Oh honey. I read 10 books or more every month. I read in bed, on the sofa, on the pc, on the ipad, everywhere really. My husband even gets read out loud too. - We are in the same room, but doing different things because togetherness has nothing to do with being focused on the same thing all the time.

I dont know how you can explain that to a young husband though. His need for you to do the same things have more to do with insecurities and the "idea" or "concept" of what it means to be married. - I never really cared what my husband thought about my reading, and I was certainly never bothered about it at school or at home. - You are an adult now though. You are old enough to carry the things that matter to you, solely on the drive of your own need and validation of those things. If everyone else disagrees or feels jealous about the time it is taking, you can shake your head and say: but this is important to me, so Im not giving it up - each of you need to decide without bothering me with the process of decission, how to handle that, or let go of your need to control this.

And then you let go of the idea that you need their good will about your reading. - Read everytime you feel like it. You make the rules. NOONE ELSE. - if your husband wants to control that, you didnt marry the right man. Thats the naked truth!

3 hours for reading on the weekend. - Thats so little time. - Read 3 hours a day if you want. Read out loud to your husband if he is open to trying that. - If he isnt, its not about spending time with you, its about him controlling what you do, under the cover of doing the things he greenlights.