What really boring crap does your dh try to talk to you about?

[ArseInTheCoOpWindow]

Yesterday DH tried to talk to me about stationary gas engines. He seemed suprised when l wasn’t interested.

My friend’s bf used to talk to her about overhead haulage systems.

Work (he does something very technical in IT that I have no hope of understanding), Reddit threads and music, which is his passion but to me largely just what comes out of the car radio.

On the other hand I regularly bore him shitless with Mumsnet threads, Below Deck and all the thrills of life in marketing.

Thankfully there are other subjects that we both find interesting!

Nothing ... after 30+ years of marriage we have turned into one of those really dull couples who have nothing to talk about ... there so many subjects we can't discuss because of opposing views - ie: politics - I would actually enjoy talking about his work or finding out more about his hobbies. I almost dread coming home from work and having to think of things to try and talk about over dinner before we can watch tv in silence .

I'm wracking my brain and can't think of anything. We have the same interests as we met at a Lego exhibition. We both like Bond films and home improvement shows, I also find his work interesting, (underwriting). But then I've always been a big believer in meeting people through hobbies so you have something to talk about on your first date,,, what's your favourite set? The motorbike shop, what's yours? He told me its set number and expected me to know it

Football
How much he hates 'Facetwit or Instaface or whatever it is'

Politics. Which isn't always bad, but he does it first thing in the morning and he starts talking before he actually comes into the room, so I can't get in first with a different topic.

Bloody war films😱 I don’t generally watch films, I don’t have the attention span and much prefer reading... but not only does he put the damn film on anyway, he then talks me through it!! Repeating the ‘best lines’ when I’m reading quietly! Telling me the background if it’s a true story ... yadda yadda...
We both follow football so that ones ok... I forgot the ‘other people’s driving’ one...On and on he's still cursing and muttering, miles after we pass whoever has upset him🤷‍♀️
He’d probably say I go on about work and German Shepherd Dogs😁

Politics.
Music.
Our local football club.
His allotment, what he's growing, and who he saw. Unfortunately, all the blokes he knows there seem to be called Dave or David, so I never know who he's talking about.
His latest Ebay purchase, and his bidding system.
The weather forecast, and whether the Met Office or the BBC were more accurate today. In some ways it's always useful to know what coat to wear, but by mid-afternoon, (when he moves on to tomorrow's weather) think that he could give it a rest.
And this year's special treat has been discussing and dissecting Covid statistics, whilst moaning that he won't go to a pub until he can walk up to the bar and order a pint like he always has.
At least he has diverse subjects to drone on about, but blimey, he does go on sometimes.

Oooh - another particularly annoying one....
Bizarrely for a man in his 50s, he believes a lot of what he reads on the internet (including the utter lies and crap) So when I correct him, I have to ‘prove it’ by finding out the truth of the story before I get any peace!!😱
Mainly football transfer rumours or wether an actor is dead or alive / married to
XYZ / only 4ft tall, etc etc
Totally does my head in.
Good job he’s a lovely in other ways, or the 🔪 would be out.......

Barbecues and various tools that he MUST have

@Bananalanacake

Yes, I think you’re right about having some shared interests... there is less than a years age gap between me & Dp, so we went to football matches at the same time, like the same music from a particular era, also fashions and trends of that time and understand elderly parents.
However....
He still counters on and on 😁

Bloody podcasts 🙄

Snap @CockneyCutie
Random stuff on the internet that I look up on Snopes or Wiki and disprove, but he doesn’t believe me and manages to chunter on for ages
Who is at the door? That’s a good one
What’s wrong with somebody’s engine - he’s a mechanic. I honestly don’t know where the oil goes, and yet he asks me for advice
Imaginary scenarios, usually really depressing, about our teenage daughter.
Why he lost various races in his youth
How he hasn’t put on any weight over lockdown, he bloody has.

The state of the roads and how they need repairing.
The inconvenience of the roadworks on the roads that are being repaired.
How badly everyone else drives.
Harry’s fucking Garage on YouTube.
I DON’T CARE! 😂

At the moment I'm still getting the bastarding covid-report on a daily more like fuckng hourly basis.

Ask him about carrier flame ignition.

It's one (only one) of the most fascinating things about stationary gas engines.

Motorbikes. What he's seen in B&Q.

Other people's bad driving habits. He seems always seem surprised that I can't recall the time a person pulled out in front of him in Sainsbury's car park 6 months ago.
He also likes to watch and talk about his mindfulness programmes like watching a train ride through the desert for hours.
Motorsport.
I just glaze over smile and nod on these subjects he has no idea my mind is elsewhere.

Repeats family anecdotes about family members that I've never met that were marginally funny the first time but the millionth time later make me want to scream .

movie trivia.

Credit control.

Ffs.

Aircraft.

He fixes them for a living, the big ones that is. Or more accurately he manages teams of engineers who fix them before he inspects them and signs them off as safe & airworthy for you and your family to fly on.

He has vast amounts of experience and he knows absolutely everything there is to know about them. They are a lifetime’s obsession for him and he loves nothing better than sharing his enthusiasm at vast length & ridiculous detail with anyone and everyone who will listen.

Guitar pedals 😫

@tedsletterofthelaw

Guitar pedals 😫

True bypass!

Karl Marx
Pest control

@Triphazards

I made the mistake of telling my DH about this thread and that I had no idea what your response meant.

He obviously went on to explain 😣😣