Does your SO nag you about scrapping? [Archive]

SeattleSheri

10-04-2008, 10:37 PM

My husband is constantly nagging me about the amount of time I spend on the computer (most of which is scrapping). I'm just wondering if I'm alone. I don't think it's any different than watching TV ... it's just a different screen, lol.

So, does your significant other nag you?

amystoffel

10-04-2008, 10:41 PM

Oh my gosh...all the time! He jokes that the computer growls at him when he sits down to it too...nice.

I can think of a lot worse things to be doing that digital scrapbooking and talking on the forums!!!

mturnidge

10-04-2008, 10:51 PM

Nope. I am really lucky... he's into computer games so we sit together in the family room on our laptops doing our thing! Before I did digi, I used to nag him about the time he spent playing games, but now I have my own hobby and I spend just as much time... or more... at the computer. It's a great relationship. lol :thumbup:

krystalhartley

10-04-2008, 10:51 PM

We are a family of computer addicts...4 computers in the same room...all doing our thing. My husband likes gaming. All of us play World of Warcraft...which I started because of HIM...wish he'd reciprocate and pick up scrapbooking! LOL Actually, I'm trying to get him to start using Lightroom and take care of that side of things.

Sorry you have to deal with that though, Sheri.

breakingbrie

10-04-2008, 10:57 PM

As I sit here scrapping, dh is gaming at his computer desk in the other corner of the room! lol. We still chat and stuff, I go on about my scrapping, and he talks about his games. Sometimes during the day when the girls want to color or play with play doh, we're all up here hanging out in the computer room!

mrsmbm

10-04-2008, 11:22 PM

Nope, and I'm so lucky! I try to scrap when my girls are asleep and my DH is studying or watching sports. Before he was in school and busy studying...yeah, he was CONSTANTLY nagging me. Only six more months of school...and then I guess my scrapping time will be cut short.:thumbdown:

NettieB

10-04-2008, 11:29 PM

umm, he's hinted... so I bought him some spankin' hot new golf clubs.

He's now quiet on the subject again.

nesser1981

10-04-2008, 11:38 PM

Nope, DH is usually happy when I'm scrapping so he can play his video games.

Brooke W

10-04-2008, 11:58 PM

nope. Most the day it's just me here. when he's home, he watches tv ( me too, but i can multi task,lol). It's a shame your dh is being a pita.

lizzyfizzy

10-05-2008, 12:02 AM

my computer is in my office so i get the evil 'sigh' sometimes...i need a lappy desperately!

AllieP

10-05-2008, 12:17 AM

My hubby doesn't nag me about my scrap time because we like to "parallel play." He plays World of Warcraft on the other computer while I scrap and the kids sleep. :) It's a pretty good arrangement, I think! :)

lizzyfizzy

10-05-2008, 12:20 AM

so from what i'm hearing we need another computer!

EveRecinella

10-05-2008, 02:02 AM

No, not really, but I have cut my computer time down a lot. Evenings are spent with the family and after the kids go to bed watching TV shows/movies with Mr. Eve. He use to get upset sometimes when I was designing because I was on here SO much, now we have a happy medium. lol

joelsgirl

10-05-2008, 02:26 AM

OMGOsh, all the time, but really it probably IS my fault. :( I neglect the things that matter because I can't resist the allure of the computer.

Laura_A

10-05-2008, 02:37 AM

I am very lucky that my hubby has always supported my scrapping. I think he realizes that, being so far away from friends and family, I need SOMETHING for myself that keeps me connected to the rest of the world. Plus, he LOVES to read forums and blogs, so we sit on the couch together with our lappys.

I do have to say though, if I don't keep up on the housework, he gets a little crabby. lol

FireWolf

10-05-2008, 02:41 AM

Mine bugs me, but not because I scrap too much...He nags because I don't scrap enough...but he would rather I paper scrap than digi scrap...oh well, can't have it all I guess.

brooke22

10-05-2008, 03:39 AM

Mine used to, but that was until I explaned the Sweet Rewards system and the amount of money we save a month because of it. Now he's pushing me do scrap more because I only got 20 points last month!

chloe

10-05-2008, 03:56 AM

He's a geek too so most of the time I'm ok since he's playing online in the other corner of the room. When he's between 2 games, though, he complains sometimes...

pbumbaca

10-05-2008, 04:03 AM

All the time! He is brutal because he NEVER uses the computer, I mean NEVER. He has touched our computer a total of 5 times in as many years! He doesn't get it, can understand who I'm talking to at 6am just cause I'm typing, doesn't understand the whole 'forum' thing at all!

Kara

10-05-2008, 05:15 AM

Yes, yes, yes! He has serious repetitive strain injuries from using a computer that are actually threatening his career so he's pretty sensitive about the time I spend on the computer, fearing I'll also start having problems. I understand that he's worried about me, but sometimes it drives me nuts!

Angie4b1g

10-05-2008, 05:53 AM

Nah, he wants me to be happy. :)

mrs_jb

10-05-2008, 06:18 AM

We are a family of computer addicts also! Normally I scap most at night, so DH and I sit together in the family room or in our room and I scrap while he plays poker or messes with his fantasy teams! It's nice actually, because we still talk and spend time together and neither of us gets upset about too much computer time!

Chels85

10-05-2008, 06:25 AM

no but his mother just said to me 'well you on the computer all the time anyway'... Wha... and you complaining... i should have said said you watch tv all the time lol

~Julie~

10-05-2008, 06:32 AM

I don't scrap when he is home so he doesn't nag me about scrapping but he does nag me about how much scrap stuff I have. LOL

nikkiARNGwife

10-05-2008, 06:32 AM

Right now...no since he's not home lol...but when he is home he doesn't either...usually I scrap while he's at work and then IF we are on the computer at night after DS is asleep he's on his laptop and I'm on mine...usually though we shut down computer time around 7 pm and spend time together watching tv or whatever. (I sure miss whatever :) )

Jennilyn

10-05-2008, 06:47 AM

My DH grumbles a bit about it, mostly because I don't take the girls out to play as often as he thinks I should...like I can take the girls out ALL day EVERY day...he doesn't like that I'm on the computer while we're watching TV, which I don't understand. What's the difference which screen I'm paying attention to?

inskidahv

10-05-2008, 06:47 AM

nope, he's completely cool about it. In fact, he's very supportive. Especially after i made his family personalized scrapbooks and cards ;)

Jennilyn

10-05-2008, 06:54 AM

I know my mom and MIL talk about me behind my back. Guess they think I should be doing housework constantly like they do. Well, like my MIL. My mom isn't the one who cleans my house when she comes to visit.

Darcy Baldwin

10-05-2008, 07:19 AM

Mine has said things a few times, but I've also said it to him about his time online. We both try to keep each other aware when we're getting a bit obsessive. But considering this family has more computers in the house than living beings (the TV even has it's own computer for media stuff and it's used as a mini-server), needless to say that we're a computer geek family and we all spend a lot of time on them.

He does get upset that I don't paper scrap anymore, and he set up a craft area for me that I use only as clothes storage now. And because I don't show him layouts like I used to, he doesn't see the benefit all the time, and he asks to see them. I haven't printed in a timely fashion this year, so we haven't sat to look at new layouts the way we used to, and he does ask about that.

But generally, knowing that my font money is bringing us extras that we didn't have before, he understands if I need to be in here working.

newfiemountiewife

10-05-2008, 07:26 AM

No, he doesn't. He spends as much time on his photography forums/pogo/fantasy sports leagues as I do on scrapping. I work on the computer day time, so that's not like that's an option anyway. Of course, there are certain people in my family that think that it's not *really* work, because I don't leave the house to work...but I digress.

I scrap at night on my laptop on the couch while he watches tv, or he's on his own computer. We both have a PC each, the kids have an old crappy ass one downstairs (which we're replacing for them for Christmas we think, because it really does suck LOL), and I have my laptop. I only scrap on the couch on my laptop after the kids go to bed generally, so we can sit together, which is nice.

jessica31876

10-05-2008, 07:37 AM

No he watches tv in the same room when Im on and because Im home during the day I can do alot of my scrapping when he is at home and most weekends is family time so I am not on as much during the day on the weekends.

Kat Stokes

10-05-2008, 09:11 AM

Mine never does - unless the house is a disaster. LOL!!! He's usually on his computer or in the garage with his jeep/truck so it doesn't really bother him how much I'm online.

Jennifer

10-05-2008, 09:16 AM

Mine's not happy at the amount of time I spend on the computer. He does grumble and makes me feel pretty guilty at times. BUT--he's the one watching football on TV 24/7 with his new little college football channel...and we're in the same room....He just doesn't get it, I guess...but I hold out hope that he will soon.

Also, he used to bug me about the time spent paper scrapping, too...soooo...I think he just likes to bug me! :p

ZaCola3

10-05-2008, 09:19 AM

Nope-My husband is very supportive of my scrapping habits...He knows all my CT's and always asks what they have new each week...he loves seeing my pages and has even showed all of his friends my galleries...Three of them even called me and told me congrats when I became a Sugarbabe...he even told them that...LMBO.
I have a keeper I think.

Nikki Epperson

10-05-2008, 09:24 AM

LOL, it depends on HIS mood.... :) :)

tanbanan

10-05-2008, 09:26 AM

Yes! Sometimes it's really nice when he goes out of town and I don't have to feel guilt for being on the computer!

scarletsierra

10-05-2008, 09:46 AM

By and large he's happily supportive, but my computer is in my office I do get comments here and there sometimes when I'm in the scrapping groove.

Sharon Kay

10-05-2008, 10:04 AM

Mine was SOOOOOOOO happy to see me give up paper scrapping for digi that he bought me a laptop! He said he was saving money and could get me the laptop. ...so how could he say anything? lol Actually I spent 100% more time with the family because I am not in the basement scrapping...I am in the family room scrapping while we watch tv!

sugarink

10-05-2008, 11:18 AM

At first he did, because I was always bugging him being on the computer so much (he's a videographer/photographer/web designer), but once I became a digital scrapbooker, now it's the other way around. LOL!

crystalbella77

10-05-2008, 11:21 AM

OMG! My hubby gets so mad at me. All he does is watch TV though so I don't understand what the problem is.... :sigh:

*Kelly*

10-05-2008, 11:29 AM

it comes and goes with his moments.. if he's watching a football game, Nascar, drag racing or whatever guy stuff he's into.. he doesn't say a word. Usually when he's feeling 'neglected' do I hear all about 'my time on the computer' arggh!

girlflies

10-05-2008, 12:18 PM

Mine is very resentful of the amount of time I spend on the 'puter (and I have seriously cut back out of guilt). Though I think a lot of that stems from the fact he wishes he could spend more time on it himself.
I think the most painful part is his pretty-much complete lack of interest in the finished layouts. He hasn't even read through our son's baby book or the family album from last year, which are printed books in the living room. Since I don't really have any friends to share my scrapping with, it does get a little depressing. But hey, there's always therapy.... :)

LeeAndra

10-05-2008, 12:18 PM

We'll see what happens when we combine households in the next month. :p

He would complain off and on earlier this year because I was 'always' on the computer when we were watching TV. He just doesn't get (yet!) how boring I think it is to just sit in front of the TV and mindlessly zone for hours on end. I like to watch TV AND scrap at the same time! *lol*

I started leaving my lappy at home so that I only scrapped at my own house on my own time, so the complaints died off after that.

He has a very fancy touch/tablet lappy for work now, so I've started bringing mine over as he begins to play with his at night, and there hasn't been much complaint now that he has a toy, too.

Basically, he just doesn't play well by himself and needs someone to entertain him or be as entertained as he is at all times. :p

Kim

10-05-2008, 12:29 PM

No, he actually bought me my own lappy after I was monopolizing the computer so much. We sit and watch TV shows while I do my thing or we sit in the same room doing our own computer thing.

meems

10-05-2008, 12:43 PM

Mine has given up on nagging. Or else I'm tuning him out. He seems to think that I'd be a better housekeeper if I was on the computer less. Apparently he doesn't remember that I was a lousy housekeeper before I ever started digiscrapping.

junebug

10-05-2008, 12:53 PM

all the time. but he's on his computer just as much if not more than me. I haven't been able to find a job so he resents me. So he gets on me about everything. He's an ass.

my4boys

10-05-2008, 02:14 PM

My DH just does not get it at all...I have tried to explain it to him 1,000 different ways but he still is clueless!!! The other thing that cracks me up is that HE bough me my laptop all on his own and new complains that I am on it too much....he is such an enabler I tell you!!! Plus, when he gets home from work after dinner he goes into his man cave and does the same damn thing. The only difference is that he is playing Spider Solitaire or searching the JR Cigar site so all I have to say to him is this.......:p

my4boys

10-05-2008, 02:16 PM

Teresa

10-05-2008, 02:17 PM

Nope, not at all. :) He loves that I have a hobby I enjoy so much 'cuz he has his own too (some also involving the computer).

psalm149

10-05-2008, 02:26 PM

Mine doesn't really nag me too often, but I feel like he wants to. lol

babycake

10-05-2008, 02:53 PM

Oh yes.......my dp constantly moans at me to get of the computer!
So I go sit with him, he falls asleep...starts snoring and then wonders why i spend most of my time on here lol

lauren grier

10-05-2008, 03:03 PM

nope.... hahaha ;)

HeatherKS

10-05-2008, 05:30 PM

No, not really. On the flip side, I feel like I have to explain to him that I'm not ALWAYS on the laptop because it seems like that's always what I'm doing when he comes in the door. But I make sure the house is shaped up and laundry is going before I sit down to scrap so he doesn't ever realize that there are things that are lagging. ;) He really has mostly positive comments on my scrapping - has bragged to his mom about the cool things I can do (see how little he knows? ;)) and asks me how my SR points are coming for the month. :) And now that I've informed him about CT's he's been asking me when I'm going to start doing that too. (I wish ;))

psalm149

10-05-2008, 05:58 PM

so from what i'm hearing we need another computer!

Amen to that! Anybody want to send a laptop my way? :thumbup: ;)

SamaraGugler

10-05-2008, 06:01 PM

Sometimes...

I started scrapbooking (paper) when during our first football season when I became a football widow.

I'm getting better about balancing my time though.

lizzyfizzy

10-05-2008, 06:08 PM

Mine doesn't really nag me too often, but I feel like he wants to. lol

i could've said this exact statement, tracie. exact! :D

rach3975

10-05-2008, 06:48 PM

Mine doesn't really nag me too often, but I feel like he wants to. lol

LOL! I think this is us, too. But he's always watching tv, and I have no desire to sit through every sporting event or whatever else is on. For a while DH had his own laptop, so we spent a lot of time together in the family room (him gaming and surfing while I scrapped) and it was nice. But that old laptop died, so he's back to hanging out in the basement with his big screen tv. In theory I could take my laptop down and join him, but him watching tv while I'm on the computer doesn't seem to be the same quality of together time as if we're both on computers.

newfiemountiewife

10-05-2008, 07:57 PM

meganmecrazy

10-05-2008, 08:01 PM

He jokes that the computer growls at him when he sits down to it too...

OMG! HAHAHAAA! That just made me crack the heck up! Priceless!

To the question...yes, there are many times hubby yells at me for being on here! But he sure does play his XBOX very often and I don't complain??!!

anrobe

10-05-2008, 08:18 PM

Not usually. He's a big online gamer so he's usually stuck in front of a computer screen as well. And, we share our office so, quite a bit of the time, we're doing our thing right next to each other so we can chat occasionally! :)

Lukasmummy

10-05-2008, 11:21 PM

Yes, but only because his laptop is still broken and he's too lazy to go fix it. But since I do the majority of my scrapping at night when he is sleeping and then I sleep during the day while Lukas is at school and he can play then we are running into less problems. I don't watch tv but he cannot be in a room without it being on usually sports of some kind, and he plays his playstation. My biggest problem is that now I am fighting with both him and Lukas because they both want to play and I want to do CT work and stuff. It sucks sometimes but we gotta have something to argue about or there wouldn't be anything to make up about *snigger*. Hugs Crystal xxx

mrshobbes

10-06-2008, 01:06 AM

Totally supports it because my creative outlet used to be writing and since I'm not doing that anymore, he's happy I get to scrap. Plus he has his own lappie so I get the desktop to myself while he works/plays PC games in the bedroom. He's still close enough that we can chat, but if he has the door closed we just IM each other, lol :D I suppose as long as I vacuum and get the dirty dishes out of the way first, I'm good :)

pbumbaca

10-06-2008, 05:34 AM

Jennilyn

10-06-2008, 08:05 AM

scrappychic

10-06-2008, 08:55 AM

Mine told me he wishes he were a laptop so I can pay more attention to him. LOL But really, he supports my scrapping time and considers it therapy. I :wub: it!

Paula Duncan

10-06-2008, 09:02 AM

Mine's never home so it works out perfectly!! :D

kscwgirl

10-06-2008, 09:14 AM

Sometimes he does, but it depends. Since I got the laptop, it's less. He gets home and I'm on it so he was getting cranky, because he assumed that I walk in the door and get on it but then one night he was home early, he figured out that I come in, change clothes, feed the kids, do dishes/laundry, clean up the kitchen, etc etc etc before I sit down and get online. Since then, he's shut up a little bit. LOL

Stacey42

10-06-2008, 10:03 AM

Mine is far more likely to be on the computer in the evenings than I am, so he can't say anything to me about my computer time. He opens his laptop and sits in his chair as soon as the kids are in bed. He watches TV and reads political blogs at the same time, while I read or crochet. I turn my computer off at 6 most days before he even comes home.

4noisyboys

10-06-2008, 10:09 AM

I bought a laptop so i can bring it out to where he is. He just got himself a new laptop too, so if he's home (he's working out of state right now), we'll both put them up at the kitchen table. It's kind of nice. I'm busy doing something I like, but can sit and visit with him!!

aggiefamily

10-06-2008, 10:38 AM

Not at all. But what I do also brings in money so he can't exactly tell me to get my butt off the computer. I do try to get all my household duties done before he gets home so that I can sit with him on the couch in the evenings and work from there.

I am very lucky in how supportive and involved he is. He will ask me how my online friends are doing and even calls some of you by name. He also likes to read over my shoulder when I am browsing forums and has even sat in on a chat here! LOL!

DawnMarch

10-06-2008, 10:38 AM

My DH is always working on his computer at night. He's a professor, so he spends his time getting ready for his class the next day or catching up on e-mails. So, I'm free to scrap or whatever. Some nights, we will watch a movie or show together or I'll scrap out there on my laptop. I do think it's important to spend some at least in the same room during the week!

sammi

10-06-2008, 11:08 AM

I'm really lucky too! Dh never complains...even if I slack on the house work. But I am happy to say I caught up on that over the weekend, so I feel less guilty. He is awesome about it. I think he is glad I have a hobby!