hey everyone
thought i'd post on here to see if i am in minority thinking my marriage might be over. dh and i have been married for 7 years and have a 1 year old daughter. we come from different cultures and backgrounds, although nothing too radical, i.e. both come from european countries and our families are different in terms of drive and ambition. i was brought up to be motivated and ambitious but to a sensible level with all your tipical family values. my dh was brought up in a good family but has never had much of a drive in terms of his career, he has his own business now but no other interests. and i guess this is where the problem lies. he does not like to socialise, go to theatres/galleries etc. i think you get the point. he is simply happy to come back from work, eat and sit in front of the tv. he has no hobbies and we very rarely talk about anything as nothing seems to interest him except his parents and his business. in other words i am very bored in my marriage and have brought it up on a number of occassions, sugar coted and not but nothing seems to work, i.e he is ok for a week or so and then goes back to his old self. he has never helped out much around the house and i don't mean necessarily cleaning. he apparently hates any kind of diy and i end up doing all the things that a man would tipically do around the house. he has never helped much with our daughter either and since i've had her it all really hit me as to how unhappy i am with him. before you say it i am not depressed as feel very upbeat about my life and enjoy getting back into my career i just find i am starting to dred coming home, only looking forward to seeing my daughter, and when i am not with him i don't even think about him anymore it's as if the feelings i've been having for so long are slowly killing my love for him. he is very generous and works hard to bring the money in but so do i and i don't feel i should be settling for somebody simply on this basis. when we got marries i knew we were a little different but i thought with time some of my energy would rub off on him and it did because he started his business whilst with me but then it stopped there and it seems i want more from life and he so does not!