Cazarak

Im pretty new to this but,,,,

Well I am fortunate that I am a stay at home Dad. So I get to clean the house look after the kids , cook dinner and do all the washing.....

In the last 5 years i have learnt to clean, dust, wash, feed everthing in about 2 hours a day. so i get quiet a few hours free a week to do what ever i feel.

I recently got a small part time job to fund my planes.

So ,,,, I dont hear peep , if i wanna go flying for a day or work on my models at night.

and if i want a new plane,, i go buy it.

New March we are having our third child so, Im currently researching ear muffs and a back pack thingy for the bubby..

Can you see it now,,, on the flight line 1/4 scale edge ready for take off with a baby in a backpack....

SST

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My wife is a member of my club and has planes of her own to build and fly (she even apropriated a couple of 'em from me), so I have a very undrestanding ear when I purchase planes and kits, and especially when I buy tools. However, I draw the line when she wants to build my planes, as I enjoy the theraputic value of the work.

kqutob

Slade
in the words of the great Ali G : "RESPECT" !!

airega1

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My wife says either the planes go or I go!!!



Gee I'm gonna miss her


LOL just kidding, she's fine with the hobby

elgizmo

i keep telling my wife that it is better to be occupied with balsa and epoxy rather than other activities that may be available......etc it works for a while.

blw

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Most of the time, just reverse anything a woman says about planes. For instance- it's a nice day for flying. That really means it is a nice day to do something else, with her, a million miles from any hobby shop, most likely waiting around at a Target's or TJ Max store while she shops.

My wife is back into buying kitchen gadgets. You can bet that I'm keeping track of it all for use the next time I want another major purchase.

MHall

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I am not married but my "Childrens' Mother" hates my planes and everything about them. She tells me on a regular basis that she would love to stomp them onto the garage floor but I found a way around it........ My 6yr old daughter wanted to fly so I built her a trainer and we go flying, so now when she says anything bad about my planes she is also talking about her little girls hobby too. I can't wait till my youngest gets a little older so she can fly too, she is already asking me to teach her too. She's 3yrs old! Needless to say their mother doesn't say much about "our hobby" anymore. O'ya, I am also working on my full scale private license too[8D]

SST

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Heh, heh, I'll bet that if you began making aesthetic comments about the young hardbellies you're observing at the store (compared to the relative lack of female types at the field), you might notice a drop in the number of escort missions you're forced to participate in. Fortunately, I made it clear to my wife long before we were even serious enough to consider marriage...I do not go shopping for anything but groceries with females, and I avoid malls [:'(] like the very plague.

blw

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SST,

I said that she thinks those kinds of things, not that I do them! I think that the only places that I go is the LHS and maybe to the bookstore once a month.

Good point on the hard body comments if I ever get roped or duped into shopping again. heh heh

horace315

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my wife and i have been married 28 years,we have had 5 children together and still have a 7 year old and a 14 year old at home.she swears I'm gonna ruin the 7year old because that child loves to do anything i do.my daughter and i are currently building a trainer for her to learn to fly.she is only 7 but learns really fast and is very attentive.i always try to involve my wife and both children in the sport,usually the girls go frog hunting at the field when i take them (is that ruining them?....) my wife occasionally fusses at me about cost,i am retired now and have the time to build and go flying almost anytime i feel free to weather permitting.i have built airplanes boats since 1977.i have always encouraged my children to get involved with most things or at least make an effort,i think wives/women just don't really get it with us,when you start a build it calls to you even when you sleep to be built,painted,covered ,flown.............i always try to give everything in my life equal time,wives need nurturing and to know they are needed and we are thankful for what they do.i thank god i have a very loving and caring wife she has stuck with me through hard and good times,we are both sensible with our spending.this hobby can be expensive.i think the things in my life this hobby,scouts,little league ect,has brought my family closer because the quality time i get to spend with them we both learn from one another. i remember one time working on an airplane i had just gotten the wings finished and was working on the fuse,and my mistake i lay ed the wings on the floor beside me,my two year old walks in and plops down all i hear is the crunching of balsa,i look down this child was sitting there on the wings smiling big at me............what can you say about that,i smile every time i think about that.when they come to you fussing or angry maybe we have been spending too much time sniffing sawdust just take the time to reassure her that she is still the most important person in your life most of the time that is all they want.I'm not gonna sit here and lie and say i don't get my share of her fussing cause i do get very involved when i build at times,I'm not macho and say OH i do what i please,i will say i do what she tolerates......hehehehe

jimcork1

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I gave up a professional flying career for being away from home and the kids too often. When I hung up my silver wings( which was really difficult for me to do), I had an agreement that I would fly something. The something turned out to be R/C. She has never complained, but she never goes to the field. At least only twice in the last 15 years. Once to bring my transmitter. And the other to see my retirement plane fly.

Wing-Ding

My wife is very supportive of my R/C airplane hobby. Keeps me home and out of mischief. I've noticed a pattern: Whenever I buy something hobby-related, she buys something she wants (to wear or for the house). This could, of course, escalate

I'm not sure if that's good or bad. I won't know for sure until the credit card statement arrives.

Rubbernecker

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I took my wife to be 14 years ago to my basement work shop. I asked her to look at all the planes. I then informed her that they were here before she was and they will be here when she is gone. She and the planes are still with me so it must be working. She figures that I could have worse hobbies. She really doesn't mind them too much.

Montague

I was in the hobby when I was in school, but left for a while after leaving school. I met and married my wife while I was out of the hobby. But we moved a couple of times during that period, from a shared house to an appartment, to another appartment, to the house we bought. I was always dragging all these old, dusty, fragile, non-functional airplanes around with me, finding somewhere to store them safely, etc. She thought I was nuts. I got a lot of "why don't you just throw that stuff out?" questions.

A few years ago, I got back in to the hobby, and it's grown to have pretty much taken over the entire basement of our house. I also now compete pretty seriously in combat, and that means traveling around for contests.

I found out that my wife is a more intense competitor than I am. She REALLY wants me to win. She often seem more disppointed when I have a bad showing than I do, and if she thinks I don't have the right gear, or enough gear, she's always looking to help. I've actually had to say "well, while I'd like that new engine, but really, I don't need it, it won't change my flying right now, so let's wait on that".

We spend most of my vacation days from work traveling for airplane contests. But she gets a beach trip once a year. It's not "equal time", but it works for her.

She also comes to all the contests, which I actually find to be odd. She hates the "facilites" and such at most flying fields, and isn't an outdoor person, and doesn't like hot weather. But she really wants to see the contest flying, so she puts up with it, even though she's not comfortable at all.

On the other hand, my sport-flying planes are pretty neglected. She's not always eager for me to spend money on them. Though if I say "this is the next project", she goes along. But she doesn't see much of a reason to buy a kit I like the looks of when I have lots of unbuilt kits already in the house. Explaining that one is a bit hard.

Btw, for birthdays and Christmas and such, I've gone to being rather specific. I'll send her email with links to specific items and how many. Everything from $2.00 bits of hardware to $200+ items. That way she knows I'll use what I get, and I know I'll get what I can use.

On the dreaded "what are you doing?" question, I like to be specific on that one. She usually has no clue what I'm saying, but I can say "installing the radio and control linkages", or "repairing the wing on the #1 plane", and that seems to work better than "working on airplanes". I also have a TV in the basement, so she can sit and watch TV in the same room I'm working in. That works unless I'm doing "loud or smelly" stuff, like lots of dremel or epoxy work. That kind of thing ususally drives her upstairs pretty quickly.

When I got back in to the hobby, she had no clue about airplanes, how they work, the names of any parts, etc. Over time, she's picked things up, which helps when I need stuff. Like if I strip a servo, she has a pretty good idea that it has something to do with the controls, it's bad, and it won't cost too much for a new set of servo gears, even if she couldn't identify servo gears if they walked up and introduced themselves.

blw

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Another thing that makes wives start to like you planes is to say that you intend to name one after her. They like that. You don't actually have to do it, just say that you will do it. Or, start calling your favorite plane by her name when you talk about it. You can come up with a lot of reasons for not actually putting name graphics on it yet.

But, if you really do name your plane, name it after her if there is any chance she will see it. Finding a plane with 'queen b***h from h@ll' on the nose wouldn't win you any points.

GJAUBIN

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I must say that I feel like one of the lucky ones. My wife is the one who TOLD me to get a hobby because she felt I needed something to relax with. She has no problem with the time I spend in the garage or at the field. The only stipulation is that I spend some time with her and the girls. Gee, some of the sacrifices you have to make.

As far as projects go, as long as I don't get toooo carried away, she has no problems. The other agreement is I have to save for the project, no dipping into the household account, If you ask me, that's an understanding wife.

horace315

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blwblw


you are right about that i am colored blind i let my wife pick my colors i use,and i have told her and i mean it ,those planes are her's as well as mine and i have offered to teach her to fly if she wants to.we are like kids in a lot of ways i suppose i never try to hide anything i buy from her ,although she sometimes comes to my building room after i hurriedly come home and go down there and looks at me and smiles and says ok what did we get this time, for that instance i feel like a kid with my hand in the cookie jar heheh,i give her my best boyish look and say well.i love her dearly and she is very tolerant to my whims,she knows i will not go beyond what we have put aside for playthings.i would say be honest and practical and most of the time no problems will come of it.

blw

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A good friend who also was my instructor is color blind too. He bought a gasser from another guy who was being stationed overseas. He didn't know it was pink until he got it home and his wife told him.

Rcpilot

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I got into planes about 6 months after I met my girlfriend(wife now).

She made one snide comment about my planes when I'd been in the hobby about a year.

I told her in no uncertain terms that if she didn't like the airplanes- then don't let the door hit ya in the ass.

I've been wanting to do this since I was a little kid. Just could never afford it. Hell, I can't afford it now. I started flying when I was 27yrs old. It took me a long time to get financially established in a good career and was finally able to afford this life long dream.

When I finally got the chance to fly RC planes-- there wasn't any woman in the world that could get me to stop.

My wife doesn't support my hobby, but she don't ***** either. She's been to the field about 3 or 4 times-- once to bring me the TX. Bless her heart- it was a 23 mile trip out of her way, but she did it for me.

She knows that it keeps me out of the bars and I hate watching sports on TV (unless it's NASCAR)-- so shes got free run with the TV remote all weekend.

I work- she stays home with the kids. I make the $$, but we share everything. Yes, I do have to ask to spend money on the hobby-- but if we have it in the bank, then she's cool with it. We used to have 3 checking accounts. I had one and she had one and we had a joint account for paying the bills- like mortgage and gas bill- stuff like that. My checking account was for whatever I wanted and the same with her. But, times are tough right now, and my jobs' not to stable or secure-- so we're down to 1 joint checking account and 1 savings account.

I haven't made a major purchase ($300+) in about 6-8 months. Saving money for Christmas. She knows I want a Dynaflite Decathlon , Lanier Ultimate Pitts, or a 40cc--50cc gasser engine. Maybe I'll get one of those items. I'd be happy with either of the kits. I like building-- and it keeps me home where she can see me-- and that makes her happy.

Ya know what they say about women..................."If she's not happy, ain't NOBODY happy." So, we both win in the end.

JAkridge

I've got a Great RC Wife.. I have to sneak out on Saturdays and Sundays mornings to fly with just the guys. She's a great parts runner and always come's back with extra goodies.
She get's a little lonely sometimes when i'm in the Zone on a new kit and I can't put it down. But a good night out, a movie, and show her some attention and put the planes away for awhile...... All is good....

Gota go... Yes Honey.....

26C4U

Sign on the door of my workshop (on who/what I should kick out)

WIFE - YES
DOG - MAYBE
PLANES - NEVER!!!

Just kidding

McQuacks_Girl

I am a "RC wife" And I can relate to a lot of the things your wifes do. John got into the hobby not too long ago, and I tried to be as supportive as I could. BUT it quickly became an obsession, where he wouldn't come to bed until 2:00 AM, and he spent hours upon hours workng on the plane. An end was put to that, and his second plane was tolerated a lot more because I didn't wake up at 2:00 and have to drag him to bed. Another thing that really irritated me was that he wouldn't let me fly his plane. "You'll crash it!" He said. Well, you know what? He crashed it plenty of times himself.

He is currently keeping me awake with his other "hobby" (AKA obsession), CounterStrike. (It's a video game for those of you who might not know)

IowaSilvia

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Alright. Where do I find a woman like Johns? I've tried my hardest to get my wife to build, cover, and fly. None of them interest her at all. She has NO hobby at all besides shopping. And that's not a hobby. sorry. And she constantly wants me to go shopping with her on the weekends. I hate it. She never goes to the airfield but once or twice a yr. grrrrrr. women these days

cliffclof

I asked my girlfriend if she wanted to try out flying and she seemed pretty excited. I didn't know what was going on? So I brought her into the ol office and hooked up the simulator and she started flying a CAP. She wrecked, but so did I the first few times and she flew a lot better than most of my friends that have tried it. I asked her what kind of flying she likes and she said she just likes doing 'flips' and 'rolls' and going fast. Sa-Weet! I'm home for Christmas and she keeps calling me and making sure I'm going to bring my trainer back with me for her to fly. I hope this is a good thing. haha.

So I looked to the RCU site to see how many girls really like flying and it seems not many really do fly. I think deep down they really want to fly though. Kinda like a sister and nintendo. They never got to play much, but they always wanted too. What girl doesn't want to play Mario Bros.

MormonMike

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Quite the thread. I'd stick my two-cents in about having an extra wife but I tend to irritate you guys. Please continue your thread. MM.