I realized long ago that the chances of me still homebrewing at 80 were slim. The chances of me still being married to my wife and her still complaining about the time I wasted homebrewing were high. So essentially I throw everything and the kitchen sink at my wife to keep her happy on brew days - typically once every 6 weeks.
I talk to her friends and set up "play dates" so A) she is out of the house and occupied and B) I can use what she did (spend money, meals, movie, etc) against her as leverage.
But essentially I spend time keeping her occupied and happy and then probably don't enjoy the homebrew process as much as I would like.
It doesn't matter how much junk she has throughout the house, those 3 kettles, couple rubbermaid bins with stuff in it, and brew rig are always going to take up too much room, be in the way, etc. It isn't worth trying to debate that.
I talk to her friends and set up "play dates" so A) she is out of the house and occupied and B) I can use what she did (spend money, meals, movie, etc) against her as leverage.
But essentially I spend time keeping her occupied and happy and then probably don't enjoy the homebrew process as much as I would like.
It doesn't matter how much junk she has throughout the house, those 3 kettles, couple rubbermaid bins with stuff in it, and brew rig are always going to take up too much room, be in the way, etc. It isn't worth trying to debate that.