Being Understood

[minimart]

I took my wife out for lunch yesterday. She blew me away when we went into a store and she started pulling Rackham blisters off the wall. She bought me 12 packs!!!!! What a great gift, of course she says she has dibbs on her favourite but that suits me just fine. She is a stamper so she understands the obsessive nature of the hobbylol

Does anyone else have a tale of this nature, or heaven forbid the opposite type.

 

[Sand Rat]

Well, my current wife let me spend 1/5th of our tax return at the local mini shop - and helped me find the minis I was looking for.

 

[Dragonsreach]

As my wife usually sits beside me when I\'m CMON\'ing she liked this:

http://www.coolminiornot.com/28399

And since the comment is off the screen here it is:

Rating: 9
Well you\'ve got the real seal of approval my wife who\'s viewing with me really likes this one. She thinks that the colour scheme and paintwork is one of the best we\'ve seen. So much so that she\'s just told me to get the mini and paint it. (There\'s a first). As for my opinion:- This is a very finely worked paintjob well deserving the score. The illustrations on the book remind me of Leonardo Di Vinci. Well done. ( & Thanks)

 

[green stuff]

[Start geek mod]Do your wives have single sisters ?[End geek mod]

 

[supervike]

I keep all purchases completely secret from my wife.

She does however constantly wonder why I lock the door to my little art room...

I tell her it is because of the porn.lollol

 

[minimart]

For me it is usually a matter of trading stamps for minis. You get that so I get this and vice versa. She hasn\'t noticed yet that my briefcase is my new mode of bringing minis into the house, or has she?lollollol

@GreenStuffLisa only has an older sister who is spoken for sorry

 

[green stuff]

Message original : minimart
@GreenStuffLisa only has an older sister who is spoken for sorry

Ah, too bad, I would have loved to see Canada, but thanks anyways .

 

[Lurch]

Originally posted by supervike
I keep all purchases completely secret from my wife.

I do the same...
But she hides her purse and shoe purchases from me, so we are even...
What we dont know cant hurt us... right?? Right?? ???

 

[t_haye2]

well, an ex boyfriend i had never did understand why I valued painting toy soldiers so much, especially since it did not really involve any creative porcesses, and it wasn\'t nearly as important as the other creative departments at my old work...never did forgive him that one.

 

[minimart]

@Tammy he probably didn\'t have hobbies of his own, and if I dare open up a can, alot of us males of the species can be short on the understanding department hopefully we learn as we go aided by a good teacher( read significant other )

BTW if what you do isn\'t art or creative what did he call it?

 

[Sturmhalo]

Originally posted by minimart
@Tammy he probably didn\'t have hobbies of his own, and if I dare open up a can, alot of us males of the species can be short on the understanding department hopefully we learn as we go aided by a good teacher( read significant other )

BTW if what you do isn\'t art or creative what did he call it?

We all know Tammy\'s not an artist! lol Don\'t want to start that argument again!

As for understanding... there is no understanding what motivates the female of the species!

 

[minimart]

sorry sturm....shoud\'ve realized. I\'ll go back to my paint by numbers nowlol

 

[Evil Dave]

My girlfriend is totally supportive of my hobby, even though I haven\'t picked up a brush in a year. She oohed and aahed over the eldar titan just as much as I did.

 

[green stuff]

Message original : t_haye2
well, an ex boyfriend i had never did understand why I valued painting toy soldiers so much, especially since it did not really involve any creative porcesses, and it wasn\'t nearly as important as the other creative departments at my old work...never did forgive him that one.

Was he blind???

 

[Errex]

Maybe just uneducated?

 

[Sturmhalo]

My GF really doesn\'t understand the little model soldiers thing. But as I say, she\'s unfathomable to me, so that makes us about even!

 

[Herb the bitter]

Though she isn\'t into minis, my wife quilts, so she is sympathetic to my slow, time consuming hobby.

 

[t_haye2]

@minimart: well, that would have been a good explanation, if it wasn\'t for the fact he worked at the same place I did.....

 

[minimart]

I would venture to say, not having known the person that possibly your talent was something he could not match so rather than overcompensating in his own work to lift himself up he diminished yours to deal with his own issues. Dime store psychology

There are plenty of men here who willingly acknowledge your talent.BTW did I mention how insecure we males are?lollollol

 

[Sturmhalo]

Stop drooling Minimart! It\'s undignified.

lol