How to take more interest in what your husband is interested in
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Sometimes you feel like you and your husband just don't have anything in common and you never spend time doing anything together anymore. When you were dating you spent every free second together, but now there are so many other things going on that you don't see much of each other.
When you are feeling like your spare time is always spent apart from your husband, maybe it is time to do something about it. Your husband spends time working on his hobbies or enjoying what he finds leisurely. If you could find the same things interesting as your husband, you would find more time to be together.
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Find out his interests and do something with them. Make your free time together time.
Use your dinner time or cleaning time together to talk about his interests. Find out what he likes and why he likes it. Ask questions and be openly excited about finding out about them. Let him talk and listen intently, you will be able to hear the passion in his voice.
When you start to find out about his interests, take some of your spare time to find out as much as you can. This can be by doing your own research or by going and participating on your own. Doing this will show your husband that you really care and want to know about his interests.
If you aren't sure about going about his interests alone, then see if he will teach you. He may be very excited to share all of his knowledge and spend some extra time teaching you.
Keep an open mind when you are learning his interests, make sure that you are willing to give it a chance. If it something that you have never wanted to do before, don't listen to all of the negative comments and let them drowned out the positive. Every interest will have positives and negatives from different people.
Don't give up right away. If you find his interest hard or boring at first, don't just give up on it. Make sure that you give it some persistence and dig deep to find his passion. If he enjoys watching a sport, find out about the sport but also the people behind it. Maybe your husband likes mountain biking, learn about some of the people who it professionally.
If your husband is having a hard time letting you in on his interests, that ok. Find interests that are new to both of you. It will be fun to explore something new and learn together. This way you have your interests together as well as your personal space. You may just find something new that you were missing out on.
Be careful that you aren't critical of your husband's interests. Whether you are talking about them or participating with him, be sure that you are staying positive. If you are giving him the impression that you are miserable you will just make him feel bad. Don't try to make him feel bad or guilty about your participation either.
Most of all, do not expect anything in return. You should not expect him to pay the same attention to your interests or expect him to invite you every time he goes. Make sure that you are doing it to show love and not to receive extra kudos.
Making your husband's interests part of your life will enrich your marriage. It will help you to understand each other better and give you a chance for more time together. Your goals in marriage should always be to grow together and become a stronger couple.
