Read this to show solidarity to all those who have and want to keep that most precious of hobbies!! Girlfriends!

Every day we make decisions that affect ourselves, sometimes those decisions affect others around us, and every so often these decisions seem to destroy the lives of those nearest and dearest.

How we started and when we started are irrelevant, we started! All of you. All of us. A site like this is not stumbled upon by someone searching for a collection of 18th century silver coins in the internet. Nor would a man looking for a Russian Bride happen to misspell "Russian" and instead type "RCuniverse".

No, you are all here because you want to be here. This isn't High School or your Aunt Marg's (the one with the hairy lip and bad breath who isn't really your aunt, but a distant relative who lent your dad some money once and has to be visited to keep her from eating her dog) house or any other place that we had to go to but didn't want to.

Getting to my point.
We have all decided that instead of quiet walks in the park with our girlfriends, we'd rather fiddle about with something that can answer back. We want to drive RC cars!

I know that the main girl in my life is less than impressed with the amount of time and effort put into standing outside squinting at a minature car as it scares dogs, small children and in-line skaters. She cannot understand why a grown man does not feel the need to "be huggy" on a Sunday. She cannot understand why a grown man would rather "play" with "toys" that cost more than any paper delivery boy could afford in 18 years and 600 miles of cycling.

But then, I cannot understand how she can pay 600 Euros a year on a gym that she visits once every season of Baywatch! I cannot understand that she needs another pair of black trousers because these ones are "come on- TOTALLY different" to the other 6 pairs in the wardrobe.

Men and women are different, we all know that, but we notice this distinction never more so than in our choices of hobby. Shopping at the end of the month, when your wage ran out in the middle, is something that I fail to not see as a waste of time. As is Yoga! Now I know that many men have bought a yoga video for their women but it's not because we think our tums and bums could be tighter. It's because of the tight tums and bums on the screen. And so we don't have to venture out into the desert for a glimpse at a bit of camel toe! After the first 10 minutes we know one thing.. the video is a waste of money.

RC car driving is for me a new hobby, I have not yet used 1 gallon of fuel, but already my girlfriend has threatened to instill chastity into our relationship if I insist on making the sound of high revs during sex. Come on we all do that.. right!?

She is annoyed that, whenever we go out, I'm looking for driving opportunities and quality locations. "Look at that lovely view Ian" she says. I smile and bite my lip to stop myself from saying that it's probably a little too hard for donuts and that if I were to jusp of that hill it would be a hard landing for the MT2ster. "Great love, can we go home now?".

What can we do to convince the fairer sex that little cars are great?

How can we make them understand what it feels like to do a tripple forward flip, roll and continue driving? How?

I have had a small idea. As we near the time of good will and Yule, we are in search for the perfect present; Tiffany necklace? Guess watch? Ironing board? No, got her one last year. Got it!!

Mini rc car!!

So anyone out there who has a similar predicament to mine, get in-touch. This is the thread for all RC Drivers With Annoyed Girlfriends!
And if anyone there has an old mini that is collecting dust in a cupboard somewhere, let me know and I'd love to pay the postage to Germany to get it off your hands. Make a fellow RC buddy happy, join the RCDWAG Club (RC Drivers With Annoyed Girlfriends).

Together we can change the world and make our women wake up and scream the immortal RCDWAG slogan...

"I love the smell of Nitro in the morning!"