I have had many women approach me to ask what they ought to do when their husbands speak endlessly about something they are simply not interested in.
It reminds me of the joke about how an accountant's wife goes to sleep: she asks her husband about his day.
That is the problem.
To submit to the idea of being bored to sleep by hearing your husband speak, crack a joke about it that spreads like wildfire, and also have to complain that your husband is not a good listener.
Giving the wife the benefit of the doubt, you cannot be excited about something you know nothing about.
As a Relationship Coach and a wife, I know for a fact that you can only revel in your husband's happiness for no apparent reason for a limited time.
There had better be something to replace that happiness to ensure that resentment does not take its place.
An ideal replacement would be the reliable gift of knowledge.
Consider courtship, the kind mentioned in books, where entire poems are being memorized and serenaded, where habits are picked up and dropped at the fancy of another.
We are talking about those who alter their likes and dislikes to adjust with the person they want to spend their lives with.
You are married to your husband, what then is keeping you from adopting the same kind of love in your marriage? Perhaps the best advice that I can give for those women who are wondering how to love a husband who has seemingly different interests, is to read up on those unmarked territories.
Accept his hobby as you would want to be accepted for the little indulgences that you have.
His hobby is just as important to him as your carefully hidden candy bar for a rainy day.
Gone are the days when you have to plan a tedious trip to the library; I have yet to find a topic not covered in the internet.
Read up on his hobbies, do your homework, and even when you have got it all figured out, ask him about it so he has the pleasure of you willingly listening in on his favorite topics.
You can either call yourself a golf widow, or read up on golf enough to know what makes your husband tick.
The change comes from the moment you decide on what you would like to identify yourself as: the disgruntled spouse, or the supportive cheerleader.
I have come across women who have experienced a round-about turn in their marriages by simply asking their husbands for a lesson in their favorite hobbies.
Smiling while you watching your husband unwind on the driving range is far better than wondering what he sees in the sport.