Originally Posted by diannemc
My Darling? Husband is a TV person..He has no hobbies...Watching TV is all he does when not working...I am not!!..I love my sewing..He has always hated my sewing...
I don't know why except maybe the money it takes and the time it takes away from him...(and maybe the pins he has had to pull out of his barefoot a time or two :oops:)
Well the other day I finished a quilt and showed it to him.. He said "Thank goodness you are through".. I am sick of all this quilting..It use to be sewing now quilting... I wish you would just stop it..." I just turned and looked him square in the eyes and said.."Quilting makes me happy....and trust me....You want me to be happy..." Am I the only one here who has a hard time with a husband who doesn't understand to joy of quilting??
It isn't about him actually--it is about you and what brings you joy. Unless you are willing to actually stand up for what brings you joy--be it quilting or anything else--you will resent what you have forsaken in your own personal need to express your creativity. Time passes and you will become resentful--express yourself every step of the way--he needs to know who you are--the good, the bad and the ugly. You may have many interests in your lifetime--and you have a right to every single one of them!