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I've just deliberately sent my husband on a wild goose chase

532 replies

GooseyGooseyWander · 01/09/2021 22:29

I may or may not have changed some details of said hobby and equipment.

He has a 'hobby' that he is obsessed with. Let's call it wild goose chasing. He watches YouTube videos about wild goose chasing, he reads magazines about wild goose chasing, he has all the gear ('infrared', 'thermal imaging' etc) and likes to go out wild goose chasing on a regular basis.

Recently he hasn't been wild goose chasing due to some disillusionment with his level of success in wild goose chasing and the lack of presence of gooses in the local area. This means every night, for many hours he has talked to me about wild goose chasing. Reads out bits from magazines to me. Talks endlessly. Listens to goose chasing videos in bed and comments on goose chasing techniques.

Tonight I went out on a run and happened to see a wild goose in an unusual location.

Nonchalantly told DH about it and would you know it, off his own back he's excitedly gone out to chase said wild goose.

I've now had two hours of mumsnetting and watching MAFS UK without someone talking about gooses through it. I expect DH is still delightedly crawling around on his hands and knees with his thermal imaging goggles looking for said wild goose.

Only I didn't see a wild goose.

AIBU?

AIBU to see it again tomorrow?

OP posts:
OnlyFantastic · 01/09/2021 23:21

Red squirrels?

PlanDeRaccordement · 01/09/2021 23:21

[quote Sparklfairy]@PlanDeRaccordement doesn't it make your hands ache from wringing them all the time?[/quote]
Well you’ve just met my expectations for the kind of person that thinks this is funny.

MrsG30 · 01/09/2021 23:20

Haha this is great! I actually think it’s really nice that you have rekindled his interest in his hobby.

This thread is genius, even more so for the outrage from PdeR!

SingingInTheShithouse · 01/09/2021 23:20

Genius!! Grin

Oh I feel your pain. I have a wild goose chaser too. He collects wild geese, obsesses about wild geese & has wild geese mates he usually drinks & drones on about wild geese with. Lockdown was hell as he wouldn't shut up using me as surrogate goose chaser ears😏. I took to posting on Facebook for someone to ring him & talk geese with him before I buried him under the patio.

I'll be trying this next time. Thanks for the tip Grin

Cocopogo · 01/09/2021 23:20

Ummm it’s some sort of animal then. Deer stalking?

FlatteredFool · 01/09/2021 23:19

@PlanDeRaccordement but he might have actually found the golden goose and been a happy goose finder.

mrsgrotbags · 01/09/2021 23:18

Hilarious op. You've shown an interest now though in goose chasing...sooner or later you might get roped in on said goose chase.

Lalliella · 01/09/2021 23:18

Love the username OP. Really wish the hobby was (nice) beavers Grin

WeAreTheHeroes · 01/09/2021 23:17

Red squirrels? Deer?

PlanDeRaccordement · 01/09/2021 23:17

@Holskey
He loves looking for a goose when there is an actual goose to be found. No one thinks it’s funny to be lied to and manipulated all as a joke. And then to brag about it online. This is horrible. What kind of people are you to condone this?

FlatteredFool · 01/09/2021 23:15

Christ, warm beavers.

ImitationofBeing · 01/09/2021 23:14

YANBU. MaFS needs to have no interruption and he's happy. Win win.

FlatteredFool · 01/09/2021 23:14

@LoveVintage beaver obsession starts young in the male of our species. It could be beavers.

PdeR sounds great fun at parties. I'm autistic and don't find a lot of things funny, but this is genius. September 1st should become National Wild Goose Chase Day.

KurtWilde · 01/09/2021 23:14

@PearTreeBoat

Blonde hedgehogs???
Ooh yes the albino hedgehogs?
Peanutsandchilli · 01/09/2021 23:13

You sound pleasant. If a man had done this to his partner, the whole of Mumsnet would be asking her if he was always this controlling/abusive, then telling her to leave him because he's a dick.

PearTreeBoat · 01/09/2021 23:13

Blonde hedgehogs???

KurtWilde · 01/09/2021 23:13

Not a ghost hunter then if badgers is close.

Hedgehogs?

2ndMrsdeWinter · 01/09/2021 23:12

@LoveVintage snorted red hot tea through my nose Grin

MunsteadWood · 01/09/2021 23:12

Badgers?

Cantdoitallperfectly · 01/09/2021 23:12

Otters?

GooseyGooseyWander · 01/09/2021 23:11

Not bats.

I mean he is, but that's not the hobby.

OP posts:
LastGirlSanding · 01/09/2021 23:11

Badgers

GooseyGooseyWander · 01/09/2021 23:11

@LoveVintage

Ooh is it beavers? I know someone whose DH is obsessed with them....
Warm.
OP posts:
Sparklfairy · 01/09/2021 23:10

@PlanDeRaccordement doesn't it make your hands ache from wringing them all the time?

LoveVintage · 01/09/2021 23:09

Ooh is it beavers? I know someone whose DH is obsessed with them....