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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He sounds like a taker with main character syndrome. [/quote]

My DH complains about this too. We are both transplants here, so we have no childhood friends or family locally. He rarely attends kids/school functions and only attends kids sports functions inconsistently. Also, he does not want to join a church or country cub because of expense (we could afford it), did not want to buy a house in the neighborhoods known to be more social because houses were smaller/more expensive (wonder why?!?) and did not want me to get involved with being on a board of a local charity because we would actually have to pay money...  noticing a trend? We have plenty of money and could afford all of these things.

He has no motivation to get involved in some group of his own, like playing golf or tennis or pickleball with other men.  I have made mom friends, but they have not translated into couples friends. He expects me to make these mom friends and then have us magically be couples/family friends, and blames me for our lack of having these. It’s very frustrating. He says it’s me and I am not social enough.

I feel like he’s a child who wants me to set up play dates for him. But he does not see that if you want to be part of a community, you have to actually be part of the community. Although it’s frustrating, I also feel badly for him because he experiences it as a type of rejection when really it’s just a lack of understanding your environment. [/quote]

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