That is too bad if you paint an accurate picture.
The only time my husband asks my “permission” for anything is to give me a cue to bail him out of an invite he doesn’t want to accept.
That’s my cue to say something like “oh! remember honey? You’re mother is coming to visit tonight?”
I was not exagerating. If anything, I was being conservative. The man is pitiful. No, scratch that...he’s pathetic.
..and I see nothing wrong with the situation you described. Sometimes my wife will call me if she see’s that the neighbor has snuck up on me outside and is talking to me. I like the guy, but he will talk your head off if you let him. She rescues me by yelling at me to come inside.