Okay..... time for me to weigh in about wives!
I've been reading (on other threads) about wives "allowing" their husbands some of the basement, or "making" them go out to "the shed" to do their modeling. And I've wondered if I was the only guy on here with a reasonable relationship with his spouse!
TinGoat is really giving you the cynical line, Stan. I'm sure there are wives who are less than supportive of model railroader husbands, but that certainly is NOT all of them. My wife (of many many years) has absolutely no interest in model railroading, but understands that people have interests and passions, and would say that model railroading is as good --- or better --- than others. And I assure you she is no wimp. She is decisive, has strong opinions, and independent points of view. She is a career businesswoman who, tho' I'm retired, has chosen to keep working.
The one NMRA national convention that I attended, she went with me, and amused herself around the city, while I did my thing.
I had been talking for years about getting a small modelmaker's lathe and mill. The total for the setup was going to cost the better part of $2,000, and I just never felt I could justify spending that much all at once on my hobby. After years of knowing I was wishing for it, my wife presented me with the two thou. She had been saving it up out of her incidental money!
I'm glad you appreciate your wife, Stan. And don't accept that it's all gonna change! If she's a good woman --- and if you're a good husband --- it won't.
Bill S