Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Convincing the husbands

[Amy Cervantes (cervanta]

My husband loves the idea of having "guys" readily available to watch "the 
game",
grill, share knowledge of doing-it-yourself type work around the house, NOT
having to worry about the lawn, etc.  Also, he's a former chef and looking
forward to the prospect of a captive audience in the common house (but may be a
bit unusual amongst men in this regard...or not.)

MerylD [at] aol.com wrote:

> << I'd have to convince my husband (wife, kids) that it'd be a good idea. >>
>
> Hi all:
> This sparked me to thinking that this is actually a problem we're having with
> a fair number of prospects. Several families have extremely interested wives
> (they immediately get how it will be better for cooking, taking care of the
> kids, socializing etc), but the husbands are leary, worried about loss of
> privacy, not being able to do whatever they want with their yard, etc.
>
> Anybody ever do a marketing effort specifically to allay men's concerns? Or
> perhaps men on this list can help us out with some comments about what's
> great about living in cohousing from a guy's perspective, so we can gather
> the comments onto one sheet.
>
> Thanks!
> Meryl Davids
> So Fla Cohousing, where we hope to break ground early 2003
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