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by builderjane
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I’m married to a person who has a lot of wonderful qualities (kind, hardworking, affectionate, wonderful dad), but is extremely limited in his interests (his job, and one particular sport), and they have stayed the same his entire adult life. He thinks and talks about tasks. His questions are about tasks (“what did you do today?”) He is a habit driven repetition machine who is prone to repeating the same bits of conversation day in and day out.

I feel so disconnected and lonely. I have wide-ranging curiosity and passion, particularly about social/political/economic issues. His knowledge base on these subjects is extremely limited. In an article on this site about addressing boring conversations, two bits of advice were to show curiosity and interest in each other. I struggle to feel ongoing curiosity and interest toward the same two topics he’s interested in, as his answers are practically scripted. He doesn’t have much innate curiosity and interest in anything but these two topics. We’ve been to months of therapy and gotten nowhere. I wish I could say about him, “I love to know what’s on his mind, I love to talk with him about all the interesting things going on in our world,” but that’s not the case at all. I dread talking with him because he’s not really able to have an in-depth, well-informed conversation as an equal. Our conversations devolve into my catching him up on basic info.

Would you have any advice for our situation?
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by ben
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Wow I would think in today's COVID world there would be infinite topics relating your passion for politics and society to your husbands role in medicine. It seems you both have desire to serve mankind. How about a volunteer organization or community food bank. I personally find giving back a great way to connect and gain connection especially with your spouse.
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