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Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:43 am

I find it interesting what my friends wifes do for a hobby and wonder what other VW guys/gals better half's do while we are thrashing some vintage VW metal in the garage. If your lucky your better 1/2 is into VW's too.

My wife loves counted crosstitching and makes them for friends, family and co-workers. Very tedious and I would never have patience for it. She also does yoga several times a week.

A friend's wife makes jewlrey, crafts and peanut brittle. She sells nearly everything she makes at the factory she works at. Another one makes beer can candles.

What's yours do?

Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:56 am

My wife's hobby is shopping. I have tried to get her to do some different hobbies so she will stop bitching about me being out in the shop.

Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:59 am

My wife is graduating on May 6th. She is majoring in Business with a minor in Finance. She has worked and gone to school full time for the last 4 years. She works 40+ hours a week and goes to school Mon, Tues, and Thurs. nights not to mention all the time she spends on homework and studying. I'm really proud of her.

"I are gonna be married to a colege graduerate."

Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:08 pm

67_13Deluxe wrote: What is a beer candle?

She cuts the lid off an unopened beer then fills the can with citronella wax and a wick then sets the lid back on. It looks and feels like a full beer can but you just pull the lid off and light it. I will post a picture tonight when I get home. Very cool to have on the patio table to ward off mosquitos.

Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:09 pm

I am one of the lucky ones as my wife loves the vw hobby.
I am a at home dad she works fulltime and is in school for her leadership degree.
MO money for cars and parts :D :D :D

Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:10 pm

1. Starting projects/hobbies and then not finishing them.

2. Shopping ebay and craigslist for things we end up not buying and/or don't need. Perhaps this is therapeutic.

3. Browsing online for home decor items such as upholstery fabric, window coverings, rugs etc. How can you buy something like that by looking at a picture on your computer?

She's pretty damn agreeable when it comes to the VWs. We're probably 14k into the Westy so far and 4k into the bug, and neither one even rolls right now!

Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:04 pm

Not MY wife.

My FRIEND'S wife makes the beer can candles after she empties them. That's why HE enjoys her hobby so much. His hobby is making metal spiders, critters, suns, windchimes, firepits and waterfalls mostly from stainless steel.

I wish my wife would drink. She says hangovers hurt more than they used to and she hardly ever drinks. At least she's a cheap date when she does.

Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:18 pm

Oh, OK...In that case my better half is very helpful with the VW hobby. She also in her spare time takes our Border Collie to the local nursing homes to visit the residents. She also trains dogs for agility competition.

Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:28 pm

My wifes hobbies are working on photo albums and driving the bugs.
She says " You can fix em and I'll drive them".At least she dosnt complain too much on me dumping money into them,just bugging me about when I will get the next one done so she can drive it.

Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:32 pm

Similar to the OP, my wife does counted cross-stich like a fiend! Would that I had her obsession. But then again, I'm $6000 into the 72 1/2 SB and still not done and she has completed about a dozen projects in that time, some of which are striking works of real art.

And her whole cost for one of these projects is the cost of a repro dash.

I'd get a cheaper hobby, but I can't think of one that I can drive. :^)

RMW

Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:10 pm

my other half (soon to be wife) raises hedgehogs and sugargliders. i dont mind cause she actually makes a profit doing it. she also enjoys my hobbies with me...she enjoys riding/cruising, so she enjoys the bug. she likes going to the track when i take the bike cause she is a nachoaholic and Huntsville dragstrip has the best nachos in the state..LOL

Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:46 pm

My better halfs hobbies?

Shoes, handbags, picking at my face and tanning.

Justin

Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:48 pm

Technically I am the other half because mine does most of the resto work. But aside from my other half working on the VW's he ummm polishes the fuchs with the really nice buffer I bought him, watches MXC and UFC and changes the oil in the 8 running cars...

I sing opera, paint, crochet, knit and make jewelry. I also LOVE the VWs and only care that he's in the garage when we're supposed to be somewhere important 2 hours ago and I keep getting, "hold on baby, one more minute..." in 10 minute intervals. :P

Amber

Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:42 pm

Amber,
you need to start a new thread "how to give gifts your man will love" :D i tell my "other" i'd rather get a handtool i already have 10 of than a pack of socks or a new pair of jeans..

Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:33 pm

she (and i to a degree) hit the antique flea markets and thrift shops looking for worthy tchotkes(i.e. crap) we usually look for opposite things. her: housey frou frou things. me: liquor, wine or beer items for a bar or anything vw that is old, of course. take Sat. for example. it was a nice day for the east coast(50 degrees or so) i planned on going to monster-in-laws and grabbing the vert and taking it on a ride. instead i wound up at a flea market and minus 400 clams for a dining room set. then to the storage unit where i grab the bus and make a round trip back w/ the dining room set. all this and we are not even certain we have the house yet! women :roll:

Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:53 pm

I'm lucky to have a wife that likes her 78 VW Champange Edition vert..and she has a job as a rehab coordinator at a retirement home...and she scouts out cars for me to buy. Today I got a nice 93 Cherokee..and an even nicer 90 Corvette. Thay look a bid odd parked amongst all the VWs. I keep her in fun cars...she just finds them.

Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:06 pm

Not sure if it's her hobby or what, but she loves spending my money.

Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:39 pm

My wife designs and makes kids' clothes to sell on ebay. She is also part of "Boutique Pop!" and has some things listed on their site.

Plus she's a stay-at-home, pardon me, "work-at-home" mom. I dunno if that counts as a hobby.

Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:40 pm

My wife has started gardening. She is starting to grow several diffrent kinds of herbs and flowers.

At least its fairly cheap.

Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:34 pm

mandys into vws,i met her at a vw show.she had a nicer bus than me.mandy collects old lava lamps 75+last time we counted,schwinn stingray bikes only 3 or 4 right now but we had 1 of each krate.we both collect vw toys not the new stuff but older tins and alot of bus models we have over 500 vw toys at last count.crap and lots of it lots of stuff you dont need legos, hot wheels,coke and pepsi signs,coolers,plastic archer spacemen...phil