UK_Explorer Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 My wife and I are both keen hikers, and have been for many years. I convinced her that we *needed* a GPSr, and while investigating which unit to get (60CS), discovered geocaching. I was hooked immediately, but my other half is not interested. We combine geocaching and hiking, and that keeps here happy, and the disparaging comments she makes while I'm hunting for caches seem to keep her occupied. A typical cache hunt goes: Her: are we there yet? Me: 30 feet to go! Her: I bet it's un der that tree there. Me: Well, the GPS says its a bit further on. Hang on... Her: OK. I'll just wait here then. [insert 10 minutes of me searching under all obvious (to me) locations] Her: haven't you found it yet? At which point, I look under the tree that she first suggested, and of course it's there.... So, my question is: how do you all deal with lackof interest from your better halves? I'm sure I'm not the only one in this situation, am I?? Stuart. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Don't bring them. Why subject yourself to that? Quote Link to comment
UK_Explorer Posted June 20, 2004 Author Share Posted June 20, 2004 because that would involve going hiking without her, and that would be far worse. Quote Link to comment
AC Student Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 You are luckier than I am - my wife doesn't share my passion for high tech tupperware hunting either. But at least your wife enjoys hiking. I can sometimes convince my wife to do a nature walk, but only if there are clean restrooms with flush toilets and running water at convenient intervals. Quote Link to comment
dampeoples Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 it's easier if you have kids, everyone wants to see them smiling at some trinkets in a cache Quote Link to comment
nobby.nobbs Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 ok so she's not interested in the cache (though she's a godsend for finding the well hidden ones! so what? you both enjoy the hiking, she'll get to enjoy the other aspect of caching ie finding new locations. if she doesn't get much from the actual cache it doesn't matter she has got something from geocaching. i mean how many people just log an entry with tnln. what's the difference between that and what you're wife does? enjoy your time together. don't expect her to like evrything you do. Quote Link to comment
+Mechanics Hands Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Well for my family and I Cachng is the perfect compromise. My wife likes to go for walks. I hate going when there is no purpose. With caching, she gets to have her walks, and I have an objective to complete. Keeps us both happy. And our 3 year old daughter absolutely loves finding treasures and she enjoys the hikes (even though she often ends up asleep on my shoulders) Its the perfect hobby with something for everyone. MH Quote Link to comment
+ZackJones Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 At first my wife, Donna, was bored with Geocaching because she didn't understand exactly what I was doing. I gave her a printed log sheet to look at before setting out one day and that helped quite a bit. Once she knew what we were looking for she got more and more into it. She has done well finding caches. Heck next thing you know she's going to be wanting her own GPS Zack Quote Link to comment
+Milbank Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 She will come around to your way of thinking. Just wait until she ends up finding something in a cache that she likes. I think my wife likes finding the lotto tickets someone has been leaving in the caches around here. My wife acts like she is not interested and has even said a couple times she's not going, but when it come time to leave she's right there with me ready to go. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 My wife was lukewarm about it first, but now enjoys it a lot Typical conversation for us: Me: My GPS says 76 feet, how about yours? Her: 73, I think mine's more accurate than yours. Me: Its pointing to that rock pile, I bet thats where it is. Her: Mine too, whats yours say now. Me:50 feet Her: Me too Me: Time to put the GPS down and search Her: Its taking me over there Me: I found it Her: dadgum! Again! Why can't I ever find one first? Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Women are always right. If it feels right, its wrong. So if its wrong you have to do it on the sly. If you get caught, just tell her "well, it least its not another woman!" Hopefully, she'll agree and say your right. Mine is lukewarm too, but enjoys them when she does go, and enjoys some of the thought behind some of them. Quote Link to comment
+Doggiewoggie Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 My better half will only go if: there won't be any aimless driving around; the GPSr will not be jumpy; the location will be spectacular, with no poison ivy or weird bugs; the cache will be found within 3 minutes, and all items in the cache will be fabulous and practical prizes! I'm addicted--and it's rough going, to get away and get some caching done. Quote Link to comment
+strikeforce1 Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 My (actually hers ) golden rules when caching with the wife are: 1) Yes Dear. 2) Your right Dear. 3) I love you Dear. Those usually keep me out of the dog house ! She lets me cache some more ! Quote Link to comment
+Torry Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Good luck! My better half doesn't understand the joy of this game but she is more of a couch potato than I. What part of the hiking does she enjoy? Make sure you give HER particular likes equal time. When I grab a cache on a trip I try to make sure there is some shopping involved. Sometimes I'll drop her off at the little shops and go grab one then pick her up after I'm done. Quote Link to comment
+oldfriends Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 That's what I do. Drop my wife off at a mall ( or a big store), with a book to read. Tell her" I'll see you in one or two hours". She's happy shopping and reading. Sometimes she says "How come you're back so soon?" Quote Link to comment
+Alan2 Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 My wife didn't understand me be before I started geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+msdrag0n Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 I have the reverse of your problems...my husband doesn't understand me! He sees no redeeming qualities in trapsing through the woods looking for tupperware filled with McToys or a nano the size of a bullet. It's difficult to find enough reasons to send him out with the guys so I can cache. He doesn't like me to cache alone so I try to find a partner. I would cache every weekend but I find myself caching only about one or two days a month. Quote Link to comment
phantom Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Well it seems that no matter how I try to explain or show my other half about geocaching, she just doesn't care. If there is the slightest chance she will get dirty, hot and sweaty, it ain't gonna happen. So I just leave her to her couch, the A?C and her telephone. The kids seem to enjoy it though. Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Yes I'll was talking to my wife about how often I see where it is the wife who caches and the hubby don't. Not all one sided. We have quite a few gals around here with missing geohubbys. Quote Link to comment
+BDC Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 All I can say Is I feel your pain! Quote Link to comment
geo_buggy Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Just sit down with her and tell her if I am going to bring you you have to stay with me and keep up with me. Quote Link to comment
+Sagar and Skategirl Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 My wife is not interested so far. She has my daughter most of the time by herself, so this is a chance for us to do something together without Mommy. I think all 3 of us prefer it this way. My wife seems slightly interested, but she avoids tech. (My daughter has been able to use the computer better than Mommy since she was 3 years old) Sagar Quote Link to comment
+BeachBumWannaBs Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 My (actually hers ) golden rules when caching with the wife are:1) Yes Dear. 2) Your right Dear. 3) I love you Dear. Another great one I heard from a friend (male)... "Yes Dear, you're right. I should have thought if it myself." Quote Link to comment
UK_Explorer Posted June 21, 2004 Author Share Posted June 21, 2004 Thanks everyone for the replies. It's good to know I'm not alone! Of course, we both have fun while we're out, and having something to tease me about just adds to her enjoyment, so I suppose if you look at it that way, we both get something out of geocaching.... Quote Link to comment
+Right Wing Wacko Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 My wife does not like caching and almost always refuses to go with me. However one time she decided to go. We pulled into the parking area for a multi-cache. She pointed at this stump and said, I bet it's there! "No way.... this is a multi and the GPS is pointing way out there on the Jetty". So, I head out to the Jetty and find WP1 and get the coordinates for the final. It was in the stump she originally pointed at. The very next cache, she pointed at this old dead tree, but the GPS was pulling me elsewhere. I should have listened, because after 15 minutes of looking everywhere else I found the cache in that old dead tree. Quote Link to comment
nobby.nobbs Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 the thing is, they can spot a cache site that quickly but take them into a shop and ask them to find the dress they want and you'll be there all day. go figure. Quote Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 the thing is, they can spot a cache site that quickly but take them into a shop and ask them to find the dress they want and you'll be there all day. go figure. LOL!!! Quote Link to comment
+wrlwnd Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 I am waiting to see how my wife will do the next time I suggest we go caching. I took her and the 11yr old neice that spends summers with us to try a new cache placed less than 2 miles from the house. Well that was a DNF. The other I had previously got and they got close, so I helped a little. The problem was as we started the wife got ate up with mosquitoes. When we got back to the house there was one tick on me and 1 on the neice. I have the bug and will continue, just hope the wife will catch the bug. wrlwnd Quote Link to comment
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