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Original poster

To ask about your OH’s hobby...

239 replies

Nanna50 · 20/06/2019 20:20

So many threads have husbands / partners off doing their unidentified hobby. AIBU to ask what are these mysterious pursuits that our menfolk do?

Mine goes fishing...

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Lolly25 · 20/06/2019 21:48

Mine flies planes, different types, he's into competitive aerobatics atm, I really am proud of him...he's fearless!

HankyPanky04 · 20/06/2019 21:49

Shooting pheasants

littlepeaegg · 20/06/2019 21:51

Skateboarding !

CurtainsOpen · 20/06/2019 21:53

Can't name the hobby, it might be identifying!

(One of ten bajillion balding middle-aged golf players in the home counties)

Original poster
Nanna50 · 20/06/2019 21:53

@Lolly25 is he in the planes or are they remote planes?

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Bambamber · 20/06/2019 21:55

My husband is into airsofting. He would also like to get into bladesmithing, not the cheapest thing to get into though. So he sticks to watching bladesmithing stuff on YouTube at every given opportunity

Gindrinker43 · 20/06/2019 21:55

Air rifle shooting, and watching other grown men do the same on YouTube videos. Only reason he learned to use a computer.

Worlds0kayestmum · 20/06/2019 21:56

Fishing and the gym

sassafras123 · 20/06/2019 21:56

Photography and bird watching

MulberryPeony · 20/06/2019 21:56

Golf and watching golf on tv.
Cleaning his car and watching other people cleaning their cars on YouTube. He’ll also clean mine when it’s looking particularly filthy.

knottybeams · 20/06/2019 22:01

He golfs. Badly. But I have been known to tri, so I can't really complain. We both do similar amounts of gym stuff. He plays vintage video games, I knit. Often on the same sofa.

AragonsGirl · 20/06/2019 22:03

Warhammer. Occasionally goes out for a game, but the hobby mainly consists of sitting in the spare room painting wee men!

Livpool · 20/06/2019 22:04

Playing Football Manager

Furrydogmum · 20/06/2019 22:05

Tae kwon do, running, rd and mtb riding - he happily stays at home if I ask him to though..

TheRedSquare · 20/06/2019 22:08

Mine is golf and the gym...use to be cricket too until we had our baby and I told him something has to go!

Lazybonita · 20/06/2019 22:09

Kitesurfing

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 20/06/2019 22:09

Football, cricket, tennis - watching not playing. I can be a bit of a sports widow when he travels for games, but he does always bring me back a present!

romany4 · 20/06/2019 22:12

Ham radio and fishing.
I don't mind the radio but the mobile ones have to come everywhere with us so he can 'test the signal' Hmm

thenightsky · 20/06/2019 22:12

Karate. Gym. Sitting on the toilet for hours.

Spiderpants · 20/06/2019 22:13

Hockey, we both played and have taken a break whilst the kids were really little and both getting back into it now

loveluster · 20/06/2019 22:14

Thank you for this thread! I was thinking about this on the weekend. (That's usually when the threads about the OH going off to do the "hobby" come out) I always wondered what they were lol

Tiredemma · 20/06/2019 22:14

Rugby

SandyY2K · 20/06/2019 22:16

Golf and Flying.

GetOffTheTableMabel · 20/06/2019 22:17

Cooking. And supermarket shopping. He cannot help himself. He goes every weekend and every day he’s not working. When on holiday abroad, he likes to try every possible supermarket. It is not unusual for him to visit more than one in a day.
This works for me.

mymymyohohoh · 20/06/2019 22:17

I've had to name change as I think this is too identifying...my husband's hobby is skydiving and it takes up ALL his free time...drives me mad!