Does your wife support your hobby??

Texgunner

VanceCrozier

If by "support" you mean she doesn't alert the authorities, then yes, she supports my .. ....

 She knows I have a decent stash, doesn't bother me. 

Fixed it for ya with a lil' creative editing.

Can you tell it's a slow morning...students are taking tests.

professordeath

Hmmm...wonder where he's hiding the bodies? Lol

You'll never know!!! Buahahahahahaa!

VanceCrozier

VanceCrozier

If by "support" you mean she doesn't alert the authorities, then yes, she supports my decent stash & doesn't bother trying to put up with me ...

First wife, No..

Second wife, No...

Third wife, sorta, but always b*tched about how much time I spent in the War Room..

Fourth wife heard about the last three.. Yes...

Hans von Hammer

First wife, No..

Second wife, No...

Third wife, sorta, but always b*tched about how much time I spent in the War Room..

Fourth wife heard about the last three.. Yes...

Uh, I detect a trend...

Heh..

Easier to get another wife than it is to 'War Room-break" one..

Mine pays me to....

For my 50th birthday, Six gave me 500.00 and told to buy anything I wanted, as long as was modeling-related..

She's a keeper..

Hans von Hammer

For my 50th birthday, Six gave me 500.00 and told to buy anything I wanted, as long as was modeling-related..

She's a keeper..

Six?!?!  Dude, you're getting close to my late Uncle Jody's count,lol!  He was a serial-"marrier".  As you go through them, ya don't think it could be you do you?

In military terms, six refers to either the commanding officer in a particular group, since the commander is usually "in the rear" or at the 6-o'clock position compared to the other members of the group. Or it can mean behind you (your 6-o'clock).

I'm fortunate that my wife has been a pretty good sport about the hobby. She typically lets me buy whatever without saying much. After having about 55 various HMMWV kits, not to mention other assorted armor, aircraft, ships and Star Wars, she is starting to think an end has to be coming close. Lol

GMorrison

In military terms, six refers to either the commanding officer in a particular group,

Well, there ya go, I'm not in the "loop" since I've never been a militree man.  But, I am glad to learn that!  Thanks for the insider info!

Gary

But Hans, you still sort of remind me of ol' Uncle Jody.

And that's not a bad thing...

My wife does to a point. Of course she thinks I have waaaayyyyy too many kits. However, she can't chaw me out me for she has wayyyyyyyyy too many clothes! We each have our excesses.

My wife hasn't ever made any negative comments about my hobby but on the other hand she hasn't ever made any positive comments about my hobby.

She supports me, being in the "war room", as much as I support her, being in the kitchen making ME some POT PIE!!!

fermis

She supports me, being in the "war room", as much as I support her, being in the kitchen making ME some POT PIE!!!

Both me and my partner are airforce brats. so we both enjoy being around aircraft. She attempted to build a T-6 Texan once, not very successfully. But she tried. She doesnt mind me doing it. It was her idea to designate bedroom number 3 as my office for my models.

I think most girls would rather we play with plastic models than female ones.

It is cetainly a lot better when you have a partner that supports you in what you do,

Yes!  She says it keeps me home and out of trouble.   I'm kind of a homebody anyways and it's a great stress relief from work.

Mike

Mine supports up the point of where I have a section in the basement to build.  She may ask how the build is going or if I finish, but she doesn't seem to know what I exactly like or don't like to build.  

My fiancee supports it as long as I keep the paint smells to a minimum.  Plans for the next house already include a workshop/garage workspace.  And the one time she said I had a lot of models in the closet (probably less than 20 though) all I had to do was show a few pics of some of the more extensive stashes from around here and I got an "oh, never mind, that's actually not a lot ". Plus my monthly IPMS meeting gets me out of the house, and out of her hair

naw, Jimmy, some of us think that we don't have quite enough models, yet

haha, it sort of depends on your outlook,,,,you might see it as "omg, 7 Academy Crusaders, that is too many",,,,,,while I see it as ,,,,,"oh, cool, I have 7, I only need 5 more"

Rex (the guy that was actually disappointed that he 'only' got 5 Airfix Skyhawks)

She's not bad......She often visits the workbench to look things over, ask questions, point out whats good and whats not, and listens to me talk about them.  She also often looks in on all of your builds when she passes by and I'm on the forum.  She sometimes even surprises me with a new kit to add to my stash.  A great example of this, last week she ordered me this without me knowing and it arrived in mail today.

We move a lot and one of the first things she looks or ask for when looking for a new place is a suitable room for me to display all of my builds.

Na...she doesn't support the hobby

All these stories of how a wife supports your hobby are not only amusing,but also probably what makes each and every one of you comfortable modelers. To those of you who are rouge "Weep not" your day will be redeemed.

Yes I am fortunate in that respect. We went to Seattle for our 30th anniversary and spent a good part of the trip at the Boeing museum and at the Boeing plant. I have always felt that my hobby is just that and that it should not negatively impact our monthly budget or spill over into the "common areas" of the house. So I make sure my stash is stored in places that do not adversely affect her and try to make sure I keep the spending in check. She is most often the one to say "look you have earned a hobby, don't feel guilty about buying" whatever it is. When I am off taking pictures at the museums of details that only model nerds care about, she is off reading about the personal stories connected to all of the memorabillia which interests her more than the airplanes. This thread begs another question, if our wives or girlfriends have a hobby do we support them?

Why yes, she does, and yes I support her hobby, reading and counted cross stitch,  although, facebook seems to be taking more of her time, mainly the games.

casually mentioned the new BISMARCK was out and mebntioned the price and she asked if i was going to get it. i'm not but that was nice of her. she sees my 3 shelf stash of stuff i probably won't build since it's in the garage and knows about the 5 shelf stash in the workshop but doesn't mind as long as i am building. i do paint with acrylics and spray enamels and finished in the garage or on the patio.

if she finds anything odd on the floor she asks me if it's a model part before throwing it out.

Back to the bench

This thread begs another question, if our wives or girlfriends have a hobby do we support them?

Oh absolutely, and she has many hobbies. I helped her construct a real nice workroom where she can have at 'em, whether it be her beading, miniature oil paintings, genealogy research, or her fondness for doll houses. Many times, we'll actually work on them together.