Husband punishment
 

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?

LOL I am the MR. Smartypants I wish my wife would dole out punishments like that...of course we are both fabriholics...and I'm not interested in any 12 step programs for it...LOL great story btw

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 like bringing hubs along. He has a thing about buying end of bolt fabric. I always walk out with more fabric then I intended to buy when he goes with me.

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Hah.
But I thought it was the other way - generationally speaking.
Meaning it was an "old marriage" thing.

DH has been really good the last years and enables me. Also I am not into "punishing".

Mine shoves me in the store throws the VIsa card at me and says .......Have fun!!!

That's hilarious! Mine says he doesn't mind going with me, but I always feel hurried when he's along, so most times I go alone. Get to touch and feel more fabric that way. :)

Ha ha ha cute...but I have to be carefull when i bring my hubby along, he always makes me spend more than i had budgeted....isn`t that a drag!!! ha ha ha !! not.....that`s why i always take him along!!!!

One day, he may go back to the car, and go home. Better keep taxi fare handy............LOL

My husband brings a book to read.

lol, that works too ;-)

I love when my husband goes to the fabric store with me. He helps me match fabrics, he gets the number and waits by the cutting table while I am still shopping, and best of all, he's always asking me if I need anything else...I always end up buying more than was on my list.

When I come out of the fabric store with a pkg. my DH always says "Is that all you bought."? He is an enabler, gotta love -em

I don't bother bringing my DH. I know he doesn't really enjoy the experience. Mainly based on the fact that when there is a big sale at Joann's the people in my area get a bit rude. No excuse me's, or anything; lots of getting pushed out of the way etc. (one of the many reasons I keep trying out smaller LQS to find one that works)
So I figure I'm going to have more fun without him complaining anyway. So he tells me to have fun, I have my money limit, and I go have a blast!

Who says quilting isn't a shared experience with the spouse!

I don't understand it, either. If I want to buy something, I buy it. Period. I have enough sense, to know whether or not we can afford it. As for telling DH what he "has" to do, forget it. We're both adults and expect to be treated as such, by each other.

That said, I'm assuming the "punishment" and "hiding" comments are made in jest! :)

This takes me back to the old days when the "bought them for the articles" excuse was given by geezers who bought PlayBoy magazines. :D

Yes, Neesie they were. :)

My husband REFUSES to go anyplace that has fabric with me.
He would rather have stakes driven under his finger nails before
having to "suffer" shopping with me for ANYTHING sewing or even
craft related.

If they are having a sale, DH encourages me to buy more!!

My husband is usually an enabler when I go fabric shopping because he spends more than I do on wood (he's a woodworker) and has a bigger stash than me. When I take him into a quilt shop, he usually just says "show me the man bench" and gives me time to shop. These days he doesn't even have to look at the old copies of " Field and Stream" because he carries a smartphone and surfs the web! We even make jokes about me "Farting" (Fabric Acquiring Road Trip), and him "Warting" ....LOL

Same with my DH!!!

I was in a mill ends fabric store recently - there was a gentleman sitting in the library area, reading his own book (not one of the quilt magazines). About an hour later, when I was at the cutting table, he came up to the woman ahead of me and asked with a smile "Are we in the home stretch now?" What a patient, gentle guy!

I have one of the very best .... he never says a word about my quilting purchasses - and i don't ask about hunting expenses....but best of all is his attitude about the house when i am on a sewing binge....."if it bothers you, you can write you name in the dust..... just don't date it". Love that man of mine !!!!:)

I divorced him long ago and moved a thousand miles away. Life is good. :)

I was out of town when our quilt store had a fat quarter sale. I made of list of the colors I wanted and showed my hubby my stash so he could see the kind of material I like. I sent him to the quilt store. He came home with beautiful fabric that I would have picked myself. The ladies at the quilt store are still talking about how lucky I am to have a hubby that would do that. He loves going to the fabric stores with me and ofen makes suggestions when I am making a project and often I go with his idea.

My DH has always encouraged and cheered me on when it comes to my hobbies and he never tells me what to spend.... that said, I love the way the original poster jokes with her DH... as I do with mine..... it shows that they not only share life, but a sense of humor!

Just got to work out a way of letting him know I want a long arm and they don't really sell them here in the UK.... (shipping could be high - LOL).

Hugs to all

Caroline

My DH even plans the "FARTs".

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.

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 :)

I agree. I feel the same way.

[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.

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 !!!!

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! :D

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.

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!

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?"