Women Hifi owners...

[jandl100]

Therefore, I don't see women being any less prone to that behaviour than men, when it comes to their hobbies or passions. It's simply the passions and hobbies that may be different.

Marco.

My home is full of looms and spinning wheels and sewing machines*.
The mrs loves to 'rescue' old examples and get them going again. And then, of course, it's impossible to part with them.

* And hifi. And cats.

[Marco]

Looms? Yup, tick (in our garage), as Del used to weave and dye her own cloth, which she then made into jackets and all sorts, and which looked like they'd just come out of a designer shop! She can sew, knit, crochet - has all the traditional 'homemaking' skills, especially when it comes to cooking!

Loves recycling and crafty things? Yup, tick. She's forever turning leftover or unwanted stuff into ornaments, or whatever, often selling them to raise money for charity.

Cats? Yup, tick. Now there is something she is positively OBSESSIVE about: her cats (we have three). Loves 'em and spoils them to bits, as indeed I do. We're both massive animal lovers. She likes hi-fi too, to a degree. Well, she does come with me to shows (and the house has speakers in virtually every room, and even in the car, BIG ones, lol), but her passion is more for the music than the boxes...

I think your good lady (I forget her name) and Del would get on rather well

Oh, haven't you forgotten gardening? I'm sure that when Snapper and I visited you, your good lady was working in the garden, planting stuff or whatever?

Marco.

[jandl100]

Gardening? Oh yes.
And fish. Tropical. About 80 of them in 6 aquariums.
And hiking/cycling.

[struth]

Gardening? Oh yes.
And fish. Tropical. About 80 of them in 6 aquariums.

I used to have a few of those. 2 big ones were built in. Enjoyed breeding them and selling them to pet shops.

[struth]

Looms? Yup, tick (in our garage), as Del used to weave and dye her own cloth, which she then made into jackets and all sorts, and which looked like they'd just come out of a designer shop! She can sew, knit, crochet - has all the traditional 'homemaking' skills, especially when it comes to cooking!

Loves recycling and crafty things? Yup, tick. She's forever turning leftover or unwanted stuff into ornaments, or whatever, often selling it to raise money for charity.

Cats? Yup, tick. Now there is something she is OBSESSIVE about: her cats (we have three). Loves 'em and spoils them to bits, as indeed I do. We're both massive animal lovers. She likes hi-fi too, to a degree. Well, she does come with me to shows (and the house has speakers in virtually every room, and even in the car, BIG ones, lol), but her passion is more for the music than the boxes...

I think your good lady (I forget her name) and Del would get on rather well

Oh, haven't you forgotten gardening? I'm sure that when Snapper and I visited you, your good lady was working in the garden, planting stuff or whatever?

Marco.

she could have made me a new suit

[Marco]

Lol - seriously she *could've* done, but as her career has now taken an entirely different path, she's become a teacher [GCSE English Lecturer, to be precise], so simply wouldn't have had the time. Perhaps when she retires soon!

She's made suits before, and also designed (from her own patterns) and made wedding dresses.

In terms of talents/aptitudes you're born with, Del's unusual in that at school she was as good at science, maths and English, as she was art, and got the same high grades in all of them. She's always been able to use both sides of her brain equally well, so is somewhat of an 'academic creative'.

Marco.

[struth]

Lol - seriously she *could've* done, but as her career has now taken an entirely different path, she's become a teacher [GCSE English Lecturer, to be precise], so simply wouldn't have had the time. Perhaps when she retires soon!

She's done it before and also designed and made wedding dresses.

In terms of talents/aptitudes you're born with, Del's unusual in that at school she was as good at science, maths and English, as was art, and got the same high grades in all of them. She's always been able to use both sides of her brain equally well, so is somewhat of an 'academic creative'.

Marco.

be something to do when she retires. cant see Del just sitting around

[Marco]

Lol, no chance... We're thinking of converting our large garage into a 'pop-up' restaurant!

https://www.google.com/search?q=pop-...hrome&ie=UTF-8

Plus we want to start travelling the world more.

Marco.

[Joe]

Shoes and handbags.
Hairstyles.
Clothes in general. Fashion.
TV 'soaps'.
'Strictly'.

Wimmin can get quite obsessive about those.

So I think it's a widespread human thing - men and women just tend to obsess about different things and maybe in different ways.

There are, of course, exceptions to these generalities.
-- and happily I am married to one of them. The thought of being married to a soap-obsessed fashion victim Strictly Come Dancing fanatic just does not bear thinking about.

Actually, everyone's an 'exception'. Generalities mainly exist in the eye of the beholder; when you get to know a person well you see the differences rather than the similarities. It's also an age thing. When I was a kid, I was interested in/obsessed by military stuff from WWII, particularly aircraft. Most blokes I knew were. Then, suddenly, I wasn't interested and neither were any of my mates, though I know some people well into their sixties who still like to make models of Spitfires etc. I'm sure the same goes for (some) women with regard to fashion; up to a certain age it really matters, then it's no longer that important, though some older women still do buy the mags, know what's 'on trend' and so forth.

[Marco]

When I was a kid, I was interested in/obsessed by military stuff from WWII, particularly aircraft. Most blokes I knew were.

Lol - shows you how different we are... Depends what age you're talking about, but when I was a kid I was interested in cycling, football, music and......Girls!

I did buy the odd 'Warlord' comic, though

Marco.