Parents of young children should still take time to pursue their hobbies and interests.

This woman’s husband spends most of his weekends hunting, fishing, or planning his next trip.

Meanwhile, she’s left juggling work, childcare, and the occasional workout or book club night.

When she finally asked him to scale back, he accused her of trying to take away his happiness.

Was his response valid? Read the full story below and weigh in.

AITA for being upset that my husband spends so much time on his hobbies when we have two little kids?

My husband (38M) and I (37F) have two young kids (2F, 4M).

The issue we’ve been fighting about lately is how much time each of us gets for our hobbies and personal time.

Over the past five weekends, he’s spent four half or full weekend days doing something related to fishing or hunting.

He’s also going on a four-day deer hunting trip in a few weekends.

This woman’s husband has gone on a lot of weekend fishing trips.

In July, he went on a week-long fishing trip to Canada (Saturday to Saturday).

Throughout the rest of the year, he goes fishing for a full day once a month.

He uses a lot of his PTO for this.

Which means I will have to take care of the kids solo over winter break.

She goes out only a few times a month, so she’s always left at home to take care of their kids.

Meanwhile, my “hobbies” are a workout class 1 to 2 times a month.

And a monthly book club (which is usually a weekday night).

I also work a demanding job and I travel for work, so I already feel guilty being away.

To me, that’s a lot of time, especially when I’m home with one or both kids.

Sometimes, he will bring my son fishing with him.

But even then, he is gone all day, which means that we don’t get to have much of a fun weekend doing family stuff.

She tried to talk to her husband about balancing things out, but he was defensive about it.

When I brought this up, he got really defensive and said I “don’t want him to do the things he likes.”

And that he doesn’t get enough time for himself.

But from my perspective, it feels like he has plenty.

And his expectations are too high for how much time you get to spend on yourself as a parent of young kids.

So, AITA for asking my husband to scale back a bit on his hobbies?

If not, give me some suggestions for new hobbies that will take me out of the house for full days.

Let’s find out what others have to say about this.

Time to have a hobby, says this one.

This user makes a valid point.

This one makes sense, too.

Meanwhile, this person gives their honest opinion.

Finally, short and simple.

A healthy marriage is all about balance and understanding.

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