Yet again. Please. Just say what your husband’s bloody hobby is.

[AliciaQuays]

Stop all this highly irritating coyness.

I'm here just enjoying reading what all the hobbies are I'm yet to find one that I enjoy enough to stick at , am trying surfing in few weeks when we r in north Devon. I do find it funny ops make a point of saying they are not dislosing the hobby .

@TomHagenMakesMyBosomTremble Sadly not my DH, but he does fix vacuums, we currently have three in the garage that people were going to throw away and now work :) Every so often I give them away on free to collector pages. Would love to introduce him to R though, sounds like they would be great friends!

And as for those talking about how sexy their cycling husband is - err... have you seen bib shorts?

Hahaha, husband is 6'4, built like a barn door and has a (gentle) 6-pack. Objectively, his body is very lovely. And he still looks an absolute berk in bib shorts. He goes out early when the roads are quiet so he always comes and gives me a kiss as he goes but before he's put his jersey on and I just do not understand how they're so ludicrous.

That said, couldn't give a shit about his hobbies as long as he brings back breakfast or cake.

@TomHagenMakesMyBosomTremble

OK- dogging it is then. In "evening dress"

I went passed a cyclist last night at 6.30 and thought “there he goes, avoiding bedtime”

I know this is from page one, but HAHAHAHA!

Not all MNers are married to cyclists but
All MAMILs are married to MNers
Fact.

Even if your hobby is on this list heritagecrafts.org.uk/redlist/categories-of-risk it is unlikely to be outing.

Surely there is another similar list for sports.

One of DH's hobbies is hobby horsing.

I went passed a cyclist last night at 6.30 and thought “there he goes, avoiding bedtime”

Christ yes this. Also, for ages I did a 8mile bike commute in London and I can tell you that MC 40-50 yo male cyclists are worse than anyone for poorly repressed misogyny. So much rage - it was like they were personally diminished by my existence.

This thread is hilarious but ill timed for someone waiting for an interview - I can't stop laughing.

I am married to Forrest Gump.

Fixing cars and being unorganised

DH does cycling, running, swimming, the odd spot of fishing... still manages to do his fair share of childcare and spend time with me. I don’t know where this idea that blokes who cycle never see their families is coming from. (He’s also unreasonably fit and looks incredible, but I’m biased )

@A88ie1- mum, is that you?

@TomPinch - sadly not although I think a few of them do. There is a MNer with a Nn on the lines of "when you say hobby you mean dogging" .

Am I in the odd minority that thinks being married to a cricketer is worse than a cyclist?

Photography, nature, outdoors, history, heritage, fitness ... never see him, perhaps the secret of a happy marriage ...?

Yes Posey because cricket whites are quite sexy. Also, you can go watch which involves sitting in the sun with tea and cake.

VitreousHumour you speak the truth.

I've been cycling in London for 25 years and have encountered a recent trend for 'mamil-xplaining'.

This involves a middle aged, middle class MAMIL - usually wearing at least a grand's worth of GPS technology for his 3 mile cycle home - whizzing past me at a junction/crossing and telling me I'm doing something wrong.

"That's very poor cycling, you're impeding the progress of other cyclists," when I simply moved forward on a green light, rather than treated it like the closing straight of a Tour de France leg was the latest.

Fuckwits.

@bidstonbabe - exactly what happened to me!

Posey67
I'm not sure
Cyclists seem to be fairly consistent in what they do, usually a long ride at the weekend, and for some reason (that I don't get as a fairly bad mountain biker), road cyclists seem to think rainy salty roads is also a pleasant experience so they're out all the time.

Cricketers, according to my friends with DH in small village leagues, seem to spend half the year doing nothing and then there's a frenzy in the nice weather with millions of matches, followed by pub celebrations (regardless of victory or loss). It always strikes me as quite time consumingly sociable. The village cricket types seem to be quite family friendly too though so there's face painting, refreshments, kids run around etc too.

I can't imagine anything more tedious than watching cricket.

Swimming for my husband. He gets up at 5 am and then does it then so it doesn't get in the way of family life at all. He's incredibly fit and puts me to shame.

He also rides fast motorbikes for a morning at the weekend. Taekwondo one night a week. And maybe a pub visit if this counts as a hobby!

I think you have to be from Yorkshire tbh.

Durgasarrow what bad things do you do when MAML dh is out???

I hear you, but I can assure you that cricket whites are not sexy, I'd take MAMIL anyway. I've got to the point where I've refused to bare hand DHS cricket whites and I certainly will not go anywhere near his Y-fronts.
Cricket can be very social, however the men are absolute bastards to each other! I feel like theres this unspoken rule where women dont comment on each others weight or appearance (even if it's your worst enemy) but on the cricket field, its gloves off. Also, dh will storm off the field in a right hump if hes out and not speak for hours

Yes, we are from Yorkshire!

Cricket whites sexier than lycra imo, so cricket preferred to cycling for me.