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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t really think it’s fair to expect your DH to do those things with your kids when you don’t, either. I’m the outdoorsy one, so I’m the one that gardens, takes the kids to nature areas, etc. DH is great at playing with toys, which I hate doing, so it balances out. I have found a couple things that work: 1. I do as much outdoors stuff as possible, and DH eventually tags along. For example, I started doing a long evening walk every night. DH stayed home at first but now tags along. He still complains the entire time, but oh well.... 2. Whenever a mutual male friend of ours does something “manly”, I fawn over it. “Katie’s husband build an entire raised garden for her, I’m so impressed he did that, she’s so lucky to have him”. “Denise’s husband took them camping last weekend, check out their pictures” (show pics of her husband shirtless and doing manly things). You don’t want to overdo it, but do just enough to trigger that male competitiveness. [/quote]
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