How do you hide your obsession?

[Jedi Master]

They say that crazy people don't know that they are crazy........I'm not crazy!!!

I don't smoke, rarely drink, don't do drugs, don't smack my girlfriend around, don't steal cars, don't steal anything...., work hard at my job, give what I can to charity, help my neighbours, support my family and generally try and be a good citizen!!

So what if I spend all of my spare money on my hobby!!

Hide it???.........no way, love me for who I am!!!

[forescott]

i wouldnt call it an obsession for me after 18 years in he hobby more like a lifestyle, my wife is very cool with the whole r/c thing and you have to be fair to her as well, i tell her there for my 8 month old son when he gets older, that softens the blow when i tell her i need $200 worth of stuff

I like that. I have a 7-week old here at home. Thats why I'm here on the forum at 12am.

[steveo]

i wouldnt call it an obsession for me after 18 years in he hobby more like a lifestyle, my wife is very cool with the whole r/c thing and you have to be fair to her as well, i tell her there for my 8 month old son when he gets older, that softens the blow when i tell her i need $200 worth of stuff

[CornelP]

I use my office email for the forums and I did not configured it to be read outside the intranet. Same with the packages, I get them in the office, so it is just a problem slipping the stuff in my shop... but I usually come home like 15min earlier, so that's fixed.
The only issue I had was with a local supplier that decided to send me a gift certificate at home... saying "You have now reached ruby client level, due to your purchases of over 2500EUR in the last 12 month".... THAT was painful to explain...

[Make-a-Wake]

I place my orders with the proper shipping type to arrive when i am home to minimize the impact of the UPS guy coming every other day. I never answer directly.........."How much was that motor?..........."I really cant remember, I have several and cant remember all the prices of each....it was just an average price motor, i think".............etc........."

Plus i move all the "order confirmation" e-mails to a different folder immediately.

Although she obviously knows of the RC bug in me..................she doesnt give me a whole bunch of crap about it.

[Alexgar]

mortage and car note show on the statement but the 100 a month i put away aint missed in the scheme of things and my paypal shipped to my mother in law, shes on my payroll, babysitter no one ruins their paycheck

[Alexgar]

po box and a small bank account on the side a credit union doesnt send to much paperwork

[ray schrauwen]

Well, my "X" thinks very little of it but, my new GF thinks its a great hobby and helps me when i need an hand when building stuff.

She doesn't care about the shipments as long as I take care of her too

You know what I mean....

[FighterCat57]

My other half think's I'm crazy. So does the mailman.

[chummer]

Got exactly the same email problem...

Chief

Note to self... "Self, don't forget to unsubscribe to this thread.."

Holy Sh**! Never thought of that!

Thanks.............

[BHChieftain]

I thought it would be kinda fun to hear from some true FE addicts how their families deal with the countless usps and ups packages coming to their door. And what their wives/girlfriends think of this? My wife gets really frustrated when she sees 20 or so "reply to thread from offshore electrics" thingies that magically appear every day on our home e-mail adress! And wonders why I'm getting countless numbers of little usps boxes at the door all the time! Whats your experience???

Got exactly the same email problem...

Chief

Note to self... "Self, don't forget to unsubscribe to this thread.."

[forescott]

I guess I'm pretty lucky, my wife knows everything that I have or have bought and received, she even pays for a lot of it when my fun cash is low.

Does she have a sister?

[forescott]

Great Topic!!! Check out this thread we have going on the same subject (it was originally a swap that morphed into something else)....... I can't stop laughing! Some of these responses are killing me!

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...ad.php?t=15274

Thats where I got the idea to start the thread!

[chummer]

Got pics???

Now that's funny!



I have 3 kids. They all have offroad, onroad, and now boats. I use the " it's a great way for me to spend time with the kids" line. I also have a RR Box and I usually beat her to the mail so she does'nt know everything.LOL.

[Jeepers]

[QUOTE=T.S.Davis;194799 I joke but many of you know how supportive my wife is. If you made it to the 09 nats she fed you lunch, on her time, got the food, the soda, tools, all of it. Took time off work to do it too. If that aint love.[/QUOTE]

Terry your wife is very nice to do that we would have starved with out her! I thanked her repeatedly for doing the food/drinks. please express my thanks again to her.