Husband wants males friends but isn’t into sports

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guy here and I'll what might be a counterpoint. I get along with the other dads and make small talk when we are together for kids events but I wouldn't call them friends. I have some friends from when I was growing up that I see maybe once every 3-4 months. To be completely honest with all the work involved with raising our young children I don't have the time for making new friends. Maybe when the kids are older or out of the house.

Male friends are people you have worked hard together with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Claims he doesn’t fit in with any of the dads we frequently interact with at our kids games. Since he never played sports, he seems to believe he will never have close male friends. This is causing all sorts of self esteem issues and I’m not sure how best to support him.

Why is it your responsibility to support him in this.

Ah, because that's what married people do. Support each other. It's no wonder there are so many bad marriages on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Claims he doesn’t fit in with any of the dads we frequently interact with at our kids games. Since he never played sports, he seems to believe he will never have close male friends. This is causing all sorts of self esteem issues and I’m not sure how best to support him.

Why is it your responsibility to support him in this.

Ah, because that's what married people do. Support each other. It's no wonder there are so many bad marriages on DCUM.

No. PP is right this is mommy behavior. , so I guess in that way you are right many marriages fail because one partner act like a child and the other grows tired of parenting them

[Anonymous]

Sports isn’t the issue. My husband isn’t really into sports but he has plenty of friends. Many of them we have met through school or other community things. Yes, he can talk sports enough to be manly haha but he can talk about almost any subject. He is a voracious reader of history such as the Civil War and WW2 and his friends really enjoy talking about it but they will never do a book club.