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Old 09-21-2012, 01:25 PM
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Your DH sounds like a keeper, gotta love a quick wit.

I took my hubby to Joann's once when I was on a cane. Never again, but then I dont go to Dick's Sportin Goods with him.
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Old 09-21-2012, 02:20 PM
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Mine is a double edged sword. I know that my DH does not like to go to the fabric store with me because I get very distracted there, and add to the fact that I keep my self on a MUCH tighter budget fabric wise than he thinks I should, results in me spending even more time worrying over which purchase would be the most beneficial to my future projects. Also I am a pill to deal with when matching fabric. I know what I want and if something doesnt meet that criteria I will pass it up, only to be worried about not finding anything. All my fussing only serves to make my already unhappy husband even more irritable. He has the policy of "buy it", weather I need it or not. So while he is definately an enabler, I always feel rushed (because I am a "please-r") when he is around which makes my shopping un-enjoyable and I sooo enjoy fabric.

But we now have an inside joke we use when he does tag along.....I explained that my sewing (machines, fabric, notions, etc) are the same as his motorcycles, so when we have invested as much in sewing as he has in his 5 motorcycles, then the pot can call the kettle black
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Old 09-21-2012, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk View Post
I don't feel the need to "dole out" punishment to my husband. It's not right nor is it fair.

I guess I am old fashioned and don't understand this "new age" marriage thing about hiding purchases and punishing one's spouse for something.
I agree. I feel the same way.
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Old 09-21-2012, 03:12 PM
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[QUOTE=Chasing Hawk;5530755]Mine shoves me in the store throws the VIsa card at me and says .......Have fun!!![/QUOTE
And mine says, "I'll wait in the car. Take as long as you like." He brings along a crossword puzzle book, but when I get back to the car, I have to tap on the window to wake him from his nap.
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Old 09-21-2012, 03:24 PM
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My DH is OK at the quilt shop for about the first 1/2 hr .At that point he starts following me around and I feel rushed. I try to go alone when I can but I must admit he's much better at matching colors than I am and he really doesn't care how much I spend or how much fabric I have, KEEPER !!!!
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Old 09-21-2012, 04:11 PM
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Somebody smart planned the shopping center in my area - there's a Joann's and a sporting goods store right next to each other! It's always a competition to see who comes out last!
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Old 09-21-2012, 04:14 PM
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My dh doesnt care,he goes with
E sometimes, drops me off at the door, so i can get a head start before he gets in.
When im recouping from a surgery or in the hospital, i give him ajst. I usually go fab shopping when he goes food shopping. He won't let me in a food store, i only buy cereal. And no more capt crun h, broke a tooth, got a root canal.
So i go for fab,he goes for food.
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Old 09-21-2012, 04:15 PM
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My husband used to go to Hancock Fabric with me every time I went...in fact, he had his "favorite" chair in the front where he could watch me AND everyone else. When time to check out was getting close, he would check to see if I'd gotten everything I came in for...and he NEVER complained about how long we were in there. ( Last part is pure poppycock...he fussed when we got into the car...but hey, it sounded good!). But (and this IS the truth...) he was, by all definitions, the enabler in my family!
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Old 09-21-2012, 04:44 PM
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Well, I hate going to JoAnns, myself. So, I wouldn't ask him to go. But when we travel we always go to shops and he encourages me to spend more. We raised three sons and I can do most anything any of them can (hunt, fish, mechanical work, woodworking, farming) and they can do most anything I can. That means we all appreciate one another's work and hobbies.

Nothing like having one of your grown sons be at an auction and send a pic of a sewing machine with the caption, "How high do I go, Mama?"
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Old 09-21-2012, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Prissnboot View Post
My husband was with me at JoAnn's the other day and I picked up a quilting book to page through. He said "OMG, did you know that book was $25?!" I said "OK, first, it's half priced, and secondly, I'm only looking at it for the pictures."

Mr. Smartypants replies, "Oh REALLY, I thought you just bought them for the articles!"

After composing myself, I informed him that ordinarily, remarks like that would land him back in the car to wait for me, but since this is what I think he wants, he just bought himself ten more minutes in the fabric store instead! Oh, and the longer I spend in the store, the more $$$ I spend as a result, so keep it up, Bucko!

So I ask you, what kind of punishments do you dole out to your Mister Smartypants?
I'd have laughed my rear off. This sounds like something my DH would have said, except then he would have said "Do you want it? Git it, if ya want it." Sometimes he helps me find fabric. If I say "I want something that reads red" he will spot it for me.
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