To ask how you created a monster?

[Guineapigparade]

Things you used to like despite DP mocking them, but which they have now commandeered and got waaaaay too into. Mine:

Trademe (NZ ebay) - Place is starting to look like a used car yard.
Shakti mat - Now thinks he's some sort of bloody yogi and it's the cure for anything that ails him.
St John's Wort - ditto, cure for everything.
Nutrient Rescue Shots (powdered greens) - has declared he doesn't need to eat veg anymore as he has these (mine) instead. 🙄

Surely it's not just me ladies? 😅

Hahaha! Sounds like a Kiwi bloke. Mine used to be a normal Brit from the corporate world. 1 year after shift to semi rural NZ and he was all about the Redbands and home kill.

I was the plant lover in the house. I had so many and I was very happy and proud about it. Somehow, he started to create moss poles and jars and bonsais…Now all house is full with his “babies”. I honestly feel robbed (although I enjoy having lots of plants around).

I created one - out of papier-mâché.

But that was years ago.

This thread is funny.

I started duolingo French in lockdown and encouraged dh to do the same. Now he’s really strict on doing it daily and is always sending me high fives and other motivational crap

@Guineapigparade nah he’s Sardinian. They do roast a lot of pork on the spit there!!

Not me, but Pokemon bastard Go. DH works with disabled adults and one bloke was recommended it to encourage him to walk. He’s bored with it now but dh is obsessed. And (grown) ds.He’s got a catcher, weekends are dictated if there’s an event on. He bloody spends money on it! We(rest of family) are incredibly bored by them going on and on.

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@Guineapigparade porceddu is a human right 😂😂😂

Cocktails

used to have just a bottle of nice gin on the side.

Now there's a whole cocktail trolley with all the equipment and a good range of spirits and mixers. Also a nice selection of glasses. Used to be a couple of tumbles and two odd shaped wine glasses

Rabbits
DH is a vet and often we foster or rehabilitate animals that have come into his workplace. One day a stray bunny was dropped off and had babies over night. I said I would foster them at home so they were all here for several weeks. Rehomed them all and he missed them so badly that when more stray bunnies came in he had to have them. Now we have a massive shed and run in the garden, he dotes on them. Got yet another stray bun in last week and I had to say NO, but he kept sending me videos of how cute it was hopping round his consult room. We have a lot of animals but the rabbits are his babies and he would fill the place given chance.

I started calling myself Slim Shady

I bought DH a homebrew kit in lockdown. Thought it would be like a nice grown up soda stream thing for him.

It's now a bloody obsession. There are always 3 barrels in various states of readiness. Every spare corner of kitchen is a dumping ground for brewing paraphernalia. The airing cupboard is a bottling plant.

And he makes sourdough from the dregs.

It's a full time project.

he’s an ex now

1. crossword - he never did the crossword and then he started and every day got it before me and did it bastard
2. he brought more expensive wellies and outdoor stuff than me - difference is his was immaculate and non muddy I was covered in mud and had them for a reason
3. organisation I was organised think plugs labelled and stuff in container - he took it to another compulsive level - if you removed a can of beans you had to knock it off the excel sheet in real time it was shit to live with
4. Matching money on hobbies err he totally up mine and the kids activities and then shifted the same out of the joint account to spend on himself and his hobbies - considering I earns twice his wage this pissed me off considerably especially since the children’s stuff came off my side as apparently he was happy taking them to the park

wanker….

Cheese!

He used to hate everything except for mozzarella and really mild cheddar. Now he eats all my expensive stuff and complains if we don't have any

I started intermittent fasting... did it for about 2 weeks before giving up.

My DH latched on, has been doing it for about a year and raving about the health benefits😅

This is hilarious.

When I met DH he drank a lot of coffee, all instant. I found that weird. I'm a one cup of coffee, but it better be a bloody good cup, kind of gal. Now he has meltdowns if there isn't the right coffee, has a poncy little espresso maker that he is always leaving lying around. it's relentless.

DD. Glorious sleeper. Fell asleep so quickly and easily that she would pass out before we could even get her into bed. Covid happened so we'd cuddle her becuase it's not like we had anything better to do and it only took 15 minutes... She's 9 now. I've managed to wean her off going to sleep with me (finally) but she has total meltdowns if she's awake and the rest of us want to go to bed and then gets herslef into such a state she cant sleep for hours. I. Am. An. Idiot.

Dh would say the dog. They didn't get on that well so he decided he had to improve things so he started giving her a little treat whenever he came in from work. Now she hounds him every time he steps through the door - even if he only went out to take the bins!

Same! New season next week

Just about all my expensive bad habits......none of the cheap ones 😁

Chocolate. DP is, apparently someone who doesn't have a sweet tooth. Or rather didn't have a sweet tooth. I had to start hiding the good stuff. Now I only buy white chocolate because he won't touch it.

Its not a human, but...

A few months ago I rescued this cat:
https://imgur.com/a/0ZAInk6

She's really hyperactive and really intelligent, and her favourite thing is being outdoors. My other cat is averagely actively, not particularly intelligent, and can take or leave outdoors so she's been quite a challenge, though she's wonderful. She'll even go out in the rain as long as its not torrential. I bring her in when it starts getting dark. She normally comes when I call but she knows that if I call her at 5-6pm the window is getting closed and her outdoor fun is over for the day. So she sits on the fence and peers and me. And then she started this thing. And its the only way to get her in. I have to go outside and say

"Yay Winnie, so lovely, so clever, etc etc" in a high pitched excited voice, like for a dog. She sits and looks at me. And then I turn around. Whilst my back is turned, she sneaks up on me. Then I turn back around and she freezes, like the traffic light game. Then I turn around again and say, "Yay, Winnie, so lovely, so clever, she's the best" etc etc etc, and she sneaks closer. And I have to keep doing this until she's right next to me, turn around a final time, and then she jumps up to be grabbed and carried indoors. Every day. In winter. Rain included.

I don't know how this happened and now I can't undo it.

Nothing… and I realise that is actually rather disappointing!

I got into his running bug for a bit and beat him in a marathon.

oh, maybe travel. I had travelled a lot before meeting him and he really wanted to travel. We have done a lot together. He is still really up for far flung destinations (and we love half a world away from where we grew up).

Thank God I realised there was something!

I have had vertigo forever. DP was always fine (used to do mountaineering ffs)- then suddenly decided that he didn't like it so everytime we need to do something involving heights eg taking DS round a castle - i have to do it!

Netball.

Started out with a beginner's session: DP who had never enjoyed any competitive sport got involved, and decided it was fun. He couldn't take part in my "back to netball" session for women only, so he played in mixed (men and women) teams, and is now an umpire.

I don't have a partner but a close friend. When we met she had never lived on her own, been to London twice, very sheltered, conservative sort of tastes (korma was spicy) and didn't have any political leanings.
One year on she is a sushi eating, very left leaning, city girl who goes to protests and wants to live abroad.
That's all great but it's the mansplaining back to me! Do I know what unconscious bias is? Have I tried sashimi? Do I know about the dirty margaritas in x bar? I mean I'm old and don't go out now but I feel her discovery of these things quite endearing.