Well, speaking from experience, I don't think it's a good idea. Last
year when I was travelling with my job, my wife decided to strt going
out. I thought it was just with her friends and I really didn't have a
problem with that but as it turns out she was going out and meeting
other fellas. Needless to say, she is now my ex.

well that's a issue(trust) that should have been settled in each others
minds long before marriage. and if it isn't then why be with that
person?

i'm me before we, so i have no problrem with it.

I GOT THREE WORDS FOR YA,""TRY STOPING ME""

If you can't let them go out by themselves i say your not in a
relationship as in marriage but in a parent child relationship and you
have control issues. if their cheating when they go out then by all
means drop em but don't try to control the situation it'll still be
there no matter what

I do feel its essential. After all everyone needs time away.

I agree w/that, nothing said in my vows I was stuck to his hip 24/7.

You need that time away to regroup and reconnect w/your friends. I
don't see the harm as long as it is not harming the relationship ex.
mistrust, infidelity etc. but a break from one another is needed to
maintain a healthy relationship.

Catch a butterfly, let it go.
If it comes back to you, it IS yours.
If it doesn't, it was never meant to be.

Same with people, we all have friends we enjoy seeing.
That special person is who we want to be with, till the end of time

im gonna have SEVERE issues if he has issues with my goin out with my
friends..they were there LONG before he was

a friendship needs nurtured just like a relationship does...

goin for a "girl's night out" only gives the girl something to talk
about with her man..just like having a hobbie...

outside interests are essential..if not..what the hell are ya gonna talk
about when you're 80, sittin in a rockin chair, or at the breakfast
table eating breakfast?

i'll be damned before i eat breakfast with my man in silence, cuz
there's nothing to say

WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT! IF YOU TRUST ONE ANOTHER,THERE SHOULD BE NO
PROBLEM!!!

HEY ELL....LONG TIME NO SEE...

marriage doesnt connect you at the hip... there still has to be some
personal space... thats why you need trust in a relationship.

Ellgee. What about HE going out for the night or nights wtith, as he
says, with the boys, and having plenty to talk about?

Hello Nascarquety!

Well is it?

I think having some time apart out with friends is a good thing.
We can't be glued to each others hips 24/7 or it becomes co-dependent and that isn't healthy.
However their has to be trust,respect and appreciation given to the fact we are with someone.

I've always believed in "LOOK, but DON'T touch"...that pretty much says it all...

if there isn't enough trust to go out separately
then you can't call it a "relationship"!

Good for both to have their alone time with other friends. We were both diagnosed as codependent. Finishing each other's sentences can get really weird after a while. There is the loss of the single identity that can happen. One can feel that without the other that they are lost. Been around women who were not allowed to have their own friends. Not a pretty picture. The trust issue can be taken to the extreme. Trust is good. Not having trust in a relationship can be detrimental but not allowed to have friends of your own is the other end of the spectrum.

as most before me said Trust is the key issue, and your still an separate person even though a couple..........so with no Trust what kind of relationship do you have?

if you cant trust the person you have chosen to be with, then you got a problem.