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Sharing a hobby with your husband
Does anyone want to share any hobbies they do with their husband? I know Stingshark and her H a bond over fishing and I think Moonstone and her H workout together sometimes. I'm trying to come up with ideas. Lately I've been feeling a little out of sync with MH- like we are on totally different pages when it comes to our interests. I really think finding something to bond over would help. We've both grown a little weary of our marathon Boggle competitions.
Re: Sharing a hobby with your husband
This is going to reveal a little too much of my nerdy side, but I had all of the top 10 scores on Boggle and then DH got a really high score a couple of weeks ago that knocked me out of the top spot. He's been bragging about it for weeks. I finally scored high enough to tie him last night. Now I feel like I need to take a break. To give you an idea of how ridiculous our competition had gotten, DD drew a picture last week of me (she loves to write little stories) and gave it the caption "Once my mommy lost a game and she was sad."
Lately things just seem "off". Not like we're not getting along or anything, we just don't seem very interested in what the other is doing. He'll talk for hours about how he's going to sell his bike and buy a new one and I'll have nothing to say about it and then when I'm telling him about some interesting article I read in the paper I'll feel like I'm talking to a brick wall. I think it's important to have our own individual interests, but I also think we need something to share that we both care about. Our marriage has never really felt like hard work per say, but I do think that with uprooting ourselves and traveling and all of that we are going to need an extra strong foundation to work through all of the challenges. It is super scary how high the divorce rate is in the State Dept.
I know it's not a hobby per say... but DH and I really enjoy watching movies or TV shows together at home. We snuggle up on the sofa, bust out the popcorn and watch for hours. It's a great way to unwind and relax.
Oh and traveling, weekends away mostly but it's nice to be out of our element and exploring together.
Hahahaha to the Boggle thing and DD's picture! Too funny.
I know how you feel, Jason and I get that way too. Actually, this whole past week we haven't been spending very much time together and have been barely talking, not at all because we're fighting, but we've both been busy with other things after getting home from work. So I'm really glad about the Gainesville trip tomorrow so that we can spend the day together without tv, internet, and other distractions.
I've learned to appreciate sports, which my husband is a fanatic for, and I've actually have acquired quite the interest in hockey. Like Jen, we also really enjoy snuggling on the couch and watching tv or movies.
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Well, you pretty much already named the hobby that we have in common. We also enjoy just driving around and seeing new places, going to the beach, camping, watching TV together (Even though we rarely can agree on a show to watch).
It's going to be interesting now that I'm done with school and I have free time. For the last 19 months we had to schedule time to actually go and do things. Now I'm not sure what we are going to do. Probably fish our brains out
I busted out laughing about your DDs picture. How cute.
That's tough - I have a hard time thinking of a general "hobby" we share. We spend most of our free time exploring the city: going to events, museums, wandering around, etc. Sometimes if we just want to stay in, we'll just go out and pick up a puzzle or a new board game or something, order in dinner and do that. We watch a lot of TV series on Netflix, too. And of course, we're both Gator fans so we go to a lot of Gator alumni events here.
We also recently signed up for a 42-mile Five Boro bike ride on May 1, so now we will do some bike riding to train for that together. I'm terribly unathletic so it's kind of fun to have this goal to work towards together.
Other than that, our interests aren't all that similar but we both appreciate each other's hobbies and can share them together. He's really into sports and I never was, but I don't mind going to baseball games with him or what have you. He also loves golf, so every now and then I go with him to the driving range. He never was interested in theater or concerts, but I am, so he started going with me and now he enjoys it, too.
That probably doesn't help much. I do find it rather cute about your Boggle tournaments and DDs picture, though.
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DH truly enjoys plaing video games so every now and then I'll challenge him to a nostalgic game such as Tetris or Yoshi. We have 2 shows we watch each week together and make a point of sitting down and watching them together. We also try to make a point of going on walks or going to the pool together each week.
Other than that I might be able to get him to help me with arts and crafts on occasion (but that is generally when he is tired of it being unfinished in the living area)
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We watch a shiit ton of tv together (at least we like the same shows?)
We both love the Phillies, so we watch a lot of baseball/go to games...
I don't think that is helpful for you though....
H and I joined a co-ed softball team. The league is super casual so my complete lack of skill is perfectly acceptable. We met a ton of great people and we both look forward to it each week. At first it was a drag for me because I was the worst on the team, but now I've improved and I laugh at myself. With that said, I'm still the worst on the team!!
We got a couple that we're friends with to join us so it makes it that much more fun!
H and I bought mountain bikes a few years ago and did a little riding, but lately we are getting pretty into it. He absolutley loves that I get excited about going with him. I love it too, but it's so cute that it makes him so happy. He's a foot taller than me so we are not suited to run together or anything like that, so it's nice to have something active we can enjoy. Other than that, we just eat meals together, and we have our shows that we catch up on late at night . I really wish he would play chess with me. I lived in a house full of people in college and there was practically a chess game going 24 hours a day. Now I don't have anyone to play with
I did get him to play checkers with me, once.
It sounds like you and your H will be just fine, you have a solid awareness of what is going on in your relationship and you are willing to do what it takes to evolve your relationship with your evolving lives.