OK,I posed your question to my wife (of 51 years) .
She said, quote, " Duh, it means you are not spending enough time with me! " . So, now you know, maybe.....
Well if that is the case it puts a positive spin on the relationship. Who wants to spend time with someone they dislike.
I would be careful however to not assume that spending more time with her is the right solution. Encouraging her to find things she wants to do on her own, which means not having your annoying self around all the time, is a better solution. It would even help if she felt a bit guilty for enjoying herself when you are not there.
I thought just getting her a nice fillet knife would get her interested in fish cleaning
Well if that is the case it puts a positive spin on the relationship. Who wants to spend time with someone they dislike.
I would be careful however to not assume that spending more time with her is the right solution. Encouraging her to find things she wants to do on her own, which means not having your annoying self around all the time, is a better solution. It would even help if she felt a bit guilty for enjoying herself when you are not there.
It does set up one of those Catch 22 type things. She wants to spend more time with him because he is not there much but if he spends more time there, she might find out she does not really like being around him that much.