My dh is very supportive. My sewing machine (an old Viking #1) recently had an unfortunate meeting with a pin and it was going to be VERY expensive to repair relative to its worth. He let me buy a new BabyLock Symphony. Over Memorial Day we went canoing in Virginia and he had found a quilt shop on the way home that was open on Memorial Day! We pulled up in front and he told me to take as long as I wanted. He waited in the car while I had a ball. His job is very demanding so he has little time for hobbies but he is wonderfully supportive of mine. I have told him that he MUST find a hobby before he retires!