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"

Barbara sorry any poisonous paint will be jealously guarded! He still moans about not being able to get leaded petrol. And Araldite isn't what it was.....

An extendable roller? A trip to B & Q? Truly, you are living the dream

Fellow F1 sufferers - do you realise there are 102 days to the first Grand Prix of 2020. That 100 days to free practice!
But why do DH and DS1 need to discuss potential driver moves for the 2021 season already?

Today we received two Christmas cards - one from a neighbour, one from ScrewFix

@preproombabe I'm so jealous of the weather station 😱

Dh loves to watch the global cycle network especially the tech shoes which are mind numbing!!

DH has received a reply from our local council regarding their lack of a bin app. He is unimpressed and is writing a reply explaining precisely why they are wrong. He's using bullet points. I can see this is going to run and run.

I thought of another

Frying pans

Any shop we go into that sells pans he has to go and have a look and a pick up...he has standards...apparently.

I do 95% of the cooking

I am happy if stuff doesn't stick like shit to a blanket...and it's not too heavy...

I adore the screwfix catalogue, i'm female

Mine collects Now albums and has to buy the new ones on the day of release. He gets very excited when the track listing comes out.

He also seems fascinated by Crossrail, despite it going nowhere near us. Keeps trying to talk to me about it, despite my terminal indifference. I suppose it makes a change from cricket.

Ratchet straps - he will literally stop the car, turn round and pick one up if it's lying in the road.

I despair

DSIL and I were discussing taking DGS for an outing to Screwfix when he turns 5. That's when he'll fit into their smallest hiviz. I like hiviz, and have a dozen or so, including a rare light blue one worn by the database team in my last job. That particular site had yellow for general staff, yellow with green for first aiders, optional pink for females and transitioning FTMs, orange for shunters and FLMs, red for engineering, and the single black one worn by the General Manager. Black means you never leave the office, but if you do, your superpower is invulnerability.

i remembered another...he is constantly harping on about how wrong the Met Office forecasts are for here.

He also reveres Windy Wilson...and tells me constantly what Windy is saying about the weather compared with the Met Office or the --bloody BBC shyster forecasters

I wouldn't mind but I told him about Windy Wilson.

Bathwater but you know ratchet straps aren't cheap! Of course they come in many different lengths and widths, and one needs to have a good supply

I love this thread, I don't feel so alone!