To ask you to share your and your partners mystery hobbies

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Because if I read another 'doing his hobby' I will scream.

IT'S NOT OUTING. THE VAST MAJORITY OF MALE PARTNERS ON HERE CYCLE, GOLF OR PLAY RUGBY/FOOTBALL.

I'll start. I don't have a hobby as I'm a lone parent with a FT job but I spend any leisure time reading. BF plays golf and take part in several orchestras.

I like knitting, crochet and reading. DP likes his fucking boring hi-fi.

It's all go round ours.

My hobbies are reading, eating chocolate and swearing mostly.

Mine: reading, swimming.

His: football, lego

So Invictus Games wheelchair athletes don't actually need to use wheelchairs? Isn't that well cheating?

DH was a very active sports person, brush with his mortality and life changing surgery he's now an armchair expert.

I like genealogy.

But how will it be outing @spacepyramid ? Does no one else in the country do it? Do you believe your friends are cyber stalking you?

@DefConOne there's probably plenty. Choir and history aren't that uncommon

Why is the wheelchair thing cheating?
It enables all people to play at the same level?

@SimonJT oh I know. But I hate crafts or house projects. And I won't use precious babysitting for the gym or similar, I use it to go to restaurants, gigs or pub with friends. But that's socialising not a hobby.

DH- Cycling (for over 30 years)
Me - Baking, Reading

Both of us - Football, any kind.

Me. Crossfit
Dh. Mending /making stuff in the house

He does a very specific form of dancing which is unusual in this country, the people he does it with are a small, select group who travel some distance to do it.

@SamBeckett neither do I! DD goes to Rainbows and they have them in the church orchard, I just made a nuisance of myself at the right time in the right place. I love it, it’s very relaxing

Hardcore hobbies (practiced daily over decades):
DH - gaming
Me - gaming, weightlifting, general exercise, nutrition

Occasional/dabbling hobbies:
DH - scuba diving, rock climbing
Me - rock climbing, house renovations, gardening

I sing in a choir ☺️

Waves at Cheesecakesunflowers We have just returned home from ringing a quarter peal of Plain Bob Major at our local church prior to the service. My favourite method is Stedman - much more musical!

Spacepyramid - do give bell ringing a try. There is a shortage of bellringers nationally. It's not really considered a "cool" hobby so we don't get many people signing up to learn. That's a shame 'cos it's really sociable - where there's a church, there's a pub!

@00100001 I'm really not sure 'why' it just feels 'wrong'.

I always imagine Morris dancing and macramé.

@sadeyedladyofthelowlandsea, I adore poking around old churches, and have a particular thing for medieval wall paintings.

Dh - car rallying.
Me - collect ddogs and dc...
In my next life it will be avid book reader though...

He is an unsuccessful bee keeper.

I do crafty stuff and read.

@spacepyramid are you aware this dramatic and mysterious??? You could have just name change temporarily and told us the hobby... :/

Would you believe (from my user name) that I play the clarinet? - some solo, in an orchestra and a couple of bands. I also play the saxophone and sing when I get the chance in choirs etc. Also a guide leader and involved with local politics.
Previous DPs were also into music (obviously, it's a great way to meet people) and one was a keen comedy writer.

I hate the words “hobby” and “hobbies”. Just awful.

People must actually type it out on mumsnet even though they would never utter these words in real life.

Me: Crochet and ghost hunting
DH: Rugby and strongman

Yy @StreetwiseHercules. ‘Doing my hobby’ is particularly terrible. It sounds like some kind of euphemism for going to the toilet. ‘Oh, I’ve been doing my hobby/powdering my nose/nipping to the smallest room/doing a number two/freshening up!’

I assumed that @spacepyramid was joking, in the spirit of the thread.