Wife said stop

[Silent]

I thought of some changes I wanted to make. I wanted to do things a little different with the reef tank. I was excited and wanted to talk with the wife about it and she interrupted me and said "Stop, I don't want to hear it."
Anyone else ever talk too much about their tank?
Ever find your spouse's eyes start to glaze over when you talk about the reef tank?
I guess I've got enough passion about the hobby for both of us. lol.

 

[Brandon Smith]

Well at least she didn't say the reef had to go lol

 

[Eva Rose]

It’s pretty common. Lol. If i’m super excited about something, I hop on forum to discuss it with members that have the same interests. Even on forums like R2R there are subgroups of interests. That’s what is great about different subject sub forums like “Fish Discussion”, “Soft Corals” , “Wrasse”, “Tang”, “Angel” etc. Devoted SPS fans may not be at all interested in a Soft Coral dominated tank.

I get totally get it though. I’m guilty too - I glaze over when my husband gets excited about hunting stuff. :)

 

[Murica]

Totally... Every time I talk about it lol

 

[PanchoG]

It happens to me very often, my wife God bless her she endures me a lot, but after a while she just says “whatever, I don’t need to know” lol.

 

[happyreefer101]

My wife loves the reef tank but does not want to hear about the $$$ part. She thinks I spend way too much for any corals I acquired.

 

[sfin52]

Ya when I yelled excitedly when my clown found her nem. I came running up stairs to tell Heather and she looked me and said ok rolled her eyes. Came straight to r2r.

 

[Pntbll687]

I get the same every once in a while.

The key is to not be changing things all the time.

I always start with "what do you think about..." To gauge how much trouble I'm going to get in.

 

[fish farmer]

The same thing happens to me when the wife gets excited about songwriting and music stuff.

"Yep..sounds fine..no I didn't know that was the NEW remastered version."

 

[vetteguy53081]

Not all. . . . . . . . . .

 

[S2G]

Pineapples - got to have a safe word. I start talking about my tanks she says pineapples. Too much don't want to know. She starts about decorating or that friend who's in her 30s still dating dudes that ask for gas money - pineapples. It's from an old k hart skit but is a lot better than whatever

 

[UCF Alum]

I’ve shown colleges pictures of my 140 gal SPS dominate tank and 99 out of 100 times I get “cool” and that’s it. Sigh.
My wife doesn’t care much either.

I don’t talk to anyone about it much anymore unless I’m engaged in conversation on here.

 

[BlindGirlReefing]

I'm definitely guilty of talking to much about the reef......but he talks to much about motorcycles so it works for us!

 

[BlindGirlReefing]

Maybe some of ya'll could talk my husband into this hobby lol!

 

[Signalhead]

My wifey looks at the ceiling like there's fish or coral pictures in the ceiling... se has no interest in the tank at all.

 

[Scubajunior]

Mine likes the pretty colors and fun behaviors of the fish and coral but when I start talking about the science behind anything, she starts playing Hayday and lets me "get it out" . :rolleyes:

 

[aquavista99]

My advice is simple: Happy Wife, Happy Life! Reef life can overwhelm your spouse.

 

[ImNemo]

Thats the same expression I have when she tries on five different outfits before we go out or what shoes do I think look best out of her shoe store closet. But hey, it's the price we pay right, ha.

 

[DMG Reef]

Ya when I yelled excitedly when my clown found her nem. I came running up stairs to tell Heather and she looked me and said ok rolled her eyes. Came straight to r2r.

I saw this on your build thread and was giddy with excitement that your clownfish saw a video of a nem hosting a clown, then went into his own anemone. When I told my husband, he looked at me like I was crazy.

My clowns moved a rock 6 inches, took them several days. After it was butting up against their anemone, they laid eggs on it.

I think a lot of us could write a book about the interactions we see among our sea critters. Never a dull moment!

 

[Crabby48]

Maybe some of ya'll could talk my husband into this hobby lol!

I would get sidetracked and start talking motorcycles lol