to go for a drink or play sports.It is his choice but he chooses not to.We have known couples who have their own friends and go their own way ,no problem.But we have seen relationships torn apart as one of the couple just go to mad and end up playing away in the wrong way.I see my friends during the day wnen my husband is at work.When we get some time together we make the most of it.

Yeah, I think it's good not to be together all the time, and I want my spouse to be happy obviously. So I tend to encourage anything that he likes, and being with his friends is one of those things. Of course I expect him to treat me the same way, which he does, luckily. Do you have friends of your own that you would like to spend more time with? If so, maybe you should try to do that from time to time?

I am trying to encourage my boyfriend to meet his friends more often. He has really great friends, but since we live together they don't meet much. When we started living together with my boyfriend he would go and play poker with them or some other card game. But lately they don't do even so. His friends became my friends too. Now when we make a party, we really spend a great time, his friends are awesome, I love to see them, because it's my way to relax. Since that happened and we all became friends my boyfriend doesn't want to go out with them if I am not with them. I would like they meet for poker or other things more often. Instead he found a new friend, who is very annoying and insolent. I would say this new friend is the most boring person on our planet. I am sick of this friend and I never go out with them, because all they talk about is computers, websites and so on things, which I am not really familiar with. I wish he had his other friends near him more, because with them it's really funny.

I do. His friends I don't know but seem nice guys. They aren't party animals or outrageous people. And everybody needs some friend time.

As much as possible, I try to encourage my partner to have time with his friends. Because I believe each of us needs time to socialize with others. I also trust him that he will be responsible enough for his actions, that I or other people may not get hurt with it and even his self too.I don't want also to prevent him from the things he want to do because I don't want that he'll prevent me too. Though we're a couple, but at the same time we're two different individuals as well, so I respect him so much.

I may encourage my wife to meet her friends but not always. She has a social life too. We respect our personal space right. They may have "brunch meetings" or dinner maybe. She can go on overnight outings as long she has a companion, a relative or a common friend. So there, my wife also encourage me to go n with my friends. Give and take is all we need here right. Thanks

I think it important in a relationship that you each have some ME time, this could be going out with friends once in a while, or simply your own time in a seperate room doing a hobby you like. I think it would depend how sensible youre partner was too, i wouldnt be very happy if mine went out loads and came home late drunk all the time!