.....and I'm not just referring to the shaving related AD's.
My wife has put up with a lot of my hobbies. She seems very tolerant of them for the most part. I guess there's worse things I could be doing with my time, but I still think she lets me get away with a lot of stuff.
I collect bicycles. I'm not as bad as some (I have friends who have 60+ bikes), but I don't really NEED 7 bikes. I've considered selling some of them, but when it comes down to making a choice, I just can't do it.
And I really do want to buy a '72 Paramount when I find one in my size.
Of course, when you're interested in bikes you don't just stop with buying the bike. You have to tweak things, and buy accessories for it. Not a cheap hobby.
Then there's riding the bike. I ride around everywhere, and on the weekends I disappear for hours on end on my rides. I hate being in the car so much, that sometimes I'll tell my wife and daughter to go places in the car and I'll meet up with them on my bike.
I collect books. I have several hundred all over the house. I'm very careful about my book buying. I only buy books that I'm convinced I'll read several times over my lifetime. I usually only collect properly bound hardcovers, and first editions, of course.
This hobby has slowed for a while, as I haven't found any really good used bookstores here, and the books I really want these days are way out of my financial reach. I have a list, though.
When we moved last year, we had more boxes of books than anything else. I did move them all myself, though. I didn't want her throwing her back trying to carry them around.
I collect watches and pens. Only mechanical watches, of course. I used to spend a lot of money getting them serviced, but over the last few months I've acquired the expertise and tools to do most repairs and service myself.
Pens are a little lower on the totem pole. I insist on using all the pens regularly, and that keeps me from going overboard with this.
The only time I got into trouble with SWMBO was over a pen though. It was a really stupid move, especially at the time (I was a poor graduate student). The pen is worth about thrice what I paid for it, but I still blush to think of how I convinced myself to buy it.
And now there's this......Shaving AD. She's not really aware of how bad this can get, and the prices here tend to be lower than for any of my other hobbies, but still.....
So are any of you in the same situation, with many hobbies and collection disorders eating up your time and money? How does your SO deal with it?
Again, I'd have to say I've married the most understanding woman.
Now, she does have her own spending sprees. How many shoes does a woman need, anyway???? Oh well! How many bikes do I need? And clothes for our daughter......that's got to the point where I don't want to know how much they spent anymore.
My wife has put up with a lot of my hobbies. She seems very tolerant of them for the most part. I guess there's worse things I could be doing with my time, but I still think she lets me get away with a lot of stuff.
I collect bicycles. I'm not as bad as some (I have friends who have 60+ bikes), but I don't really NEED 7 bikes. I've considered selling some of them, but when it comes down to making a choice, I just can't do it.
And I really do want to buy a '72 Paramount when I find one in my size.
Of course, when you're interested in bikes you don't just stop with buying the bike. You have to tweak things, and buy accessories for it. Not a cheap hobby.
Then there's riding the bike. I ride around everywhere, and on the weekends I disappear for hours on end on my rides. I hate being in the car so much, that sometimes I'll tell my wife and daughter to go places in the car and I'll meet up with them on my bike.
I collect books. I have several hundred all over the house. I'm very careful about my book buying. I only buy books that I'm convinced I'll read several times over my lifetime. I usually only collect properly bound hardcovers, and first editions, of course.
This hobby has slowed for a while, as I haven't found any really good used bookstores here, and the books I really want these days are way out of my financial reach. I have a list, though.
When we moved last year, we had more boxes of books than anything else. I did move them all myself, though. I didn't want her throwing her back trying to carry them around.
I collect watches and pens. Only mechanical watches, of course. I used to spend a lot of money getting them serviced, but over the last few months I've acquired the expertise and tools to do most repairs and service myself.
Pens are a little lower on the totem pole. I insist on using all the pens regularly, and that keeps me from going overboard with this.
The only time I got into trouble with SWMBO was over a pen though. It was a really stupid move, especially at the time (I was a poor graduate student). The pen is worth about thrice what I paid for it, but I still blush to think of how I convinced myself to buy it.
And now there's this......Shaving AD. She's not really aware of how bad this can get, and the prices here tend to be lower than for any of my other hobbies, but still.....
So are any of you in the same situation, with many hobbies and collection disorders eating up your time and money? How does your SO deal with it?
Again, I'd have to say I've married the most understanding woman.
Now, she does have her own spending sprees. How many shoes does a woman need, anyway???? Oh well! How many bikes do I need? And clothes for our daughter......that's got to the point where I don't want to know how much they spent anymore.
Our ten-year anniversary is Friday, and here is what she's had to put up with:
followed up w/ a "your obsessed". I think it's the time I spend on B&B that she reacts to the most. I am a very lucky man, she is very understanding!
