I need heli/boyfriend advice lol

[flippychick]

Have any of you had the problem where it is heli's 24/7?? I mean, they are fun and all, and I really enjoy flying but it is sickening hearing about them ALL the time!!! Am I just being.... well..... "not so nice?" to put it poliltely lol.

[aaronredbaron]

my girlfriend is showing interest in my hobby, but I also try to tag along to the things she likes to do to keep it balanced. I don't think its unreasonable to not want to talk helis 24/7, quite the contrary, your boyfriend should be thrilled that you are willing to participate

[Jafa]

your boyfriend should be thrilled that you are willing to participate

Fully agree with that one :lol:

It's common to see guys totally consumed and absorbed by heli's.
There is something special about them as a hobby,
building a powerful mechanical toy
that does gravity defying stunts
that are oh so cool.

However, balance in life is also important, I feel

You could tell him to take two weeks off work
to doing nothing other than fly, 8 flights a day, or more.
Let him get a decent fix, he may find it's too much :wink:
A few crashes and a few long running unsolvable problems
also tend to dampen one's enthusiasm for the hobby :shock:

[WayneBrown]

I told my wife to get a hobby... She found one more expensive than mine!
Parrots everywhere!!

[kjfly]

Hello Trish.

I have to say I don't have that problem with the hubby (TJRIDE). Actually we have discussed that sometimes we are trying to do too many things and not spending enough time flying. We are planning a couple small trips to some fun flys - but we also have plans for other things - like the interactive Star Wars exhibit at our Center of Science and Industry - Star Wars is my obsession that the hubby goes along with. Aaronredbaron is right - got to keep a good mix going.

Something I would try to explain to the boyfriend - to much of a good thing tends to put the damper on - if he isn't careful he could make you loose interest completely.

Cudos to Aaronredbaron and Jafa for having such an open perspective.

kjfly
:glasses2:

[leslie]

Hi All,

I have my hobby and he has his. I buy heli parts for a 100.00 here and there. He restores vettes, so I've learned NOT to roll my eyes when I see a flatbed in the driveway

I have my hobby and he has his.

It's all good :wink:

Cheers,
Leslie

[Jetgirl]

my boyfriend and I have RC in common, he likes jets/planks and I like Heli's. We also are trying to make sure we do other things together. We go to the gym, we swim, go for walks, talk about other things.

However, that is few and far between. :?

he is more concerned about getting stuff for hte hobby than the house. Much to my annoyance. Oh well, it is his house after all...

[collectivepitch]

well my ex as of few hours ago hates the site of one!

[Bryan]

Gals
As a guy, I can say that we, as a species, can’t even buy a hint, let alone take one!
We prefer straight talk and illustrations. This is a cow, this is cabbage, this is how cows eat cabbage.
Does he “KNOW” that you don’t want to live rc 24/7? :dontknow
Think about it :wink:
Just my $0.02

[Wa11banger]

I agree with Bryan,

We are very easily entertained in this hobby as it is tinkering, and we all know us guys can tinker beyond belief for no good reason and get nothing out of it except the tinkering. You ladies have one extra job to do, point it out, tell us straight, we are big boys we can take it. :D We are far from mind readers :D

Rick

[flippychick]

Ok, so I talked to him last night. And I don't think that he was getting my "hints" of anger towards it (I think that sometimes us women sort of just expect men to read our minds and emotions without talking). I should have talked to him before I posted that. Thank you for all of the advice though I do appreciate it. I guess when it comes to hobby's, everyone is defferent, some people just do it every so often, and some people are super hooked for a while. I guess I will have to deal with the hooked on it part lol. Which is ok, I am just glad that he found a hobby that he truly enjoys, and that he has learned a lot from! And... well.... I kinda enjoy it also lol. But I think I will still take some anger out on the sim sometimes by crashing a few heli's into the ground. I found that helps.... A LOT sometimes. And it doesn't cost any money lol. xoxoxo to my guy!! :wink:

[Wa11banger]

Like any other hobby you will find we go in phases.. We will be 24/7 for awhile slack off and enjoy some other aspect of our life.. Get invigorated again and spend all times in the shop etc.. But we don't intend to upset those we love.. Just gotta tell us or threaten us lol as your crashing dictates hehe.. Tell him that you want you time with him and no helis.. He will more than likely give all the you time that you want.. or He'll start singing "I'm gonna miss her, oh looky there I gotta fly" :twisted:

[Jetgirl]

I also look at it this way. My boyfriend is not out at the bars or anywhere where he can get into trouble... :)

So, I really don't mind too much. Honestly.

[star9storm]

I am single...so I dont have to worry about it much and all my friends and co workers are heli people. However, my son is a different story. He gets sick of hearing about heli's and I get sick of hearing about video games. So when we got on each others nerves we just agree to tell each other "thats enough" and we both have to pick a new topic.

:lol:

[mike5334]

I also look at it this way. My boyfriend is not out at the bars or anywhere where he can get into trouble... :)

So, I really don't mind too much. Honestly.

I had to chuckle at that. :)

When I first met my soon-to-be-wife, she was concerned with the amount of money I spent on the hobby. So she went and talked to her mother about it. The wife told me years later that her mother had asked if I drank, smoked, bar hopped, ran around, etc, to which the wife answered no to everything. Her mother then said "let him! He isn't doing all those other worse things!"

I've loved my mother-in-law ever since. :)

[rkeith2]

I try to balance my heli obsession and not work on them too much during the week as the wekend mornings are mine and all about heli's -

She gets to play with horses and is quite content with that.

[Gary O]

Jetgirl, you are the exception it sounds like. You don't find that too often. If my wife was like you are I wouldn't know how to act. My wife's hobby is reading, she can do that like I can spend hours working on helis. I've got 2 hobby's, my helis and my dogs. When I dork one of my helis I can go play with my dogs and forget all about it, at least until I have to go fix it.

[Mike Rojas]

Maybe it's just me, but I'm kinda glad my wife is not into my hobby. I love her to death and have been married for 19 years and 2 kids(boys). I enjoy my time at the field with my RC buds and most times my boys come with me and fly also. I've been flying about 10 years and was at one time totally obsessed, and yes we have had some knock down drag outs because of the RC hobby. Don't get me wrong, we spend lots of time together as a family, we all take Katare together, have season passes to Six Flags(before Katrina came and ruined it) and vacation atleast 2 weeks in the summer time, among other things and we try to have a "Date Night" at least once a week, but usually ends up twice a month though. I've got a 16X20 shop in my yard, A/C, heat, Direct TV, etc. strictly for RC, I don't go back there till everyone is asleep, and maybe only 1-2 times a week, although she comes in chats with me sometimes, I wouldn't want her in there everytime I'm back there.I guess you could call that my time, and we all need our own time. I have slowed down in the hobby a whole lot from where I was at one time, and am not sorry a bit, balance really is a good thing. Maybe it's just me, but that's how I feel.
Mike