Incredibly dull things your husband gets excited about

[Adventcandles]

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"

That made me laugh op

Motorcycles
Parts for his motorcycle
Best stuff to clean his motorcycle
Best gloves for his motorcycle
Best boots.... You get the picture.

How miles per gallon I'm getting in my car, apparently I have a lead foot

These are just so wholesome

Bus routes. How they could be improved. Improving the timetables. Moving the bus stops.

And the various logistics of the new voluntary role he's taken on ( not bus related though, thank god)

at the smart light husband, I can't decide if I'd kill him or welcome our new smartlight overlords.

Sourdough man can give me a few pointers!

They do say you marry a man like your father. My DF reads books on the history of coal.

Yes DP has the local council bin alert app!

Lesser-known Beatles B-sides and album tracks.

The Go Outdoors catalogue.

Endless random youtube videos of guitar riffs.

Taking out the recycling. He has to tell me all about it every time.

Grand Prix - insists on providing a running commentary to me when a) I don't understand it, b) I don't care and c) I'm trying to read my book.
Brexit.
How many calories he burnt in spin class.

Car cleaning- you tube videos, amazon wishlists etc

Types of soil & drainage!!!

OMG I’ve just googled council bin reminders. DH is going to beside himself when I tell him tonight.

Aw OP that’s actually so cute 😂 and the way you wrote it made me laugh, are you a writer? You should be! Please update on your DHs reaction when he’s been to his new shop!

My DH - screwfix, anything car related. He talks at length, I nod and make the polite hmm and aah noise intermittently.

I know what he would say my boring little obsessions are too.

Stone

Sandstone, limestone, guillotined stone, cut stone, building stone, stone window sills and stone pier and wall caps.

Quarries to get stone from, machinery to cut stone.

It's just endless.

Cricket
Basketball
Football
Rugby - union and league
Basketball
American Football

Running
How many reps he's done
How long he holds a plank for
The fact he's lost 20 pounds in weight

Whether the lights are on or off - in his mind they should always be off and we should stumble around like moles in the dark

The house temperature - heating should always be off because you know... Greta Thunberg/climate death

The dog - how many wee wees she's been Outies for

Teabags - we need to keep a good stock

Tins of Heinz soup - see teabags

Tins of chick peas - see teabags

Politics - how many utterly cunty things Johnson has said today (as you can appreciate this is a long running daily monologue)

How many utterly cunty things Trump has said today (an even longer running daily monologue)

(I do love him dearly. I swear he's not as dull as the above list)

My BIL told SIL off for daring to switch the light on at the wall. Rather than using the lighting app that he has set up for their house.

My DH tells me all about when he is going to fill the car up and how much he paid for petrol. I have to feign interest about getting petrol cheaper at the big supermarket and how the price compares with another garage. I don't much care, he uses the car for work and usually does this job on his way to work or during the day.

He sounds lovely @Adventcandles.

Mine too likes the Screwfix catalogue, when it first arrived he proudly announced he was now a real man!

On the positive side, if we ever need anything new he does excellent research on what is the best one to buy, he is then a ready-made expert. Still, love the funny bugger though.

Oh god we are new smartlight users and I keep getting told off for accidentally using the switch on the wall. Also, I neeeeeed that council bin app!!

Caulk.

@hopping my husband tries to tell me all about raspberry pi's too... 🙄 He's also obsessed with gadgets and has turned our home in to a smart home. We don't even have light switches anymore 🤦🏼‍♀️

Oh OP I am so happy for your husband, it's very cute and so sweet!

Really expensive knives. How they're made. The metals involved. The different sharpening tools you can get. The serration. The handle. The grip. On and on and on.

He's a chef, not a murderer...(that I know of 🤔)

Mine has a quite astonishing capacity to laugh at lame jokes he’s hearing for the 50th time. A couple of years in I had to tell him that if I heard “Joey doesn’t share food” or “we were on a BREAK!” again somebody would probably have to die.

Tiger mine too has little “projects” with his
We can observe DD’s pet Gecko and monitor his temperature and humidity from anywhere in the world!

Military aircraft.
Airfields.
What could be wrong with the car.

DP needs a new chainsaw. We’ve just had two days of chainsaw chat. And by «chat», I mean, Dp talking AT me continuously about different types and makes of chainsaws and their relevant merits until I want to tear my own ears off just so I don’t have to listen anymore.

@QueenAnneBoleyn

Does he like computers too? If so I've found my dh's twin!

That is so funny and so sweet OP. We live rurally so we would go to the opening of an envelope to be fair

DP - detailing his car. Yes this is a thing which involves microscopic cleaning of car components with Q Tips

The construction of packaging. He will examine packets and boxes quietly impressed. It can take a while to get round a shop. In his defence it is his industry.