There is nothing wrong with him. And there is nothing wrong with you. You just have different life "views" and goals. You have different baggage and that luggage doesn't match-up. You have to work it out now (since you're married and not just gf/bf and could break up) or risk living like this for, oh, another 50 years or so (I take it you're in your 20s?)
It's like that with my wife and I. She is actually physically sick, though. Her back is really bad, she gets a lot of migrane-type headaches. I take my kids out and do stuff with them on weekends. She tends to stay home. Once in a while, we go out to lunch together but I'd like more than that. She watches tv all day, will make dinner 3-4 nights a week and read email from dozens of internet forums on crafting daily. But she doesn't do any of the crafting she is so interested in. I gave her a wonderful new sewing machine for Christmas - it sits idle (she loved it and really was excited to use it). Not sure if it's depression or some other mental-block that is causing her to sit idle. Being in our 40s - what kind of life do we have together for the next few decades?
Talk with him and he may say "I like to do what I like to do" - you then will have to do stuff on your own. Married people really don't have to do things together. You can go out with friends, you can go to the park, you can get quality-time with the world without him and still be married. Sure, you'll want him to come along - but he won't (judging by your post). So, either you go and do it and let him know how much fun it is and some day he can join you - and if he says "you can't go..." then you have got to look at where you are in life and what your needs are. You have to stand up for your own needs and go for them. If he says no, you can't go - go anyway. You need to challenge that if it comes up. Husbands cannot forbid you from living your life - unless your from one of those countries which has that built into their culture. I hope you see my point here - you need to be you. He already is him.
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