Dude, thanks for providing the dad's perspective. Neither DD nor I are actually girly. She does not have any dolls and while she does enjoy cooking (actual and pretend), she is a lego, painting, jumping off the walls, outdoorsy kind of girl. While my DH and DD have shared interests, their intensities are wide apart.
Colomom, I agree that father daughter bond is so crucial. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and want dd to have the same. If only my dd would slow down a little for her dad or DH would learn to keep up with DD. DH is very orderly and risk averse. So a simple thing like a playground visit would turn disastourous (dh upset, dd crying for mommy) as soon as DD wants to climb and jump from a rock or collect dirt or run around like a crazy person. I actually think it is not a bad idea for dd to have to adjust to my dh but wish my dh would make more of an attempt to respond to dd's enthusiasm.
squishy, my DH is totally into cars too. DD has learnt a lot about cars from him. Problem is he has a lot of collectibles and she would rather take them apart than listen to him explain its inner workings to her theoretically.
