Hobbies with DH - kind suggestions

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Hello, my husband has suggested that we find a hobby or something to do together one evening a week. Outside of the house.
It's a good idea but I feel a bit disconnected from life at the moment and on the constant hamster wheel.
I would not enjoy something sporty but open to most ideas. Low cost even better. Please share your ideas. Thanks so much.

According to my friends, my current hobby is trying lots of hobbies! Current obsession is going to different workshops on a monthly basis. So far I’ve done willow weaving, pyrography, silver smithing, blacksmithing, clay metalwork, wire weaving, Tiffany glass, felting and fused glass. Glass blowing and wood carving are up next. Maybe you could try different things before finding something you both enjoy? Lots of lovely ideas on this thread.

ceroc (partner dance, a bit like salsa)

What has your DH suggested?

Local or family history society? They often have projects running as well as meetings with guest speakers.
Any 'Friends of....' organisations supporting a church, theatre, museum or whatever locally?
Lawn bowls or croquet when the weather is better? Not too physically demanding, but out of doors and a bit of exercise.
A re-enactment group? You get to dress up. Some groups are military re-enactors, but not all.

Have you looked at the meetup app they have a lot of hobbies and events going on all in different categories too so you might find something there you are able to enjoy together

How lovely of him to make the effort to connect like that!

Research your family trees, start a vegetable patch or allotment, start making (sourdough) bread, take cooking classes (online options available)/ cook posh meals together, walking and trig bagging or ticking off local landmarks, museums or galleries, do a city treasure hunt book or walking tour. Learn to play bridge or cribbage....

These are great www.mysteryguides.co.uk/collections/

We have VERY different interests, but we both enjoy a quiz night and going to the theatre. His theatre likes are very limited so we only do that every few months, but a quiz night can be done every week.

We do a board games club at a local pub - free entry, just buy a drink or two.

Badminton

That's what we do for an hour every Sunday while DS is in art class, its good because males have less advantage with a shuttlecock and we can both have a good work out.

Thank you all so much.
I have booked an arty class in a pub for us to try. So many lovely suggestions thanks.
I'm up for trying a few and will report back.

Sounds great OP

National Trust sometimes organise one off events, such as a litter pick, or clearing a river.
A language class.
Someone I know is trying to visit every Wetherspoons in the country. I believe there is a book you can buy, to tick them off! Might be fun to make a start on the local ones, and then go to ones further afield if you happen to be in the area.
Go ice skating.
Go on a llama or alpaca walk.
A wine tasting evening.
Cookery class.

You are so lucky to live within reach of so many great classes - I am seriously jealous.

@onelumporthree I do travel up to around an hour from home for some. Most are within 10-40 minutes drive. I am very lucky here in the East Midlands. If you look at craftcourses.com you can put in your location and it will search for courses near to you. I was amazed at how many there were near me which I would not have found any other way. It’s highly addictive trying them all out. Other places to look for one of workshops are local museums/places of interest like stately homes and woodlands. Also posh country farm shops also tend to host crafters workshops.

We did ballroom dancing lessons.

Brilliant, thank you.

My husband and I go once a week to a Spanish class and once a week to a ballroom/latin dance class. It’s been good for us and the dancing about saved me when I was in the darkest of places. I think your husband has had a great idea and giving it a go won’t hurt.

have a look at your local council to see if they do adult evening classes, ours do all sorts of things. They're very reasonably priced and usually just a term or half term so you're not tied in for too long if you hate it!

Do you have a local adult education centre? I've done some brilliant courses at ours - Creative writing, Book club, Calligraphy and wreath making so far. Mostly free or inexpensive.

Oh, this is a nice thread - one of the few on here that makes me wish I still had a husband! He sounds lovely OP.

I see you have some ideas and are trying some things out. I was going to suggest:

• crafting classes (only thing is it can be quite pricey)
• pub quiz
• cinema - at our local one, for £15 a month each you can go and see each new film once, so if you went weekly it would be really good value! My daughter and I have passes and it means we end up seeing lots of films we wouldn't otherwise see - and obviously it gives you new things to talk about, and is a nice shared experience.

Anyway, good luck OP, and I hope it starts making you feel a bit better about things!

Bridge. It’s a great game.

Dh and I learnt at a local club and now we play regularly with friends. It’s sociable and you stop half way through for coffee and cake 🍰

What about trying different things each week for a while , so just a plan to have X number of different experiences? Maybe not even every week? Or maybe one week could be something you can do at home like cook together and the alternate week you go out and try different things?

Geocaching
Board game Nights
Talks and lectures at local universities etc? (We went to a great one about Space recently)
Trying out photography
Cookery lessons
Gardening