Confused and a tad irritated.

This is very close to my wife and I. She is a stay at home mom and I sell cars for a living. Generally, I am outside most of the day waiting to greet customers, and she is stuck in the house most of the day, and she has always been a very outdoorsy person, and I enjoy being inside watching movies, playing games, that sort of thing.

So it makes sense that she wants to go out when I'm home, and when I'm home I just wanna be home because I've been out all day.

Having a kid makes it a little different than your situation, but I think they are quite similar.

In general, I think the phrase opposites attract is very true with human beings. I also think it's a good thing. It creates balance.

I'm sure you two have some common interests, maybe it's cooking, maybe it's reading, whatever it is, focus on the good things you share together, and appreciate that time spent together doing things you both enjoy.

I get that you want to enjoy the things you enjoy with him, but if he doesn't enjoy those things, isn't it a bit selfish to expect him to do it, and resent him when he doesn't?

Wether he enjoys those things or not, it shows he loves you because he does those things with you because you enjoy them. He doesn't have to like it, and as long as he is at least pretending to have a good time while out on a walk when he'd rather be playing call of duty, shouldn't that be enough to show he's in love with you?

We can't always have our cake and eat it too.

Tldr; enjoy the time you spend doing common interest things, appreciate that he's willing to go out of his comfort zone, and be happy.

On a side note - if he's working part time and you work full time, that guy needs to man up and keep the house clean as a whistle, for real.

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