Originally Posted by Yail
Originally Posted by Living
So I get home and notice that he didn’t move his things in the other room. OK so I never answered your question. You could have still taken the initiative to move your things into the other room.


Does this refer to the MBR? The other way to look at this inaction is that that space is YOURS now. He is viewing it as yours, and to enter without express permission would be crossing a line. Perhaps he's being passive aggressive, perhaps he was being lazy or trying to push your buttons. But from this moment forward, that space is your space and the room he is staying in is his space. I would vote that you don't enter either one without a polite request. Other areas are common areas, but I think you both need an area you can retreat to without fear of the other person entering.


Yail, yes I’m staying in the master bedroom he’s staying in the spare bedroom. He’s been sleeping in the spare bedroom but still getting dressed and bathing in my room and bathroom. So he asked me if it would help me if he moved his things out and started sharing the hall bath with our son. However, I didn’t respond to his text message. I was at work.

When I got home he hasn’t moved his things. This morning he came in my room got dressed, brushed his teeth, shaved, etc. I went in to use the restroom and I caught him looking at me in the mirror.

I totally agree with you about our respective spaces. So the boundary I’m setting is he needs to stay in the spare room and use the hall bathroom. That is why I took the initiative to move his things out of the MBR myself. I no longer want him feeling comfortable coming in and out of my space. And I won’t go in his space either. No need to. He wants to be separated, he’s going to get what he asked for.


Original BD: 10/26/2017
PA: 10/2017 - 11/2017
Second BD: 09/15/2018
Currently: IHS
M: 42 H: 45
S: 22 lives on his own D: 18 away at college S: 15 still lives at home - the only child we share together