How unusual is this regarding my husband in your opinion?

If he treats 6ou well and the marriage is basically pretty good, then this all sounds like nitpicking. It doesn’t matter if we think it’s unusual.

To each is own. My dad read one book that I know of. That isnt a textbook. Why your child is hyper-active?

I am sure he is a great guy and you love him very much. Like the Navy history too.
But as regards the other, I would call that weird.
But one or two of my friends think I am weird because whenever it is practical I listen to books and music, and when it is impractical to listen, I read. I read a book a week, listening or not.
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But how does he develop himself. How does he prevent himself from staying in one place. Seems sort of like a dead end. Not that I care. It’s his business. Just wondering.

Well that defines my husband too. Oh my well.

He’s an android.

I have no idea how unusual that is. I have never known a person, man or woman, who didn’t either read a lot, have a lot of music, or both.

In the last 28 years (time with my husband) I have probably read 10 books cover to cover, and 4 are from when I was in a book club for 4 months. I don’t enjoy it. Reading a book feels like homework to me. There have been Q’s here about reading, and like in the real world, a lot of people have a lot of judgement about it. I do agree to learn a lot of in depth material on a topic, reading is probably the best way to accumulate a lot of knowledge, unless you happen to live near the expert on the topic you are interested in and they will take the time to share all of their knowledge.

I do read, I am not void of it. I read Fluther, and I read articles on topics I am interested in. It’s just in short bits.

Most of what I know is learned through life experience, TV shows, and talking to people, or attending lectures and discussions. The best thing that happened for me was TV developing into a medium that has informational channels and shows.

As far as music. I do through phases, but overall, I enjoy listening to music. As I aged I cared less about hearing it constantly though.

I can watch TV for hours, but I also like to get out of the house everyday. Maybe one day a week I’m home all day, but I’m doing stuff, I am not home in bed or on the sofa the entire time.

I’m guessing your husband is probably a little depressed. It’s depressing to lose some physical abilities.

Back to the reading though, there are a lot of people who don’t read books. Even people like me with a college degree, and my husband has his masters, and he almost never reads books for pleasure either. It has to be a book recommended to him by someone in particular for him to consider it. I think people stereotype people who don’t read books as ignorant, and maybe uneducated, and that is a mistake.

Everyone is weird in our own ways. It’s part of what makes life interesting. I find the music part stranger than not wanting to read, but it’s not like he doesn’t have things he’s interested in.

Maybe he would rather experience life than read about someone else?
Some people prefer tactile experiences ,while others are visual ( reading) .
Sound like he is wanting to experience life on his own terms .. this type usually likes travelling a lot .
( could be what he is wanting to do?).
We do not know him and could not speculate much more,but I suggest asking him outright on what makes him feel alive?
Some delve into books to escape while others actually travel in real time. ( free Spirits)

He cant travel anymore. He walks with difficulty , shuffling along and if he trips on anything he’s going down!

@Aster What about a walker or electric cart? Does he get out at all? I vaguely remember talking about this before.

He has a walker and electric cart but refuses to be seen with either in public. I think it’s partly denial. And no; he doesn’t get out at all. He never complains, thank God.

I hope he eventually starts venturing out.

^^^^^ Seeing him fall to the ground in public is not something I ever wish to see again.