I do not love shopping, I love my wife.
I was speaking with a couple the other day and the wife mentioned how much her husband liked to shop with her. The husband then gave us the thought for the day, "I do not love shopping, I love my wife." He then went on to talk about how much he loved and appreciated the woman who is both his wife and the mother of his children. All couples have interests they share, it is what brings us together in the first place. It is also true that our spouses have interests we do not share. The question is: do we support, respect and encourage these healthy interests of our sweetheart? Or do we make our spouse choice between spending time with us or doing the things they love? My friend went beyond just tolerating his wife's interest and instead choose to make time spent shopping as time they could both enjoy. Move beyond the bored waiting around to an active participation. Another example is a husband who loves sports. A wife could see that as time wasted or as time t