GTKY- Does your DH have a favorite Splurge/Hobby?

MrsPteranodon · January 2013

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"GTKY- Does your DH have a favorite Splurge/Hobby? "

Does your DH have any splurges or hobby's that he enjoys and costs money to do?

Mine loves gardening in the summer, and he brews beer all year round. Brewing is NOT a cheap hobby either. We Garden together in the summer, but brewing is totally 100% his hobby. Well thats not true, I have to sanitize the bottles in the dish washer for him while he's at work. (this is what prompted the questioning)

tjkdlhb · January 2013

Not really anything I'd consider very expensive... He likes to play video games, but probably only buys a couple a year. He might play twice or three times a week.

Lennongirl · January 2013

My DH also brews beer!

MrsPteranodon · January 2013

Lennongirl:
My DH also brews beer!

Does he do all grain? Syrups? Or a mix of both?

DH started with those Mr.Beer kits and now does all grain. Its really interesting but everytime I've tried to help I feel like I screw something up!

KatelynEA90 · January 2013

DHs splurges are guns, dirtbike stuff, and tools(he's a mechanic).

calimavs · January 2013

Computers and photography which are both expensive hobbies. We are also both cyclists (I do triathlons too) and so we both have a lot of bike gear. His computer and photography hobbies make it easier for me to not feel guilty spending $$ on crafts and CDs!

Into+the+Kitty · January 2013

J makes knives, and likes buying tool and video games.

I prefer the video games, because the other two can get expensive! He needs a new machine/tool for his knife making that's going to cost $1800. Ugh, all I can say is I better get a sick kitchen set after we take the plunge.

MintBerryCrunch · January 2013

He plays video games but gets them very cheap on Steam? Actually he hardly spends money on anything but food, thankfully, because I spend enough for the both of us!

stoneycakes · January 2013

All of DH's hobbies are splurges, lol. I tease him because he's into electronics, photography, and astronomy...everything he likes is super expensive. Right now, I'm into baking bread, so like $5 a week on flour and yeast, lol.

frootyloops · January 2013

trains.

*headdesk*

yep. my husband plays with teeny tiny trains.

And they run $300ish per ... engine. I shudder that I even know the correct terminology.

I've also poured $$$$$ into photography, but I've turned it around and into a part time business, so it's all good

LosaJrTomasi · January 2013

My dh also plays video games. I don't mind too much anymore because my des plays with him

brewing beer? He likes to drink beer lol

CLLDLL · January 2013

Tools. He cannot for the life of him buy a cheap tool. Even if it's one he's only gonna use on the rare occasion. And he collects Beatles albums. Rare ones that are worth hundreds of $s. He tries to find them cheap, but usually he finds one he doesn't have in his collection for not so cheap and then he keeps thinking about it until he finally goes and buys it just to "complete" the collection.

TJ1979 · January 2013

IntotheKitty:
J makes knives, and likes buying tool and video games.I prefer the video games, because the other two can get expensive! He needs a new machine/tool for his knife making that's going to cost 1800. Ugh, all I can say is I better get a sick kitchen set after we take the plunge.

What kind of knives? MH is a hunter and fisher, expensive hobbies sometimes.

unaveragejane · January 2013

DS just got his Crestron programming certification, so he's always buying "smart home" type electronics. It originally was supposed to be so he could test out the programs he had to write to get his certification, and he was going to sell what we didn't "need" for the house. Now he just keeps buying more stuff for the house, even though neither of us wants to live here more than 5 more years or so. It's annoying b/c he spends an inordinate amount of time (and money) programming and considering it working on the house when he really needs to get his behind up and finish the 80 little projects he's started (like crown moulding, etc). Plus it just makes it so complicated to try to even watch TV anymore. I read at bedtime now A LOT. I guess that's a silver lining. hmm

twocents6708 · January 2013

My DH has a race car and drag races. He has cut back in the past year or two. He also used to be a gun collector but that also had to stop after having a baby. He has always had expensive hobbies.

benmichele · January 2013

Golf...and wine.

kimba1976 · January 2013

Golf, which I don't mind because at least he's getting some exercise. But we recently bought a house that's a fixer upper and now his hobby is trying to singlehandedly increase Home Depot's stock price. So far there hasn't been much actual home improvement though, lol.

littleredfish · January 2013

Videogames mainly. Also tools and crap for his car; it's just a Ford Fusion, but it seems like a never ending project for some reason. I don't think he can walk into a Canadian Tire (basically a WalMart for tools and car stuff for you Americans;) ) and leave without a tool or car part.

Into+the+Kitty · January 2013

TJ1979:
IntotheKitty:
J makes knives, and likes buying tool and video games.I prefer the video games, because the other two can get expensive! He needs a new machine/tool for his knife making that's going to cost 1800. Ugh, all I can say is I better get a sick kitchen set after we take the plunge.
What kind of knives? MH is a hunter and fisher, expensive hobbies sometimes.

He makes pretty much whatever strikes his fancy at the time. He just started less than a year ago, so he's still refining the skill (and keeps pressing for the $1800 machine to make the blades better, ha), but he made and sold a few skinning (? <-- obviously not a hunter haha) knives to some hunter friends of his. Right now he's working on a machete for another friend. Sometimes he even just buys the blade already made and plays around with making the handles, which he's gotten REALLY good at.

tjkdlhb · January 2013

Into+the+Kitty:
TJ1979:
IntotheKitty:
J makes knives, and likes buying tool and video games.I prefer the video games, because the other two can get expensive! He needs a new machine/tool for his knife making that's going to cost 1800. Ugh, all I can say is I better get a sick kitchen set after we take the plunge.
What kind of knives? MH is a hunter and fisher, expensive hobbies sometimes.
He makes pretty much whatever strikes his fancy at the time. He just started less than a year ago, so he's still refining the skill (and keeps pressing for the $1800 machine to make the blades better, ha), but he made and sold a few skinning (? <-- obviously not a hunter haha) knives to some hunter friends of his. Right now he's working on a machete for another friend. Sometimes he even just buys the blade already made and plays around with making the handles, which he's gotten REALLY good at.

I want you guys on my side if there's ever a zombie apocolypse.

Into+the+Kitty · January 2013

tjkdlhb:
Into+the+Kitty:
TJ1979:
IntotheKitty:
J makes knives, and likes buying tool and video games.I prefer the video games, because the other two can get expensive! He needs a new machine/tool for his knife making that's going to cost 1800. Ugh, all I can say is I better get a sick kitchen set after we take the plunge.
What kind of knives? MH is a hunter and fisher, expensive hobbies sometimes.
He makes pretty much whatever strikes his fancy at the time. He just started less than a year ago, so he's still refining the skill (and keeps pressing for the $1800 machine to make the blades better, ha), but he made and sold a few skinning (? <-- obviously not a hunter haha) knives to some hunter friends of his. Right now he's working on a machete for another friend. Sometimes he even just buys the blade already made and plays around with making the handles, which he's gotten REALLY good at.
I want you guys on my side if there's ever a zombie apocolypse.

I think we'd be pretty awesome. J would be the one killing the zombies, and I'd be the scavenger, repurposing everything into useful, life saving items.

Plus, I'd be handwashing our diapers and keeping our babies safe from the zombies. Hello -- sposies and the lingering smell would draw zombies RIGHT to us.

MrsPteranodon · January 2013

tjkdlhb:
Into+the+Kitty:
TJ1979:
IntotheKitty:
J makes knives, and likes buying tool and video games.I prefer the video games, because the other two can get expensive! He needs a new machine/tool for his knife making that's going to cost 1800. Ugh, all I can say is I better get a sick kitchen set after we take the plunge.
What kind of knives? MH is a hunter and fisher, expensive hobbies sometimes.
He makes pretty much whatever strikes his fancy at the time. He just started less than a year ago, so he's still refining the skill (and keeps pressing for the $1800 machine to make the blades better, ha), but he made and sold a few skinning (? <-- obviously not a hunter haha) knives to some hunter friends of his. Right now he's working on a machete for another friend. Sometimes he even just buys the blade already made and plays around with making the handles, which he's gotten REALLY good at.
I want you guys on my side if there's ever a zombie apocolypse.

Ditto!

JeniLovesNeil · January 2013

DH is a BMX rider, so he spends a lot of time and money on his bikes and memberships to his riding venue.

tjkdlhb · January 2013

Into+the+Kitty:
tjkdlhb:
Into+the+Kitty:
TJ1979:
IntotheKitty:
J makes knives, and likes buying tool and video games.I prefer the video games, because the other two can get expensive! He needs a new machine/tool for his knife making that's going to cost 1800. Ugh, all I can say is I better get a sick kitchen set after we take the plunge.
What kind of knives? MH is a hunter and fisher, expensive hobbies sometimes.
He makes pretty much whatever strikes his fancy at the time. He just started less than a year ago, so he's still refining the skill (and keeps pressing for the $1800 machine to make the blades better, ha), but he made and sold a few skinning (? <-- obviously not a hunter haha) knives to some hunter friends of his. Right now he's working on a machete for another friend. Sometimes he even just buys the blade already made and plays around with making the handles, which he's gotten REALLY good at.
I want you guys on my side if there's ever a zombie apocolypse.
Hello -- sposies and the lingering smell would draw zombies RIGHT to us.

That is definitely going on my list next time someone asks about pros/cons of cloth diapering!

Into+the+Kitty · January 2013

If there is ever a zombie apocalypse the first place I am coming (before the internet dies) is to the CD boards so that we can all actually start that co op farm.

moonfaerie · January 2013

My DH is also a mechanic! And all of his hobbies are expensive. Arrgh.

Modifying his car and motorcycles, photography, building computers, video games, paintball gear, getting inked....

HeartsOnABand · January 2013

twocents6708:
My DH has a race car and drag races. He has cut back in the past year or two. He also used to be a gun collector but that also had to stop after having a baby. He has always had expensive hobbies.

This is exactly my DH. Racing is a very expensive hobby. Specially when something breaks.

TMS2TMD · January 2013

He used to race cars but in the last 5 yrs has shifted to racing dirt bikes. Car racing was way more expensive. I have sympathy for you gals. He also collects rare/limited beers. This is his newest hobby which started this past summer.

moosebaby2011 · January 2013

DH's splurges are skiing, golf, and video games. Between work/new house/baby he doesn't get to spend much time doing any of those things so it feels like an indulgence when he gets to do them!

berenely · January 2013

DH drag races his Mustang. The cost got so annoying that I went and opened a savings account specifically for racing parts (or "go-fast parts" as my husband would say). And this is how I justify my CD purchases

DaisyJanie · January 2013

My H brews beer too! I used to help him when he used a Mr. Beer kit, but now he's doing mostly all grain and its all him. He asked for all kinds of gadgets for Christmas, like some kind of bottle washing thing.

his other hobby is woodworking, so that's an even more expensive hobby.

Lennongirl · January 2013

MrsPteranodon:
Lennongirl:
My DH also brews beer!
Does he do all grain? Syrups? Or a mix of both?
DH started with those Mr.Beer kits and now does all grain. Its really interesting but everytime I've tried to help I feel like I screw something up!

Sorry, I only saw this now! He started out with a kit, but he now does all grain.

It's pretty interesting, but it takes forever!

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