To wonder what on earth all these myserious hobbies on MN are?

[Abbinob]

I see so many posts with things like "when i'm doing my hobby" "DH spends 2 hours a week doing his hobby" "a friend from my hobby"

WHAT ARE ALL THESE HOBBIES?

I've never heard anyone say this in RL
"so what you doing tonight?"
"oh you know, i'm going to do my hobby"

It makes me all nosey and agitated trying to work out what these hobbies are

YES! exactly my thoughts. I always assume historical reenactment or golf.

Haven't read the full thread obvs but it's wife swapping.

I assume golf or sailing. I broke up with exP due to sailing, it was non-stop.

Took up all his spare time, holiday leave and money.

Someone said you might as well stand in the shower ripping up fivers. Whoever said that had a bit of sense.

I've read 4 pages but my mind is stuck on a comment from page 1. Isn't drinking wine in the kitchen a hobby? I thought it was. What the hell am I going to say now?? Eh??
Normally it goes like this
Neighbour "What are you doing this morning kissed?"
Kissed "oh, my hobby. Laters neighbour. "
Neighbour "what are you up to later kissed?"
Kissed "sleeping off my hobby then more hobbying. Laters neighbour."
Wtf do I say now?? chin chin ??

I always wonder this! I do 'stuff'* but I have never had something that I call my hobby.

*eat crap and watch TV.

I've always wanted to try golf but am scared it would be me and a bunch of men who would frown at me for taking up space on the green.

I've always wanted to try golf but am scared it would be me and a bunch of men who would frown at me for taking up space on the green.

Oops. Sorry about that.

OP this is a question I'm always asking myself and the more someone is vague the curioser I get.

I think things like golf, cycling or martial arts, not entirely sure why.

My "hobby" is drinking wine..., have I just been outed?!...

If someone refers to their DP/DH 'doing his hobby,' then I automatically think of some dull-as-fuck, yet vague fiddling around with bits of aeroplane models and gluing them together, in a dry and joyless way. It's usually around a dimly lit table with other men, all fiddling and gluing.

I think the word 'hobby' makes potentially interesting things sound a bit shit really.

Makes me think of Deirdre Barlow and her pottery class

Or yes if it's a man I think of something like train models or reenactment. Something stereotypically nerdy that the OP doesn't want to admit her DH does.

I've always assumed it was dogging, swinging or swapping OP.

"Something stereotypically nerdy that the OP doesn't want to admit her DH does."

I think my husband would disgust all of you: cycling, sailing, golf and X. He tends to get into the final one quite intensely for a month or so and then forget about it. This month is yo-yos. Last month was photography.

Out of interest, what's wrong with cyclists? I'm one too. It's how we met.

I met someone who was really cagey about his hobby once. I found out was Morris dancing, so I don't blame him for wanting to keep quiet about it.

I have an expensive and strange creative hobby that I love. I'm quite obsessive about it. I'm keeping quiet about what it is, because I prefer that my hobby remains as obscure as possible. I think it wouldn't be as magical if lots of people started going it.

It means bumsex but they are too polite to say.

I always assume LARP or frisbee golf.

Oh, or maybe they're all furries.

kissed I just nearly woke up DH laughing at that

It's probably bloody army cadets.... grown men dressed as action men.... pretending to be in the army... but with none of the risk or genuine bravery that goes with being in any armed forces. My friends husband is away most weeks playing feckin action man. Typically these individuals have never and will never be in the armed forces because they are a bunch of pussys.

Kids doing it is bizarre but vaguely acceptable.

Yep, I feel strongly about this particular hobby. I think it makes a bit of a mockery of those who actually risk life and limb for us in the forces.
Just my opinion mind, and no way would I tell anyone if my dh was doing something so ridiculously juvenile, I would probably lie and say his hobby was dogging.

It's interesting that women practically never have the sort of hobby that takes up a set amount of time on a particular day. Or women with children don't. They tend to have hobbies they can pick up and put down again. I wonder why that is?

I wonder why that is?

You're trying to turn this into a feminism discussion?

@ToastyArmadillo.

How about the TA? Semi-pussies? If someone enjoys what they do and it doesn't harm anyone else, what's the issue with it? Your post is extremely unpleasant.

Kids doing it is bizarre but vaguely acceptable.

My school had compulsory CCF. AS my school was girls only, it was combined with the nearby boys' school. There are many things you can learn from them as with scouts, guides, brownies etc in exactly the same way you learn other lessons playing hockey such as team work and tenacity.

Why is it either bizarre or vaguely acceptable?

One of the important things I learnt within CCF is respect for others. Guess you didn't do anything like it.

I would never say doing my hobby. I am in a choir and I'd say I was going to choir practice (although I am not singing with it this term). I go to bikram yoga usually once a week at present. That's a hobby but I'd never say I was going to do a hobby.

I do agree far too many women tolerate men spending mroe time on hobbies - football, golf etc than the wife gets which should not be tolerated unless you are so dependent on a husband because you have no income and unless you play ball in all respects with him he will toss you aside in favour of a woman who does tolerate his not being there.

"I reckon it's code for 'going to the pub'". Now that's my kind of hobby!

As well as all the mysterious hobbies, I'm often bemused by all the mysterious 'dream jobs' people seem to get offered.

does mnetting count as a hobby?