SWMBO will be obeyed

[sfgoat]

I also brew outside, most of the time. Swmbo actually likes the smell and enjoys that I clean the kitchen afterwards but I just enjoy being outside. However, when the winter turns really cold I go back to the stove because it helps to add some heat and humidity to the house.

 

[poptarts]

I love brewing in the garage, cant imagine brewing anywhere else unless i had a dedicated brewery room in our house.. and that isnt happening ever. Make messes be loud buy more gear and have room for it, ferm chambers grain storage etc. I joke that I have a 1 car brewery.

 

[Black Island Brewer]

HA!! I am newly married. I got in "trouble" for getting in the way in the kitchen so I went out to "my space" in the garage. Later that night I was in trouble for being out there all night. WTF? I just laughed because I know that she doesn't really know what she wants. But we are learning how to live together. Life is good and I wouldn't change anything! Okay, now I am lying. I would change a few things, but not the really important things.

EDIT: I should add that she is amazingly supportive of my brewing habit. It is amazing to have someone that respects my interests.

You make me appreciate where I am in life (and in brewing). We're celebrating our 5th anniversary this month, but this is the second time around for both of us, so most of the "learning how to live together" was figured out by messing it up the first time around. I brew in the garage because there just isn't room for it in our house, and if I spend all day in the garage brewing, she knows where to find me and will pop in while I'm brewing. No grief, no mixed messages. Now I do, out of courtesy, let her know when I'm brewing, and it's not unusual for her to use the time for her art projects, and I know when I want to see her, I can pop into the art room and visit.
And unlike my first wife, she LOVES beer, which totally rocks!

 

[atom]

I find that a shopping list is entirely useless.

SWMBO: "Can we run over to TJ Maxx, I just need to look for 1 thing"
Me: "I guess... But just that thing"
1 hour and 45 minutes later after checking every single aisle in TJ Maxx for new stuff
Me: "I thought we were just looking for a whisk" (if I knew I could take a nap in a chair and not get harassed it wouldn't be so bad)
SWMBO: "Stop rushing me"

Don't get me wrong, I love getting the kitchen gadgets they have on sale and I can sometimes find random stuff in TJ Maxx that I can convert for brewing use. I barely like spending 2 hours in places I like to be. In and out, get what I need, look at what I want to look at, and go.

kinda like this?

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8JV5aNBh1E[/ame]

(my wife sent me that this morning)

 

[Stealthcruiser]

I brew in my detached shop, and my Wife brews with me and / or when our Brew Club is over @ my shop.
She especially likes it when brewing something she likes, ( re: not too hoppy!).

Been together 39 years, and married for 34.

We kinda' got each other figured out, and of either of us........Don't ask a question, if you don't want to know the answer.........Appropriate or not!

 

[pumahunter]

My SWMBO made a fatal mistake...she was the one that bought my first homebrew setup a while back as a gift. Now she can never complain about brew days, or I remind her that she started it, her fault. :rockin:

 

[sandyeggoxj]

You make me appreciate where I am in life (and in brewing). We're celebrating our 5th anniversary this month, but this is the second time around for both of us, so most of the "learning how to live together" was figured out by messing it up the first time around. I brew in the garage because there just isn't room for it in our house, and if I spend all day in the garage brewing, she knows where to find me and will pop in while I'm brewing. No grief, no mixed messages. Now I do, out of courtesy, let her know when I'm brewing, and it's not unusual for her to use the time for her art projects, and I know when I want to see her, I can pop into the art room and visit.
And unlike my first wife, she LOVES beer, which totally rocks!

My wife and I get along very well. I just have to chuckle sometimes. The best advice that I got when I got married was to always give grace to the other person. No matter what we are going to disagree. We didn't grow up together so we didn't learn the same ways to live life. It isn't easy to always be graceful and loving but it always pays off. That doesn't mean handing my wife my balls. There is no respect in that and a good relationship has plenty of love AND respect.

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

kinda like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8JV5aNBh1E

(my wife sent me that this morning)

(Preface this post that I've been with SWMBO for over 4 years at this point and I am going to ask her to marry me this coming spring so I complain, but she lets me brew more often than I should and spend money on brewing stuff more often than I should)

It's only offensive as a stereotype if its not true. I sent this to SWMBO immediately (on the very rare occaision where she doesn't make me go there and she goes by herself or with her friend, I know I have about 7 hours of free time).

Target is one of my other worst enemies, the dollar section is basically my version of hell. Target, TJ Maxx, Wal-Mart are the three major offenders. If I go to hell when I die, I'm positive it will be like Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, but instead of a pink bunny rabbit chasing me or a drill sergeant yelling, it'll be walking around one of those three stores for all eternity.

 

[Hello]

Yeah come on now, don't blame the girls just because you guys married the wrong women.

And how!
/end thread.


Suckers.

 

[Brewsncrabs]

I got kicked to the garage years ago (thank you very much) and now I love hitting that garage door opener at 6am on a Saturday morning! Great alarm clock!

 

[worlddivides]

I brew in the kitchen, but I usually do it when my wife is gone. I think the only times I've brewed when my wife was home was technically not brewing at all (for example: cider, which is not brewed).

She has never gotten mad at me about brewing before, but if she did, I'd just remind her that the entire reason I started brewing was because of her. I'd wanted to brew for about 5 years before I actually started and when I mentioned that to her once, she said "Then why don't you?" and suggested I go out and buy the equipment and start brewing immediately.

 

[blizz81]

I'm pretty picky with relationships, but it was hard to resist in this case when we were at a bar with 40+ taps and she was waxing sad about how the homebrewing equipment went to her ex in the divorce and she needed to round up some new equipment. Our pact is that the only life we willingly birth on this planet is that of yeast propagation.

 

[jeremybwilson]

I was mostly just trying to be funny with the SWMBO reference.

My wife is totally cool with my new hobby. In fact, while she is not a beer drinker, many of her friends are and they are loving the beer I've been gifting out to them.

Quite frankly the home brewing hobby has brought us closer together.

 

[TheCADJockey]

I was mostly just trying to be funny with the SWMBO reference.

My wife is totally cool with my new hobby. In fact, while she is not a beer drinker, many of her friends are and they are loving the beer I've been gifting out to them.

Quite frankly the home brewing hobby has brought us closer together.

Same. She has no idea what is going on and honestly doesn't care. She just loves throwing stuff into the pot though. Not only that, she does dishes while I make beer and it gives her time to talk and talk and talk when I have no option but to listen. It works

 

[ubnserved]

My SWMBO made a fatal mistake...she was the one that bought my first homebrew setup a while back as a gift. Now she can never complain about brew days, or I remind her that she started it, her fault. :rockin:

Same here! She asks once in a while if I am reading "beer crap" again and then asks how much more could you possibly learn about beer.... my reply is you will never know everything about beer and you got me started. Her response last time was, "I thought you would be bored with it by now. "

Bored with beer? What, I haven't even tried every style of beer yet.
Got to love her though 23 years and counting. And the crazy woman has been taking care of me for the last 6 months.

As for brewing. ... always inside.

 

[A2HB]

she who must be obeyed. Wife, girlfriend, or in some of these dudes cases........mom.

rofl!!

 

[beersk]

I've got the in already...I'm currently single, but when I meet someone and they're not cool with my hobbies, then that relationship won't last. There has to be mutual respect, and that includes pursuing personal interests and supporting that. My last gf was cool with it. I got her into beer actually.
I just don't get people sometimes, it's like, your wives want you to never leave their sides, but don't want you in their way. Jeeezuz, why do they need to be so dependent on you? It's nice to have someone around and be needed, but there's a line...
I guess if you guys are spending 8 hours brewing multiple days a week, or whatever, then I guess I can understand the complaining. Ya gotta spend some time together...
I guess y'all are more cut out for marriage and family life. Not me...

 

[TheCADJockey]

Not all are like that... my wife is happy if I never talk to her as long as she has a good book to read.

 

[b-boy]

EDIT: I should add that she is amazingly supportive of my brewing habit. It is amazing to have someone that respects my interests.

Was she looking over your shoulder while you were typing?

 

[b-boy]

Our pact is that the only life we willingly birth on this planet is that of yeast propagation.

You should put that on a t-shirt - or a needlepoint sampler.

 

[sandyeggoxj]

Was she looking over your shoulder while you were typing?

No she is at working making all the money! Someone has to stay home, play with the dog and brew beer!

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Yep, since I started brewing, the wifey has taken to calling the garage The Man Cave.

 

[rocketsan]

She who must be obeyed. Wife, girlfriend, or in some of these dudes cases........mom.

Or in some of these dudes cases...other dudes

 

[phenry]

She who must be obeyed. Wife, girlfriend, or in some of these dudes cases........mom.

:rockin:

 

[SupervisingChildren]

I brew inside on the stove. I always do the dishes and clean up the kitchen first so it's a win-win. She's not a big fan of the boil-overs on the newish stove though haha.
SWMBO got me my equipment for Christmas several years ago so I can blame her for the addiction. She hates how much I spend on brewing stuff and "stinking" up the house, but rarely complains. After 15 years together she knows I'm not changing and supports my hobbies. Hell, when she went shopping earlier she got me the bags of cherries I needed for my cherry wheat. She's a keeper!

 

[poorboy5]

I've always brewed outside in the garage, mainly 'cause it's the only place with enough room to store my brew stuff and our kitchen is too small. The only drawbacks are that with three kids I often spend the evening before brew day cleaning the garage up so I even have room to brew. That and making sure the kids don't let the damn dogs in the garage while the wort is chilling. After flame-out I turn into a Nazi until it's in the fermentor and yeast pitched. My wife is really supportive of my brewing and she likes most things I brew. I just try to make sure to brew on a weekend where we're not doing anything or at least get dibs on a weekend or two in advance each month, especially during the summer when we're super busy. My oldest son goes to the LHBS with me and helps out with things like milling grain and pouring the strike water in the MLT. He likes the brewing process but sitting & watching a pot boil isn't quite his thing yet. I'm working on it though!