I’m with feministmama. It’s not DH who’s the problem, it’s ds. But he’s only 14 months-old, so he hasn’t yet been properly trained to leave me alone when I’m knitting! :XX:
Although I do sometimes feel guilty when there’s chores to be done & I’m intent on knitting, I feel I deserve “me time,” too. I work at home, so I really can’t “get away.” DH is nice about it, too–only once has he kinda begged me to “not buy any more yarn.”
I never have to hide my knitting at home - DH is totally mesmerized by it and loves to watch my projects grow. He’s actually encouraged me to take knitting breaks!
At work is another story… my current boss is one of those people who can’t understand that one might be doing something even if they aren’t running around looking frazzled. For a long time, I’d slip off to the building library and knit a few rows when I had some downtime. Now, however, since I’m a short-timer there and will be giving notice within a month or so, my scr3w-it threshhold has dropped pretty low and I just knit right at my desk. :roflhard:
In my dh’s defense, he never tells me I can’t do anything (knit or otherwise), but when he’s worked all week, comes home on the weekend wanting to get some household projects done, and the only evidence of anything having been accomplished by me that week is my pile of knitting, well, I could hardly blame him for getting frustrated. :oops:
I tend to obsess on whatever I’m doing, at the expense of other things around me which need doing. My dh never says anything to me, but I know he’s disappointed if I’ve let the house go all week, and he’s been out working all week to come home to a mess, with me in the center clacking my needles. :mrgreen:
In other words, dh isn’t the problem, I am. :rollseyes: