Bringing My Socially-Anxious Partner On My Family Vacation
The social obligation
If I suggested that my partner and I—just the two of us—go do something, like take a nice walk, he’d worry and say, “Well, won’t that seem antisocial? Your dad paid for this cabin and we’re just going for a walk without him. We should invite him on the walk. I don’t want everyone to think we’re rude.” It was just a walk.