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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:
ChasedByFox · 02/09/2021 18:38

It's gotter be an otter...

Though I'm holding out for melanistic foxes tbh. We used to have a leucistic magpie that lived in our garden- he was awesome, he was white with really pale beige where his black should have been.

The silence required makes me think it's badgers though. They are so weird in RL.

greyinganddecaying · 02/09/2021 18:31

Love this - OP you are a genius!

EastWestWhosBest · 02/09/2021 18:27

It’s stoats, or weasels.

toohappy · 02/09/2021 18:20

It's not fishing is it? Your DP sounds just like mine. Obsessed with YouTube videos on fly making and phone pinging with Facebook updates from the groups he's on. He's up at 6am, out all day and tells me all about it but I really find it hard to get excited about the fish catching especially as I'm a vegetarian.
I love the weekends he's out all day :)

TheVolturi · 02/09/2021 18:14

Ooooh, will have to pinch this idea! 🤣

Wowthatsalot · 02/09/2021 18:13

Please PM me the hobby OP.
I've had a bad day!
Thanks

LittleMissnotLittleMrs · 02/09/2021 18:11

Possibly outing! Wallabies?

Mollymoostoo · 02/09/2021 18:08

@FoxgloveSummers

Maybe he just likes looking for warm beavers
Grin
Mollymoostoo · 02/09/2021 18:07

@MrsRobbieHart

Is it dogging? It’s dogging isn’t it?
GrinGrin
Couchbettato · 02/09/2021 18:02

Bird spotting?

Yesitsbess · 02/09/2021 17:58

I've only read your posts OP but I'm going for panthers.

Mycatsaninja · 02/09/2021 17:50

Bats !!!! 🦇
I'm late to the party and haven't rtft but just had to comment 🥳

Ilovewolfblass · 02/09/2021 17:49

Brilliant!!!

iklboo · 02/09/2021 17:43

My bets are

Trains
Classic Cars
Tractors
Dogging

Summerofcontent · 02/09/2021 17:42

some golfballs have very acute hearing

😂😂😂

godmum56 · 02/09/2021 17:41

@Summerofcontent

By the way, my guess was looking for lost golf balls... even when it's dark you can find them using 'specialist equipment' (aka a torch!) and we know the OP's DH has specialist equiptment

But he won't take the children because they make too much noise. Surely noise doesn't affect golf balls

some golfballs have very acute hearing
Summerofcontent · 02/09/2021 17:39

By the way, my guess was looking for lost golf balls... even when it's dark you can find them using 'specialist equipment' (aka a torch!) and we know the OP's DH has specialist equiptment

But he won't take the children because they make too much noise. Surely noise doesn't affect golf balls

slowtik · 02/09/2021 17:30

For once I've actually LOL Grin

heaneb · 02/09/2021 17:27

This is awesome! Grin

ItWasAgathaAllAlong · 02/09/2021 16:54

There is a bit of a sense of belittling/ridiculing him and having a good old laugh at how gullible he is/how silly you think his hobby is

@jacks11 are you even reading the same thread? I've not seen or read anyone belittling or ridiculing anyone - least of all the OP!

If anything, she's made her DH's evening! He is happy, she is happy - what's not to like?

By the way, my guess was looking for lost golf balls... even when it's dark you can find them using 'specialist equipment' (aka a torch!) and we know the OP's DH has specialist equiptment...

And, like the OP, I find lost golf balls all the time when I'm running near the golf course, and my DH loves a free golf ball find, yet hardly ever finds them himself!

Thanks, OP, I must remember this ruse when there's something I want to watch on TV and he's making the place look untidy and moaning about not finding a golf ball recently! Grin

Zilla1 · 02/09/2021 15:44

What would be the result of hobby tennis?
DP states one fact about UFOs.
OP returns a fact about textiles.
DP states another fact about UFOs.
OP forearms a powerful return about... textiles.

TeapotCollection · 02/09/2021 15:41

This is hilarious 😂 I actually spat my coffee out at “it’s like kicking a puppy” when someone asked if OP had ever told him she wasn’t interested

I’m intrigued as to what the hobby is

CatsBooksAndCoffee · 02/09/2021 15:22

@Billybagpuss: 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👏

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 02/09/2021 15:03

Oh brava, @GooseyGooseyWander - well played indeed! 2 geese with one stone - love it!

Cheeky sod, leaving the spirited offspring up because he CBA to actually parent them into bed!

FoxgloveSummers · 02/09/2021 14:42

Maybe he just likes looking for warm beavers