Is your wife/husband causing you to play less?

[marnold***]

Not an issue with me. I wear the pants in the family, but my wife picks them out.

Reminds me of this:

[kiteman]

I had this problem licked before it even started, I never married.

[Algonquin]

My wife (love her) isn't the type to sit and cheer me on... but in no way discourages me from practicing / playing / noodling / d*c*i*n* around with the guitar. I'm sure she gets bored with hearing me play the same old crap over and over and over, but that's how I learn... repetition! I probably spend more time monkeying around learning new idea's of my own nonsense over cover material, and will often have guitars placed throughout the house to pick up when the mood strikes. Life is short... do what you love with the ones you love!

[Spudman***]

d*c*i*n*

Internet FAIL for substitute spelling.

[Tig***]

Reminds me of this:

Thanks! I haven't heard "The Man Song" in years. Mrs. Tig will get a kick out of it.

[Monkus]

Lady Monkus was in the elite group of the bandmembers gf's at gigs, lol those were the days... after we got married, things changed a little. I think subconciously she was irked at the time spent with music as we had little time anyway. So I got her to sing and we found out that she had a really good voice. Now she doesn't mind and actually is a decent critic. I play, write and record and she sings. She's now one of the soloists in our church choir. She has been assimilated....

[Auriemma]

My wife occasionally balks at me disappearing for a few hours to play, but nothing too serious... unless we get into an arguement and I try to escape. Then forget about it.

Now our first dog caused me to stop playing for 12 years. Playing any guitar scared him to no end. Just pulling them out would make him run for cover. So I put them away until he passed away. Funny, I didn't think I was that bad.

[Soulstress]

Now our first dog caused me to stop playing for 12 years. Playing any guitar scared him to no end. Just pulling them out would make him run for cover. So I put them away until he passed away. Funny, I didn't think I was that bad.

I'm shocked you did that. I woulda put that dog in his house outside in the backyard

[Auriemma]

I'm shocked you did that. I woulda put that dog in his house outside in the backyard

Nope. With no children of our own, he was our child. And after all he went through is his life with us (epilepsy, paralysis, cancer, and leukemia over 12 years), I'm OK with it. Visit http://mybeagleworld.com/murphy/ for a partial telling of his story.

Now, my two girls (both beagles) don't mind me playing guitar and will come in and listen or play while I play.

[Bloozcat]

Well, my wife is supportive as long as I don't play when she's around. She has a decided dislike for electric guitar music. Once when we were out together, a band was playing Sweet Home Alabama. To my shock, my wife looked at me and said, "you play it better than that guitar player." I never knew she was listening. But other than that, the only times I can recall that my wife has ever said anything positive about my playing is when it's been on an acoustic guitar...and when I was singing even! And I can't sing...

All that being said, my wife has happily bought all kinds of guitar related items for me at Christmas over the years. From effects to pickups, strings to guitar and amp stands, soldering stations to luthier tools. Just this Christmas alone she bought me a Decimator noise gate, a BBE Orange Squash compressor, a General Guitar Gadgets reverb pedal kit, and a BBE Supa Power 9v power supply. She doesn't know a thing about what she's buying for me, but does so knowing how much I enjoy it.

So, I play when I'm home alone (which is fair amount of time), and I have some nice stuff to play through and with.

I can't complain at all...

[NWBasser]

All of your wives have it easy.

I mostly play bass (the sound penetrates everywhere).

In a fairly small house.

With thin walls...

The poor woman, I should bring the acoustic out a bit more.

[helliott***]

My darlin has suffered through my obsession for 33 years, always -- well, usually -- with great tolerance and understanding. She says I'm more complete and easy to live with when I'm playing more and getting out in a band, even though when my son was young I'd be *****y on Sunday mornings, which wasn't good family strategy.
She's devoted to her job as a top notch non-profit agency executive director, and I've got my music and the job that pays the bills, and we tolerate each others foibles. Lots of practice.
(I do recall getting carried away with the Mesa, TS9 and wah one evening after a tough day, and her saying later that she was glad the hounds of hell had finally gone to bed.)

[Duff]

My fiance just bought me a new Fender Blizzard Pearl American Strat which I had a copper and gold snakeskin type pickguard put on before I bought it home in the new style case. Beautiful guitar and beautiful woman.

She encourages me to play a lot and I soothe her to sleep each night by playing; and playing in the dark helps break the eye fixation habit and helps develop the ear.

Just put a down payment on an ESP LTD EC-1000 Deluxe in gloss black with gold hardware, beautiful guitar I'm ordering in.

I usually play her to sleep with a good guitar and amp, including Squire Classic Vibe 50's and Epiphone SG thru my Crate Palamino V32 2 twelve celestions.

So she is super supportive. I am lucky to have such a supportive woman; she is awesome.

[Brian Krashpad]

I solve any domestic problems by doing all my playing at actual band rehearsals or performances. That way, I'm not playing around her, and she doesn't have to hear it.

I rarely bug her to come to shows; only for special occasions at this point.

The only potential problem is that I'm currently in my church praise band plus 4 rock bands, so if we all decide to practice on the same weekend, it can add up. At least for the praise band she can't really complain, since my daughter's in the band as well. And with that band I got the whole "God" angle working for me too.

[otaypanky***]

Wonderfully supportive wife. I am blessed ~

[Tone2TheBone]

My wife is very supportive of me cause she knows it's therapy for my well being.

[oldguy]

Is your wife/husband causing you to play less?


Nope.

[Ilovecheapguitars]

my wife is hit or miss. one day she tells me I should try and get into another band, the next day I make the 35 minute drive to jam with a bassist I have known for years and she gets upset because I'm gone for 4 hours. I don't get it. most of the time, if theres anyone who keeps me from playing, its the kids. they are 2 and 4 so they are into everything.

[Commodore 64***]

most of the time, if theres anyone who keeps me from playing, its the kids. they are 2 and 4 so they are into everything.

Yeah, there's nothing like having to pick with a banana or Polly Pocket doll or whatever random thing they run up to you with and demand that you use it to play the guitar.