I am a pretty keen diver, who often goes on dive vacations. Recently I started dating someone who wouldn’t come near anything dive related with a ten foot pole (not even snorkel!) due to fears, etc. Otherwise, the relationship seems to be going fine.
Have any of you had similar experiences? How do/did you deal with it?
We both have interests the other does not share, so we spend some of our free time, even whole vacation trips separately. I love not having a non-diver trying to divert my attention or the conversation on a dive trip, and I dearly love not needing to be there when he does motorhead stuff in the company no one but motorheads that only wish to discuss motorhead stuff. Vive la difference.
Don’t push if the other is not interested: uniterested in your hobby is a much nicer situation than uninterested and throughly fed up about being pushed to do something she doesn’t want to do. She is every iota as entitled to her likes and dislikes as you are. remember to always act like you believe it - I’m sure we all have a little trouble wish that sometimes.
You don’t have a problem here, just enjoy the things you do enjoy together and good luck.