To wonder what the actual fuck all these hobbies are

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That men on mumsnet seem to have. And why people never just state them. "His hobby" sounds so pervy

I don't get it when people refuse to name said hobby due to it outing their husband. Serial Killer????

DH has a gym hobby, he fits it in at 6am before work. Like fuck is he getting time away from our bloody kids at the weekend leaving me alone with all of them after escaping from them all week going to
Work!

Bitchfromhell I'd picture your husband in a gimp mask if you told me he had leather clad fun at the weekends!

My dh is a plane spotter
i know
But he takes the dc with him so....

Everyone loves a stuffed stoat.
So true!

Parties of these hobby groups are middle aged mansplainogeddon.

Some things aren't even hobbies. Going to the gym is about taking care of your health, not a fucking hobby.

I pointed at the two small children sitting i ng at the table, eating their tea."see them? They're your hobby

(Shudder)

Isn't a hobby just living' your life, in between all the shit you need to do in order to have^ a life?
I say that as someone who has no hobbies, unless reading and internetting count.

Oops. Only living and have were supposed to be italicised!

OKAY - I definitely have the husband with the best hobby. I'm from the States, and when I first met my husband, he would disappear every Monday night to play "octopush". Not knowing him well, I just assumed it was some variation of five-a-side plus going to the pub. IT IS NOT. It is essentially quidditch/entirely made up by weirdos. It is underwater hockey played by old men in speedos with scuba gear, tiny "sticks" that look like 8-inch willies and a "puck" that is so heavy it sinks to the bottom of the pool. Also, he is 6'7" and wearing size 15 flippers. I didn't believe him until he invited me to a "match".

I laughed at him so hard and for so long that he gave it up, and his octopush gear languishes in our loft now. I feel a little bit bad, but at least he does cycling now which is an actual thing.

An almost identical thread to this one came up a few months back, and the first reply was something like "it's dogging".

Ever since that point, hobby has been synonymous with dogging for me. I can't get past it. Every single time a mumsnetter mentions their DH has a hobby, I automatically think "wtf are you putting up with him going dogging for!" Before I actually remember that probably isn't what they're doing.

I am doing it wrong. DH's hobbies involve him hanging around being annoying. His are his allotment, the additional Veg patch in our garden, homemade wine (rhubarb, marrow etc), homemade beer and keeping chickens and making obscure preserves.

I can only imagine he is hoping I will suddenly turn into Felicity Kendall.

DH's hobby is going to the pub. Does that count?

And watching silly videos on the internet.

Unfortunately, yes! A friend of mine decided to save money by cycling to work, a grand and a half later he had a bike he wasn't happy with. Brakes, gears, the razor he called a seat all changed. Bill now over two thousand.

And three months later, the gears and the brakes need changing. Another four hundred every three months and he still drives to work when the weather is a bit wet.

Adult board games, Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer (all separate groups), rifle shooting and amateur dramatics. I rarely see him.

He is an active and involved parent, less so an active and involved husband.

I'd have said the difference between a hobby over an interest is that a hobby is something you work at and get better at. But that's probably not the actual definition.

E.g. I do some fitness things that I would consider my hobbies but whilst I equally like watching police interceptors or the chase and doing nothing, they aren't my hobby.

"They're furries" and "octopush" have killed me.

Octopush sounds like a fucking blast though, I wanna play!

A married Warhammer man? Well I never thought they existed.

Lots of his Warhammer mates are married for now

for now

ha!

I hate to say this on MN but I think I must be a man. I like taking things apart, building things out of old stuff , fixing stuff and watching tips of all of the above on Youtube, and then womansplaining it to other people. I think I need a special emoticon.

Growing his own -weed-- plants !

My dh's hobby is costuming! Dressing up as iron man and a storm trooper for fun. We go to conventions and charity events and it's good fun! :-)

Will you marry me, BoffinMum?

Just for your skillz, of course