My husband had never seen anything bigger than a dog I don't think before he met me!! I introduced him to the ponies, then the goats and hens. He never really had much to do with them, but would reluctantly come to farm sales, and agricultural shows, although not really enthralled by it. He still isn't!!
My ex partner was a sheep farmer, so that was a bit better. He was very useful at things like foot trimming and worming etc. I would trek round the fields with him at lambing time, otherwise I would not see him for days, as he was out all hours. We would go to farm sales, sheep sales, agricultural shows, and at least we were both interested in such!!
His parents were farming people, but rather old fashioned, and although I knew them from the village, and they me, I had not been formally introduced as the girlfriend. At one show, we saw them coming the other way, and their son let go of my hand and put some distance between us - almost as if he was embarrassed for his parents to see him with a woman. He was 28!!