Model Forum / General / Rockets / May 2005

D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Tell her it's for the kids.  Like model trains and boobs, rockets are
SUPPOSED to be for the kid, but daddy ends up playing with them.  :-)

Bill Sullivan

"In a fight between you and the world, pick the world." - Frank Zappa

Don't need to worry about that. Single.

www.starlords.org

Never been a big problem.  I support her hobbies and she supports
mine.  IMHO that makes for a very healthy relationship.

Pick one -
A. A nice paint job that matches the decor

B. Tell her to STFU.

C. Ignore what she says

D. Say you forgot to move it

She like to watch then whoosh off the pad.  Now if they only involved
quilting, she'd be all in.  Maybe a Flying Geese pattern parachute.

Why do you expect this to be a problem? I never actually married her,
but my ladyfriend never had a problem with my hobby. Oh, did I mention
she used to work for Thiokol?

Ha Ha... My wife has 2 Horses! Ya know what a new saddle costs these days...
I won't go on about the Vet bills but lets just say getting my HPL2 on a new
rocket can look very inexpensive.

Doesn't your wife have a thing? Shoes, Hand Bags, Make-up, Gym, Pets, Hand
Grenades....

Maybe she needs one!

Layne Rossi

get her hooked!!! my wife has been known to shop for rip-stop nylon and
sew parachutes  ;-)

she is also level 1 (i am  L2) which spreads out the rocket budget some.

thanks,djc

Involve kids. This is the number one best way to get women to accept this
kind of hobby and it's good for the kids as well. They love watching the
rockets they've built rip off the pad.

Regardless of what I pay for something I always tell her I got at least 40%
off retail.

Tell her it's better then sitting in the bar all night.

Don't call them launches, tell her you are taking her on a 3 day vacation
for the weekend.

Buy her a lot of Roses, Perfume and Jewelry and tell her you love her and
tell her how beautiful she is every day.

If you can't put rockets in the living room then buy a bigger house or build
a work shop. (No one ever said this hobby was cheap - we do burn money here)

If none of the above work, then get rid of her. Rockets are way more
important then a woman that doesn't understand a man and his toys.

Good Luck and welcome back to the fastest hobby on Earth!

Andrew

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It is nice when your wife shares in the hobby. Verna likes to build and fly
but since she has a math degree, she initially became interested because of
the math involved with flying. Then I took her with me and the kids and had
her pushing the button while I filmed the flights but the thing that
actually got to her was the smell.

She got hooked on the smell of spent BP at her first launch and hasn't
missed a launch since.
(Who needs Viagra)   ; )

Randy
http://vernarockets.com/

My wife tolerates it sometimes, hates it others, and enjoys it other times.

Small Estes-sized rockets bore her to tears; she likes the big stuff and
loves LDRS.  She also likes several of my rocket buddies and enjoys
spending time with them and some of their spouses (some of which have
rocketry interests).

You have to figure out what it takes to keep the peace in your house;
what works for one won't work for another.  Encourage your wife to come
to a launch and decide based on her own experience.

-Kevin

Invite a bunch of your friends over for a poker night.  Drink heavily,
smoke cigars, and lose a couple of hundred bucks.  The next day tell her
you had so much fun you're planning to make it a weekly event.

Rockets will then seem like a great idea to her and she'll be happy to
see you spending your time doing something "constructive".

;-)

-JT

Get her involved, although that doesn't seem to have worked well for
most guys I know, my other half much just be really lucky.

Cath Bashford
M.A.R.S.
UKRA L3 RSO
TRA L3 TAP