How family-ish are you as a family?

Tricky one, we are a family of 3 and find a lot of board games a bit difficult with ‘just’ 3 people - but we do other things as a family regularly - dog walks, card games, quizzes, meals, trips out. DH will come and support mine and DDs shared hobby even though it’s quite boring for him (generally quite boring if you aren’t in to it!) and they have specific TV shows they watch together (latest is Dr Who).

Yes, I agree, I think you need to talk to him about family time.

I also have an only child and very much prioritise getting together with extended family lots, especially his cousins so there's other children to play with. I don't know if that's an option for you, appreciate we're lucky to have extended family nearby.

Would your husband do a nice day trip out somewhere fun just the three of you? Tell him you're concerned about lack of quality family time.

We always played board games together. Would DH and me sometimes rather not and just please ourselves? Of course, but when you have children, you have to make an effort. You have to engage, you have to create a family.

DH has never really been one for board games so playing those as a family has been fairly few and far between. Thought I played them a lot with the DC when young.

we do watch tv together on a Saturday night. Even now they’re teens/young adults. Dd2s boyfriend often also joins us. We have a lot of family BBQs in summer and always have Sunday dinner together. We still do quite a lot of days out as a family and our holidays are always fun and we spend all our time hanging out together. So I’d say we’re fairly familyish.

does your DH say why he doesn’t want to participate. Are there any family activities he does enjoy? DH doesn’t like board games but is always up for a family movie night.

We do, and always have done lots of things with our dc, but I wouldn't watch Britain's Got Talent unless you paid me a LOT of money.

I can't say I'm a fan of board games either. I'll join in if pressed at Christmas, but I've got other things I'd rather be doing most of the time.

You have to find things that you do enjoy doing together.

What does your dd do outside of school ?

What do you, or your dh like doing that you can introduce her to ?

We do a lot together as a family. We have shared sports we do together and when they aren’t on, we plan day trips together. We eat together most days at least once and Saturday nights are family night unless one of us has other plans with friends etc. I would suggest that, if you want this sort of set up, talk to your partner about how you feel and see if you can plan more activities together but still allow for everyone to have some of the free time they like too. I’d also be encouraging your partner to spend 1-1 time with your dd and build their relationship.

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Get rid of him - sounds like you and dd will be a happier family without him. A man who can’t even be bothered to sit and watch something their child is excited about? No.

Have you asked your DH why he doesn't want to sit with you, or play games with his DD?