Life keeps on changing and with it we change as well. Our interests, hobbies, the ideas of life also changes with a time. Initially you and your spouse seem to find so much in common.

Both of you like to pursue similar hobbies and interests but with time you start developing interests in different things. Your viewpoint of life changes. Your ideas of good and bad also go for a change. Your husband may have started taking interest in sporting activities and you may be growing spiritual at the same time.

One of you may be developing interest in books while other in the outdoor activities. So the two of you may be spending considerable time away from each other. As a result both of you may find that things are not as good as they were earlier. Different interests leads to different activities and as a result both of you may not be able to spend enough time with each other.  This will create a divide and you will be moving away from your partner. Sometimes the divide is so steep that it may result in separation.

Compatibility is one of the important criterion for marriage. Compatibility comes as a result of shared interests. But because of the changes in the interest and the hobbies, after a while you may start feeling incompatibility with you partner. You may think that you and your partner are too different and may feel that they are a hindrance in your life.

So how to cope with this problem. It is important to understand and respect the change. Nobody is the same person at different points of time in life. You discover different interests and ideas as you grow. Here you need to be mature enough to understand that you need to give space to your partner to pursue his or her hobbies.

You can also start taking and understanding the things which your partner is occupied in. For example, if you husband has grown fond of trekking, you can take interest in that and try to know that what it is all about. Respecting each other as a person goes a long way in making a relationship work.