I broke down and bought one too! My problem isn't a wife or girlfriend lol it's my Mom <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> everytime I get home from work and tear open my box and pull out a chunk of steel I get "another one?!" I just have to act like I can't heat anymore.
Disclaimer: ( I havnt broken the age of 20 so yes I live with my parents still <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> )
Tell your mom that there are MUCH WORSE things for a 19 year old to spend his money on. Mention that you've found a "normal masculine hobby that is clean and traditional/old fashioned". If that doesn't work mention you could spend 8-12 hours a day online buying video games and pretending to kill people on them...or worse <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Excellent advice Gary! Next time he mentions something I will show her this post! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
You guys are all spot on. Great advice and support... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
I must have been 18 or so, just before I joined the Military... At that point I was still spending most of my free time in the bush with my dog. I'd dissapear on a Friday after school and re-appear late Sunday afternoon... Of course it drove my Mom a little 'dilly', well there were no cell phones to 'report-in' at that time... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
It's interesting to note that most of the youngsters... (Nieces/Nephews/Children of friends, even the neighbours kids... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />)... Can't wait for me to get home for R&R, all they want to do is go camping, go fishing, go hiking or just take a walk down to the Mangroves/Swamp and spend a few hours trekking through the bush... Sharpening their 'Bush-Craft' skills, practising 'Fire-Making', generally just being outdoors.
