I am very proud to say that I am the enabler for my wife's hobby, and she is the enabler for my hobby. It is no coincidence that we are on both ends of the sewing stick -- she a quilter and I a sewing machine nut! One begats the other. whenever she has had a particularly hard day at work (she is a NICU nurse and has been one for 28 years) I just say to her "Road Trip" and I see the tension in her face go away. A road trip for her/us is a round robin excursion through the heart of the Amish country -- Lancaster, PA -- and many outlying areas that offer loads of fabric shopping. It also gets me into some trouble if I run across a really pristine treadle: can't fit them in a Honda Civic hybrid! What is more fun is when she finds an old treadle head and says "go get it!" Well, that has led to her now wanting to restore a head she found for $10. I am taking her through the process step-by-step as that is what I enjoy doing most, restoring the old treasures. Our passions combined years ago and now being "co-dependent fabric/sewing machine enablers" yes, I just created that definition, has brought us even closer. We are 23 years married and really enjoy our time enabling ourselves in our combined hobby/passion.
Terry -- in Northern Delaware