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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So let's use the store example since that happened today. So his reason was that I didn't ask however he was getting ready to go to hang with the boys. Nothing urgent or time sensitive going on with his friends.

Will asking really change things?

He has such a sense of urgency for them but never initiates anything with the kids.

Are most men gathering the family to go out for walks or suggesting shows or movies to watch together if it's raining out? Am I too unrealistic? I'm not sure as to what other people do when everyone is home at the same time.

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It doesn't really matter how most men are, it matters how your husband is. For the record, my husband did not initiate family walks or find family friendly movies or shows, or even consider things to do with little kids. He's amazing with teenagers, but he had no idea what to do with little kids and I had it handled so he ignored it. Until I started using my words and saying I needed him to do more with the kids. I'd say we were going for after dinner walks, and I expected him to join us. When it became habit, yes, he did begin initiating sometimes. On rainy weekends I'd involve him in the brainstorming for what to do with the kids. When I was doing it all myself, it was exhausting, but he had no idea what to do and I wasn't giving him the space to figure it out himself because I had it handled.[/quote]

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