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8/18/2006 8:40:16 AM
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emily3cat
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I`m curious; do people with other hobbies talk to each other like knitters do in terms of addiction? Think of the times that we`ve all written stuff like:
"I fell off yarn wagon."
"I`m not buying any more yarn."
"I need a 12 step program for knitters."
Do people with other hobbies talk like this? Do hunters say to each other, "I`m not buying any more guns, no matter what the manufacturers put out there to tempt me." Do flyfishers say "No, I`m not buying those feathers (for making flies) right now, I`m on a diet."
Just curious.
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8/18/2006 8:54:30 AM
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SeeJayneKnit
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I would bet good money that scap-bookers do. I used to be pretty addicted to scrap-booking, but I did it more or less alone, so haven`t had those conversations. But I used to say to myself, no more paper! I don`t need any more stickers!!
I asked DH `cause he has a few addictions of his own, and he believes:
1. it is a female thing to talk that way
2. Craft hobbies tend to be very affordable in smaller increments than the things many men get addicted to, so one can buy a lot more than say guns or computers or bikes or whatever.
But...I also know that a male friend of mine buys excessive model kits, CD`s, DVD`s and wine (that he stashes and collects). In fact, he and I have discussed "stashing behaviour" and what we call obsessive passion and compulsion simply to own more of what we love. My dad is like this with the things he loves too and has stashed many an item like cars for his model train, wood-working supplies, CD`s, DVD`s and even candy.
I think the difference is that we talk about it, own it, don`t deny it. I think men DO it, they just don`t talk about it. Well...rarely.
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8/18/2006 9:30:15 AM
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preciouspups
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Scrapbookers also do it. My friend and I would wait for the Michael`s coupons and then we would split paper and stickers. Creative memories has crops just like Stitch n Bitch has their gatherings. And let`s not forget those Star Trek conventions!
Kim
www.knottypurls.blogspot.com
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8/18/2006 9:34:43 AM
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CatBookMom
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Some time ago I met a woman in the scrapbook paper aisle, and she clearly had PAS (paper acquisition syndrome), lol! She said she was shocked to realize that she`d spent $500 on scrapbooking items in the last month or two. And she figured she`d gone too far, because the last time she went shopping for her 3yo son, she found she was looking at color and pattern in terms of what papers and trims she`d use for the scrapbook pages!
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8/18/2006 11:11:48 AM
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bets
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Quilters do-
I`m betting beaders do-
I think men`s hobbies are categorized by girth, intensity and beer. Boats, networks, sports cars-things of that nature fall under the category of girth. Dungeons and Dragons, home LANs, and Fantasy Football pools fall under intensity/depth. Beer is a category heading because it matters-a mug of microbrew, or a keg? It matters.
I will personally kick my husband`s butt if I ever open up the freezer and find fishing flies in the ice-cube trays.
B
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8/18/2006 11:29:54 AM
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Sandra D
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I find it difficult to resist because there are SO many different variations in yarn and new ones coming out everyday. And then there is the close-out, sale temptation...unless you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, we`ve been brought up to bargain hunt and buy "on sale". It`s funny, people not in the particular hobby don`t understand it. Like my son`s hobby of collecting Yu-Gi-Oh cards, I don`t really get it, they look pretty much the same after the hundreth pack or so, and you can`t make something wonderful or giftable like you can with yarn!
Sandra
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8/18/2006 1:21:17 PM
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LOL about the Yu-Gi-Oh cards...
My DH does not have much of a hobby right now, and he needs one. He does have a nice bike - not a really expensive one as bikes go, but a nice one - and when he was riding a lot he would ask for the shorts and gloves and things for gifts.
There are a few things he tends to obsess about. If Linda Blair`s fifth birthday party home movies ever surface on Amazon.com, they will only wave to everyone else before they come here. However, in general, he likes books, and he is not insane about it.
He does not understand the yarn thing.
My father is one of those men who think that if they own the piece of equipment, it will somehow make them into a ____________ - fill in the blank with whatever sort of person uses the thing. He`s not compulssive either, though.
I do think that men do not feel guilt the way we do. They are not thinking, in general, "Maybe I should not buy this video because we haven`t gone Grocery shopping yet." At least, that is true of most of the men I know.
And Bets, I like your categories.
T
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8/19/2006 11:26:28 PM
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MacChick
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Well, you had to mention books, didn`t you... people have been addicted to collecting books for so long there` an official latin name for it.
Bibliophile.
What happens when you pass the addiction on to your child and you then get to continue the behavior without guilt, because you are collecting for somebody else???
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8/21/2006 9:27:18 PM
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CatBookMom
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What happens? You get a smart kid who can probably get some scholarship $$ for college, and will have something that will make her life better. That`s my opinion and I`m sticking to it! LOL! Our 7yo DGD-by-love and her parents were here for 2 days in July, and Rita read through 3 1/2 books (Disney stories) in two afternoons. Made my bookworm heart proud, it did! Wanna come visit the CatBookMom Private Library??
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