[Saidin]

I really love personal development in general. I like growing and learning and moving towards my goals and living my life with a purpose (even though I haven't found 'my true purpose' yet).

However, my girlfriend/soon to be wife is not interested in it at all. I've tried to gentilly (is that even English?) steer a few conversations in the direction of personal development, but it just seems like she wants to do what she does and that's it. It makes me a bit sad that she doesn't share this interest with me, even though it's become a major part of my life.

Don't get me wrong. She's a perfect partner/friend/etc. to me. I wouldn't trade her for the world and in the 11 years we've been together I've never had the feeling that the gras might be greener on the other side of the fence.

I'm obviously not going to force this interest on her and she doesn't mind at all that I'm spending much time on personal development. I just have the feeling she's missing out on great things in her life and I don't know how to show her, if I even should.

I guess I'm just wondering if anybody else has/had the same experience and how you've dealt with it.