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I'm with you guys whose wives have horses. Hehe, talk about expensive!!!! We got 10 in the barn. Our registered national show horse won grand champion status and he isn't even 2 yet. It was his first year at the horse shows and the wife showed him under halter.
Anyways, she never says anything about my planes. I just remind her of the 3 horse slant gooseneck trailer w/living quarters etc for all the horseshows that she goes to. Hmmm.....I wonder how hard it would be to re-config that trailer to haul planes...............

Dave...

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Not hard... Remove horses, insert planes.

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dont forget to shovle the crud out of it before inserting planes!;)
as far as wife goes, couldn't tell ya, but as far as ordering planes... a friend of mine ordered one but his wife didnt know, it shows up at the door and she says "were did this come from" he said "i was looking at the price and you had to put the card # in to see the price and i accidentally hit the wrong botton!" to this day she still thinks it was an accident!
i just think get her a big dimond and she will forget about it, for a day or two or as long as it takes her to get over what you bought her.

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I had a similar thing happen the other week. I made a "under the radar" order from Tower a couple of weeks ago, but had it shipped to my work. When the shipment arrived, half the content was missing and there was a gaping hole in the box. I called Tower, and they quickly resent the missing merchandise to my HOME address. Gee thanks guys...
So, there I was at work tracking the Fedex shipment steadily getting close to my doorsteps where my wife would be. Come to think about it, this might have contributed to the start of the thread[:o]

-t

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Her: You love your planes more than me!

Me: And your point is?

Her: My point is that you love your planes more than me!

Me: whenever I tell my plane to do something, it does it. If I told it to dive into the ground and destroy itself, it would do it. No questions asked. So my plane loves me more than YOU do. When I get THAT kind of cooperation from you, you'll have a case.

Then I pick up my clothed from the front lawn and beg to be let back into the house :D

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This kinda makes me happy I'm single:D

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Yeah, but who cleans and cooks for you so you can spend more time building and flying? Not really serious about that, but I must be just a lucky s.o.b., my wife hardly ever complains about how much I go flying. She and I both work our derrieres off at our respective high stress jobs, and she realizes the need to be able to "blow off steam". I go at least twice a week, usually all Sunday afternoon., and she does her thing, which is usually dance related stuff with our daughters, or horseback riding, also with our daughters; none of them really have an interest in my flying (as far as going to watch or learning how themselves), but seem to have some "underdeveloped culture amazement" that I can build something and make it fly. In the weekly maelstrom that is our lives, we all manage to do what we need to do, as well as what we enjoy. It's not like I'm always doing something other than what they're doing, we go on camping trips together, and the usual family stuff. The horse trailer does double duty as a plane hauler; it has a living quarters in front that I built, and I power wash the stalls after hauling the horses, so it stays clean for hauling airplane stuff, I can " camp out" at fly-ins.

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At least you get burnt offerings or offerings of some sort. My wife supports my hobby and I support hers' too; Scrapbooking.

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I guess I'm pretty lucky. My wife has her horse and I have my planes. She never gets upset when I go to the flying field because she knows where I am. I don't enjoy riding but am glad that she has a hobby that she enjoys. Whenever I order R/C stuff, I have it delivered to my office, but she never really questions what I spend. As long as I pay the bills and see that she gets "fun money" when she wants it, she doesn't complain.

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My wife points out planes and helis that I should buy because they're "pretty"

What a great gal..:D

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A few random thoughts on this subject that I have learned....

The,"it's better than drinking and strip bars" excuse doesn't work and should be avoided. She tells me to go to the strip bar because at least it would be a change.

Avoid talking about the hobby to her for more than three sentances per day because her eyes will just glass over with boredom very fast.

Plan ahead and tell her when you will be going out to the field, for some reason this is better than a spur of the moment trip.

I hate to agree with CyclicHardover, I mean SnoopDoggy, but spending time and giving her attention till she tells you to leave is the best solution.

Don't be spending the day with her and bring up that you could have gone flying but didn't, you'll lose all credit from spending time with her.

It's all about balance and not seeming to be addicted to the hobby even though we, and she, knows we are.

I am much happier being with her than I would be without her and trying to find a balance to keep us both happy is worth the effort, good luck.

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Guys

My wife encouraged me to get started in the hobby. Unfortunatly, we purchased an "As Is" house right after that. Now all our money is going into the house and very little, when we have extra, goes toward my plane. As it stands right now, I need fuel, glow starter, battery and some other stuff to get my trainer in the air. However, in the spring we are going to build a pole barn on our property that will have part of it designated as a hobby room. :D

When I got my plane, I was accused of having a "one track mind" about the plane. Everytime we got money, I wanted to get stuff for it. Didn't work because the house needed so much work from the get go.

Anyway, I am always in the doghouse about something around here. Can't seem to sooth the Italian blood in her. [&o] [:@]

Larry

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Well, I am getting married July 22nd, 2005. Needless to say, there are lots of wedding expenses being incurred, and more to come. Spending money on airplanes is seemingly at the bottom of the pole. However, I am still trying to complete my first plane (LT-40) so I can get in the air. Once I am flying and have something to play with, I will be able to glide through the wedding expenses with the trainer. By the time, I am in a position to really need another airplane, I will likely be able to afford one.

Holding a degree in Accounting (almost - one more semester), she knows not to question my ability to make sound financial choices. When I buy an airplane, I have already analyzed it and convinced myself that it can be done with relative ease.

I have gotten remarks about how the money spent on airplane stuff could be put into dinners out and other "us" things. She has a point there, but I then proceeded to explain to her that airplane expenses can be capitalized and amoritzed over the useful life of the stuff, which in most cases is many many years. I explain to her that nice dinners cannot be capilized and are immediately expensed when incurred, since there is no future benefit, besides the initial dinner. She typically has left the room by the time I finish explaining the finances involved.

Anyway, she has a good understanding of the situation. She is going to train for her full-scale pilot's license in a year or two. Since we are both young and spry, my goal is to get her involved in both full-scale and R/C (As I am). We would have a great thing to do together that we both shared a common interest in. Traditionally, airplanes fall under the "male" category. My attempts may fail - but I guess I can continue to hope!

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I was born in this hobby and my wife new it and I would'nt give it up neither, she knew that also.
Instead of the wife throwing my stuff out on the front lawn and locking me out of my house. I said, "If you dont like it there's the door. Dont let it hit you on the way out." I even helped her pack up her things in boxes. Now 8 years later I'm more that still happier than ever. I spend the money I've would have spent on her on bigger and better models. Build and fly all day long. etc. etc.

gunz

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So what you're saying is, you traded the wife in on some planes... kewl...

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Nothing wrong with being a zealot, but things have to stay in perspective. Women give LOTS of things that airplanes just cannot provide.
;););) You need to find a woman who understands your plight.

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wow, thats a bummer having a wife who hates your hobby. My girlfriend of 2 years has no problem with it. i am just starting out in planes now but i have done other r/c hobbies. i just make a point to not let it interfere with our time. I have a very active mind and go nuts if i dont have something to build or fix. I guess she would rather i built planes than walk around muttering:D

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I have been in the hobby for about 12 years. I have been married for 1 year (married late at 40).

I was wondering today if I should buy a new turbine motor (with a new baby coming in January), and my wife encouraged me to hurry up and buy it before the holidays............

......it only costs $5,000.........

I am very fortunate.

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My wife said i loved my plane more then i love her,

only after she caught me kissing my new carbon fibre prop spinner as i unpacked it from the shop :)

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I've been flying for 15 years and married for 25. I'm telling you now we are all married to the same women, she just looks different. I really believe they talk together and come up with ways to make Sunday tough. But on the other hand it's nice to go home and have someone there to tell about the bad day and hear " if it's that much trouble why not quite". You got to love them. Dennis

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I can`t help but think this thread may be related to the one titled `Poor Performance`!!!

This reminds me of when my wife said the same thing, and she accused me of having a liaison with a cabin attendant. She`s a misguided woman at times.

I thought she was being very understanding and generous when she asked if I would prefer not to see her for a few days, an offer I thought too good to refuse, so gladly accepted.

Well, after the third day, the swelling had gone down enough so that I could just open my right eye enough to see her.....

mr matt, you are very fortunate, and so am I. Your wife never complains about how much I spend on modeling either.

Mine even comes to the field occasionally and marvels at my extraordinary skill and dexterity with the sticks as I burn holes in the sky. I haven`t yet told her that it`s out of control most of the time, and anything even resembling skill is no more than coincidental.

Dennis, I think you`re right. We are all married to the same woman; how long has cloning been around?

To the thread starter, I think the fix is a bottle of perfume now and then, or maybe flowers. They all love flowers.

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Everyone else here is spilling their guts, so I guess it's my turn.

I retired a couple of years ago and my wife still works. I get up early and make sure I have coffee for her when she wakes up. I give her a kiss and send her off to work, then I start playing. Either I'm in the garage building, fixing, replacing or otherwise maintaining something. If I'm not in the garage, I'm out flying. That's Monday through Friday. Come Friday at 5:00 when she gets home, I pretty much quit anything that has to do with flying. From Friday evening to Monday morning, except for contests, we spend all our time together without any airplane stuff involved. It's not that she's ever asked me not to do the plane thing when she's home, I guess it's more I feel guilty doing the plane thing when she IS home. So that's my choice.

She could care less about my hobby/sport eventhough I talk to her about it, she listens, but I'm sure she's not that interested. I could have a new 35% in the garage working on it and when I ask her what she thinks about the new plane, she basically says "what new plane?" "Well, the one you had to step over to get into the house" I say. Oh, that one, that one's nice.

We both have our separate "play" accounts so she does what she likes to do with her $$$ and I do the same with mine. I love having someone who is sympathetic when I take one of my multi- thousand dollar airplanes into the ground. It kind of takes some of the pain away when she walks over and gives me a big hug and says something like "the next one will be even better".

I have a couple of friends at the field that ask me to order stuff on my credit card and shipped to my house so their wives don't find out about what they're buying. I can only tell them "that's a pretty sad way to live"..

I guess I have to say I enjoy the sport/hobby of flying AND I have a loving wife that encourages me to enjoy it too. I really feel for you guys that have to choose or be devious between one or the other. I just couldn't imagine it any other way. Wow!! I must be one lucky guy.

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There is also Viagra. But even with the pill a plane will stay up longer. Dennis

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I'm Glad I read this thread, a lot of good insight and pointers. Im a single guy, but the one thing that catches me sneaking in the door with stuff is my mother. My dad past away about 2 years ago, so I live with her, help out around the house, do all the stuff a woman can't do. I love her dearly, but man she hates my hobby. I spend alot on it, but hey, I don't drink, don't smoke, pay my bills every month on time. I need something to do, living in a small town at 40 does not lend itself well to the dating scene. I got to admit admire the guys who have great women in thier lives, nothing is much better, but when i see the guys with women who scream at them all the time never satisfied, that makes me glad I'm single. I know I could never marry a woman like my mom, even though I love her dearly, nothing I do is right, I don't use the right rock salt in the winter, drive to fast, etc. that sucks, but I still really care about her deeply.

You guys who have great wives and allow to enjoy the hobby outstanding!!! For now though I guess i'll keep sliding things in the back door, or keep monitering that shipment:D

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My plane loves me more than you do [sm=lol.gif] I've got to use that sometime! I really like the part about telling it to dive into the ground. Poetry at it's best.

I told my wife that after 6 years, 2 kids, and a new house I wanted to get back into the hobby. She didn't say much untill I wanted a new plane. She thinks if I change my name (from KitCrasher) the planes might last longer.

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