If Your Partner Has A Talent...

Valdosta, Georgia
January 31, 2013 5:05pm CST
If your partner has a talent, do you ask them to do it for you whatever it is? Like with my husband I always love to see his artwork, I always ask him to see what he has done... I think it is important to want to be involved and see what they love to do. I sing, but my husband never asks me to sing for him...It's okay I just don't think he thinks the same way I do about it... But I think it is important to ask your loved ones to show their talents to us, make them know you care about what they care about and have a passion for...
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• United States
31 Jan 13
Well if I HAD a partner he'd better well have a talent, lol! And I hope it would be making money...hahahaha!..just kidding of course. One of my husbands had great talent on cooking and decorating the house. He was excellent at it and quite the chef. Interior decorating was right up his alley and could put together a room like a professional. Unfortunately he was gay and I didn't stay with him.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
1 Feb 13
Yeah he better! ;) Oh no, he was gay?!? Why was he with women if he was gay? Did he just come out or something? That's crazy. Tell me he decorated the house amazing before you kicked him to the curb!?! And I hope he cooked a great meal for you too before he decided he was gay! Lol. I'm just joking.
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• China
1 Feb 13
Oh,My god! what the heck are you doing....
• United States
31 Jan 13
I think that it depends. I do a lot of writing, but I generally don't expect that my boyfriend will read it. Much of what I write simply isn't stuff that would be of great interest to him. Plus, he has his own work to do; his time is best spent focused on doing his work. I do read his writing. However, my purpose in doing this is to help him edit what he has written. I don't look to him to do the same for me.
• Valdosta, Georgia
1 Feb 13
Yeah but I think its nice if we make it part of our interest. I wish my husband would ask me to sing for him at times, just to know he cares to hear me and what I love to do... I just don't think we invest in the right things at times. Like with my husband and I life gets in the way. Stress mostly gets in the way, money and bills. The small things should still matter and count too.
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• United States
1 Feb 13
Yes, the small things should still matter. I don't know whether what my boyfriend and I do in terms of each other's writing is the best approach or not, but our schedules just don't really allow for much more at times.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
1 Feb 13
Yes, I totally agree with this one. When someone you Love and are married too, has a special talent they enjoy why not ask them to share it with you? I enjoy crocheting and my husband loves to look at some of my finished work. Many times I will even ask him for ideas on what to do next, and does he have any favorite colors. (He was the one who suggested the Green Bay Colors scarf he always likes to wear.)
• Valdosta, Georgia
2 Feb 13
Exactly, I think it is important to share our talents with our spouse! =) And to show we care about their talents. That is so nice that your husband looks at your work and helps you decide on colors! I wish my husband was more involved with my talent... I never really brought it up to him so maybe he just isn't thinking of it since there is so much going on in our life right now. I just think other things get in the way sometimes and that is sad to me, the simpler things are often more important that we forget about...Maybe I will ask him one day if he wants to hear a song I am working on, like for my sisters wedding that I will be singing at in March! =)
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
1 Feb 13
let's see....I don't know any talent that my husband has. I guess, whatever it was never had a chance to be developed because they were brought up differently by their parents. His parents are always busy with their business. So they are often left alone with either their Aunt or the helpers. So all he knows is how to breed those pigeons and fighting fowls....Would you consider that a talent? But I do help him to feed them if he is not home. In that small way, I think I show mu support for him.
• Valdosta, Georgia
2 Feb 13
I think that is great that you show him you care by helping him feed and take care of them. A talent to me is anything unique or anything someone is good at so sure that could considered a talent! =)
• China
1 Feb 13
A man's thought is not always the some as a woman. Our women focus more on feelings and moods,while the boys always do and think in a more reasonable way.
• Valdosta, Georgia
2 Feb 13
I know and understand that my husband does not think the same way I do... That is what I said that he just doesn't think the way I do...
• United States
1 Feb 13
I have always been passionate about my partners' talents. My ex husband was a bassist and I loved to watch him play. Most current ex-boyfriend who is stilla good friend is a tattoo artist and I'm so in love with his talent that I began apprenticing under him! I love to see his artwork and always demand pictures when he is running ink!
• Valdosta, Georgia
2 Feb 13
That is good that you had such an interest in what they do! I think women and men have different thoughts sometimes on this, at least most of them anyway... My husband doesn't really think like I do, I just think he has too much on his mind to think of the simpler things in life like my singing...
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
2 Feb 13
I think that it is important to support one another. My b/f is a musician and I love to paint. He expresses to me sometimes that I need to start painting again. I just can't, I don't have time. I ask him to play me certain songs and I can tell that he really likes to do it..especially if I sing along. Not a talent of mine at all but he likes it because he knows I am enjoying the music.
@trisha27 (3494)
• United States
3 Feb 13
I always ask my husband to show me all the time. Like he is good at taking pictures and most of the time he shows me the pictures he has taken already and so I mostly get to see the all the time. I always support him with his talent and I'm always telling him that he should try and make a career out of it, because he is just that good. But he's like its just a hobby and just leaves it at that. I understand. Me on the other hand I have a very good talent for writing and he always ask me to show him some of the stories that I write. Sometimes I will show them to him and he loves my writings and poems and stuff. But sometimes I like to keep it to myself. But he always encourages me and supports me in to continuing to write. I do want to write like part time and become an author though. So he supports that. Who knows maybe I can ask him to take a picture of certain stuff for a cover of my book.
• India
2 Feb 13
Thanks for sharing lol. My wife is a very good cook, she shares her talent with my daughter in laws, daughter and friends.
@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
31 Jan 13
yes, asking them to do the talents will encourage them to hone, improve and express more on and through it. They love doing that too.
• Valdosta, Georgia
2 Feb 13
Yeah I think it will show them that we care and want to have an interest in what they do. And they will think more highly of their talent as well. =)
• Philippines
31 Jan 13
What your doing is a command for him to do things for your benefits and it is your passion for him to perform what you want him to do. If you want his passion in doing things, let him do it on his own and that will be his passion in loving you.
• Valdosta, Georgia
1 Feb 13
I'm not commanding him to do anything...
@r0cker (300)
• India
3 Feb 13
If your partner has a talent you must surely encourage him/her to nourish his/her talent.It isn't necessary that you also like what your partner likes. What matters is to show your partner that you care about him/her.