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02-19-2013, 10:28 AM
#11
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,536
Sierra,
We are not retired (or even old enough yet as we are only 48 yrs old). He works
full time I work part-time (rare occasions I work more then 2 days a week).
I do not ALLOW him to cook, as I am the one who does dishes (load DW),
if I let him do the cooking well lets just say for 2 grilled cheese sandwiches
he will use 4 plates, 1 cheese slicer, 2 knives, 2 spatulas and numerous other
utensils and dishes, all that just to make the 2 sandwiches on the griddle no
less.
He sometimes makes up a pitcher of margarita's just to do that he uses 2
pitcher's, 4 (2- 2cup & 2 - 1 cup) measuring cups, 3 large spoons.
I love him dearly but I don't like spending any more time in the kitchen than
is wanted much less needed to spend in there. LOL
[QUOTE=Sierra;5872695]
"My husband who normally doesn't come to my fabric room unless it is to
ask about when I am planning to make dinner (his way of saying he is hungry)....."
Louise, My babe and I are both retired and he also comes into my quilting room about meals... he comes to tell me I have a 5 minute or 10 minute window and dinner will be on the table!!! It may be because, as I found out years after she died, my mother was famous for being a drab cook (and I never knew it), but my BIL, SIL, sons, best friends' hubbys also all cook. They got bored when they retired, and started experimenting in the kitchen (or, in the case of SIL he likes to cook on weekends). You should encourage your DH to try it. At the very least it will keep him busy while you quilt!!!! LOL
We are not retired (or even old enough yet as we are only 48 yrs old). He works
full time I work part-time (rare occasions I work more then 2 days a week).
I do not ALLOW him to cook, as I am the one who does dishes (load DW),
if I let him do the cooking well lets just say for 2 grilled cheese sandwiches
he will use 4 plates, 1 cheese slicer, 2 knives, 2 spatulas and numerous other
utensils and dishes, all that just to make the 2 sandwiches on the griddle no
less.
He sometimes makes up a pitcher of margarita's just to do that he uses 2
pitcher's, 4 (2- 2cup & 2 - 1 cup) measuring cups, 3 large spoons.
I love him dearly but I don't like spending any more time in the kitchen than
is wanted much less needed to spend in there. LOL
[QUOTE=Sierra;5872695]
"My husband who normally doesn't come to my fabric room unless it is to
ask about when I am planning to make dinner (his way of saying he is hungry)....."
Louise, My babe and I are both retired and he also comes into my quilting room about meals... he comes to tell me I have a 5 minute or 10 minute window and dinner will be on the table!!! It may be because, as I found out years after she died, my mother was famous for being a drab cook (and I never knew it), but my BIL, SIL, sons, best friends' hubbys also all cook. They got bored when they retired, and started experimenting in the kitchen (or, in the case of SIL he likes to cook on weekends). You should encourage your DH to try it. At the very least it will keep him busy while you quilt!!!! LOL
02-19-2013, 12:34 PM
#13
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: So. Nevada
Posts: 814
My Hubby doesn't understand either. He tells me I have a problem. I tell him he should be glad it's fabric and that I'm not addicted to drugs or alcohol. I tell him way more expensive and the effects don't last as long before I would need even more, and one quilt will last a lifetime. :O) He just nods his head. I won't even get started on his hunting and fishing stuff.
02-19-2013, 01:04 PM
#14
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Misssissippi
Posts: 3,196
My hubby and I both have "our" rooms. His is full of his collections (I don't look or ask) and mine is full of fabric and quilting stuff. We both have our allowances to spend as we please. We never argue about money and we have a household account that pays the bills. We live in a 3 bedroom house and have no guest room!
02-19-2013, 04:59 PM
#17
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Rapid City, SD
Posts: 4,961
I have a sweetheart for a husband - when we go on trips he will find the quilt shops and stop so I can look - he takes more time looking than I do. When I talked about needing a bigger room to sew in he thought I should take over the family room. He never blinks an eye at what I bring home - He's a keeper!
02-19-2013, 05:10 PM
#18
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Tasmania
Posts: 343
I don't have a huge stash (compared to some of the photos I see on here) but I am grateful for what I have. A new quilter has joined my local group and signed up for a 6 month friendship swap and has no stash so for most months I will be providing her fabric. (If anyone asks for civil war repros we will both be in trouble).
02-19-2013, 05:51 PM
#19
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: NW PA
Posts: 843
My Hubby doesn't understand either. He tells me I have a problem. I tell him he should be glad it's fabric and that I'm not addicted to drugs or alcohol. I tell him way more expensive and the effects don't last as long before I would need even more, and one quilt will last a lifetime. :O) He just nods his head. I won't even get started on his hunting and fishing stuff.
LOL! I should have mentioned that hunting and fishing stuff to DH this morning! Good point!
02-20-2013, 04:11 AM
#20
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Alabama
Posts: 15,368
Here is another picture to show him. I am in the process or organizing this. And this isn't all. When you are a fabriholic, never go to work in a fabric store. I have given away a lot of it and this is not all the pictures. I am soooo ashamed of myself.
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Well, I found a way to keep DH to stop complaining (he just likes to make noise) about the fabric I have. Just find someone on the boards who has pictured their stash and show him what a "real" stash looks like! I just did that and got a "holy cow, you don't have that much! Is that a quilt shop?" Hehehe!
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