SEARCH FINESCALE.COM

Enter keywords or a search phrase below:

Your significant other

5807 views
39 replies
1 rating 2 rating 3 rating 4 rating 5 rating
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 18, 2005 12:03 PM
Yeah Phil-it's okay for your SO to be uninterested but it's cool when they're tolerant. My Ex's wanted me to stop making models and get back to doing bird paintings so we would have more cash.

  • Member since
    October 2004
  • From: Northern Indiana
Posted by overkillphil on Monday, July 18, 2005 10:59 AM
My wife is completely uninterested in my hobby yet is understanding and supportive enough to give me no guff whatsoever. She looks at detail painting and says 'There is no way I could have the patience to do that' Yeah, this coming from a woman who spent the better part of a year knitting a lace shawl that took Best of Show a couple of years ago. I'll have to post a shot of it someday. That is far more a work of art than anything I'll ever build.
my favorite headache/current project: 1/48 Panda F-35 "I love the fact that dumb people don't know who they are. I hope I'm not one of them" -Scott Adams
  • Member since
    February 2004
  • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
Posted by LemonJello on Monday, July 18, 2005 7:07 AM
Lady LemonJello has her own hobby, scrapbooking, but we support each other and even borrow tools/techniques from one another from time to time. She's not a big fan of the growing stash, but is pretty understanding since I usually only buy kits with gift money (birthday. Christmas, etc..). Her only complaint lately is that I'm in a seperate room when I work, so we can't really talk while we work. In our last home we both sat at opposite ends of the dinner table, now we each have a desk/workbench.
A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade... The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.
  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Sunday, July 17, 2005 6:46 PM
My wife has been very supportive, but is getting a bit annoyed with my ebay buying and lack of finished kits. I tell her I'm stashing for retirement. Big Smile [:D]

   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

 Eric 

  • Member since
    September 2003
  • From: North East Texas
Posted by roadkill_275 on Sunday, July 17, 2005 3:42 PM
My wife supports me with my addiction. She has even bought kits for me to build and put on "her" model shelf, mostly Star Wars but a few cars and planes to boot. As far as actually building, she doesn't have the patience for it.
Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: phoenix
Posted by grandadjohn on Sunday, July 17, 2005 3:16 PM
My ex supported me, she even bought me my first airbrush for Christmas
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 17, 2005 2:40 PM
my girlfirend supports me 100%, she even buys me some kits that she know's i'll want. She's at hobby lobby right now getting me the Academy 1/32 F-16 (it's my birthday in afew days, i told her that's what i want)


She's built a few, they may not be the best, but still pretty darn good for a beginner =)
  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Oak Harbor, WA
Posted by Kolja94 on Sunday, July 17, 2005 11:59 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by trowlfazz

Hey Q! Here's a post I made in another thread:
Both my ex-wives and even my wonderful mother never understood my passion for models. Even now-every time I date someone-they ask why I waste my time with toys. Well-my answer is: "They don't bitch and I don't have to buy them dinner."-I'm gonna be single a long time.




I wouldn't complain about that Big Smile [:D]

Karl

  • Member since
    July 2013
Posted by DURR on Sunday, July 17, 2005 11:54 AM
yes dan you may be single a long time but....
happyBig Smile [:D]
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 17, 2005 11:10 AM
Hey Q! Here's a post I made in another thread:
Both my ex-wives and even my wonderful mother never understood my passion for models. Even now-every time I date someone-they ask why I waste my time with toys. Well-my answer is: "They don't bitch and I don't have to buy them dinner."-I'm gonna be single a long time.

  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: Central USA
Your significant other
Posted by qmiester on Sunday, July 17, 2005 11:00 AM
This is for those of you here who have a "better half" (wife/husband) with whom you reside with. I was just reading a thread in which a gentleman was proudly showing off (as he should) his wifes current project. I got to wondering how many people here have a significant other (Ok, not just married folks but those of you who have a girlfriend or boyfriend too) who actively participate in this hobby. I know there are a significant number of couples who participate in model railroading but what about plastic modeling?
My bride of 35 1/2 yrs has actively supported me in my hobbies since we were first married (although there have been some rough times early on). She's built a few models (a couple of cars and two or three planes). She really prefers Gardening and Crafts. (Although if I wander in with an N scale wooden Craftsmen kit for the little N scale layout I piddle with, she'll snag that sucker in an instant and build it). We help each other in our hobbies (Honey, will you hold this in place while I do that?), even sharing tools (hey, in our place, I'm 90% more likely to lose something than she is). Anyway, does your significant other A. actively participate B. actively support your hobby, C. think you're weirder than a 2 headed frog, or D. just ignore you hoping its a passing phase?

Approve [^]Approve [^]Approve [^]Approve [^]Approve [^]
Quincy
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY!

Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.

SEARCH FORUMS
FREE NEWSLETTER
By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy.