Incredibly dull things your husband gets excited about

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Please tell me I'm not the only one?

We live in a village and have a bit of a drive to the nearest "proper" shops. Hence the excitement over the new Eurospar that has been built over the last few months, opening today.

DH has provided a running commentary on the development of this project, his approval of how they've blended the new construction nicely in with the facade of the listed building involved, his disgust at the choice of electricians used (he spotted their van) his excitement when he peered in the window and realised it's actually going to be a sort of split level effect...

Today I woke up in darkness to DH's head sort of floating above me in the morning gloom, and a hiss of "it's half six. The new Eurospar opens at seven"

I had to tell him that, according to Facebook, it opens at 12,and he will have to wait until tomorrow so we can visit it as a family. He was absolutely crestfallen, but I'm going to suprise him with an emergency need for chocolate later tonight. He will then be able to visit this new Mecca, and come back all puffed up like a pigeon, to report on its wonders. I imagine that once the excitement fades, he'll go back to his previous fixation, "what sort of shed shall we get next summer"

The really annoying bit is when this “useless” knowledge actually comes in handy ONCE and then they can justify their weird obsessions.
I used to drive a lot for work, mainly around Manchester but more recently DH has been working there and has become a bit obsessed with knowing all the roads there (and trying to prove me wrong “no, that’s not x street, it’s Y street”).
We were in Manchester on Saturday and on the drive there I had to put up with the running commentary on which motorway exit went where and which road was best at each time of the day. When it was time to leave I commented that as we were leaving at the same time an event was finishing traffic was especially bad
“Ha, he replied, I know all the rat runs, not laughing now are you?”
He did, amd I wasnt

@TheSandman I did that.. then the bastards changed the day from Tuesday to Friday.. really fucked up my calendar!

@NewYoiker I did that.. then the bastards changed the day from Tuesday to Friday.. really fucked up my calendar!

Bugger. Never thought of that. Removable stickers for me next year

What a lovely thread - have nominated for classics!

DH asked when we bought our Dyson vacuum cleaner, when told about 4 years ago- he seemed to be really pleased and said that it is one of the best buys, he very much likes it!!
Easily pleased, may buy another one for Christmas 😉

In the days before apps, where having bin days on the website was the height of sophistication I used to maintain the page and could monitor traffic. Without fail each year, Christmas day was the peak by many orders of magnitude for looking up bin collection days

"what sort of shed shall we get next summer" Bless him
My DH is obsessed by the building of a new petrol station in Sawbridgeworth and the effect it has on traffic.

My husband built his own shed ... I have no idea why because it took him weeks to complete.

My Dh built our shed kept him busy and out of bother

So pleased someone else mentioned the Mosconi Cup...

It’s early this year. It’s usually on over my birthday (which is Sunday)

It’s the Ryder Cup of 9-Ball pool.

How many miles to the gallon every single time we are in the car. I once had it for 9 fucking hours.
Watching YouTube videos on people restoring engines.
Watching endless Trump videos.

Cutlery and fibonacci spirals, also tools for jobs he didn't know existed ie decorators caulk.

I am however also quite interested and he doesn't bore on so we are both happy.

I'm sure I bore on about all manner of dull stuff tbf. Mostly my obsession with banking and exactly how much money we have until the end of the month. I can also track his whereabouts using this method

Classics! Loving these funny, sweet, totally geeky things.
Mine's all interest rates, macroeconomic trends, tax incentives and penalties re housing, money laundering policy, international tax sharing, blah blah all leading towards: What Is Happening to House Prices and How Will It Ever End. The main conclusion is: interest rates need to be higher.
He knows a lot about it but charmingly does not think of himself as someone who knows anything, so he won't blog or tweet or go get talking to people in this field. Nope - it's all for me and me alone

@Sp1ke3 whereabouts is your DH plus extendable roller??? I have plenty of ceilings that would be thrilled and delighted to receive any that sort of attention

@HowlsMovingBungalow my husband wants the app

What's the bin app called
My husband is saying how he wishes he invented it

His obsession is turning off radiators
Talking about his van
And having the right mop for cleaning the kitchen floor

Never stops talking about boilers

In the days before apps, where having bin days on the website was the height of sophistication I used to maintain the page and could monitor traffic.

My council still have bin days on their website and no app or email alert.......

DH has never knowingly thrown away a cable. We have boxes and boxes of random cables stashed around the house and in the garage. Some of them pre-date our latest house move, which was in 2007 FFS!

Don't get me started on DHs and hoarding. Cables, computer hardware from former computers, computer magazines from the 1990s, till receipts with a similar vintage...I could go on!

cordelia you are so lucky to have learned about all that stuff, you could be glad of it one day! (Ps fab name, I've got all the books in hardback )

Peace we have cable dating back to the 70s, but DH also inherited a garage full of "useful" stuff from his Dad, which is many and varied. The joy of a still-sealed pot of paint or glue which doesn't conform to modern EU regulations! Old bakelite switches! Bits of good wood!

Exiled DH has ancient computers in storage. He's also running two side by side at the moment, for inexplicable reasons. Receipts? Oh yes.

There's a bin app????? 🤯

Here we have wrestling, news, trivia and the bravissimo catalogue coming through the door. Bins in general.

This thread just influenced me to request a Screwfix catalogue

If anyone else feels the need (or indeed wants one to wrap as a Christmas gift!): www.screwfix.com/jsp/help/catalogRequestPage.jsp

The joy of a still-sealed pot of paint or glue which doesn't conform to modern EU regulations

If you've got any white satinwood, I'll buy it off you. DP is not working much at the moment as it always goes a bit quiet for him in the winter, so he's decorating the living room this week. You'll save me from going home to a rant about paint that takes 3 days to dry due to not being allowed to put the good solvents in it any more.

Decorating has of course allowed him to spend many an hour browsing the Screwfix website and we had a Sunday morning trip to B&Q where he spent more time than I thought was possible choosing between the three available extendable rollers. We bought the most expensive one, even though our ceilings are so low you can almost paint them with a normal roller. He doesn't know that I only let him get that one because he's going to be doing the stairs and landing next week .

Transformers.

The 1980's cartoon...not actually the cartoon but figures. And not figures from the 1980's but ones made now based on an interpretation of the 1980's comics.

They are, you understand, NOT TOYS. They are 'collectors items'. They must be kept in glass cabinets in his man cave. No cats must enter this space for their fluff is banned from touching the NOT TOYS.

They cost anywhere up to £300 each. He goes to a 'convention' each year to meet with others and discuss the NOT TOYS and buy new ones.

There's lots to tell me about the NOT TOYS...which 1980s character they're based on, what is different from the 1980s version, what he likes, what he doesn't like, what kind of "design aesthetic" he likes, etc.

I used to indulge him a little bit but now I say "Babe...you've got two minutes until my eyes glaze over, use it wisely"