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[quote=Anonymous]It’s great that you are passionate about your new hobby, OP, but I’m not sure why you feel the need to foist it on your DH. A PP noted that you are perhaps newly married as well as new to home ownership? If so, this is a great time to start talking about how you will split up household responsibilities, and I hope you can do this without making assumptions about which person should do what based on gender roles.

I’ve been happily married for over 20 years and have owned three homes with DH during that time. In those 20 years, we have both worked full-time while raising three kids, and the only household DIY tasks (outside of cleaning) he’s done are hanging photos, holding ladders for me, and moving things that are too heavy or high up for me to handle. I make 100% of the calls to repair people and 100% of the interactions with them and contractors during renovations are on me. Which is fine, because I’m handy and enjoy all that stuff and he’s very much not and doesn’t.

I also do all the grocery shopping and cooking because I’m good at it and mostly enjoy it.  I don’t resent any of his lack of effort in these areas, because he’s a great dad and husband who more than pulls his weight in other ways. Dividing and conquering is often a great way to go. [/quote]

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