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    Ceepa is offline Diamond level (5000+ posts)
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    I think asking about someone's hobbies is a dated question like asking about someone's sign.

    Not meaning OP, but rather the person at the dinner party.
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    I usually say something along the lines of, "I like all sorts of crafty stuff- scrapbooking, sewing, card-making- but I never have as much time for it as I'd like. I also love to read, and bake."

    I go through spurts when I do more of that stuff, but I'd guess I average a couple of hours a week at my peak, and once a month when I'm not.

    I've been doing a lot of sewing lately with Halloween and our Disney trip coming up. I haven't looked at anything for scrapbooking since May!
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    I say sewing, smocking, scrapbooking, reading, etc.

    I use nap time, early mornings and after they're in bed for the night.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ceepa
    I think asking about someone's hobbies is a dated question like asking about someone's sign
    Now that is funny, I never thought of it like that before.

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    I hadn't thought of that either. I actually list mine on my theatre resume as "Personal Interests & Skills"

    Star Trek, Presidential History, Marine Biology, Medicine & Human Anatomy, Musical Performance & Study, Regular Volunteerism & Charitable Causes, Animal Noises, Impressions, Pop Culture, Being Funny Whenever Possible, and Completely & Utterly Worthless Trivia

    I hadn't actually looked at that in quite some time. I don't, however, list my sign. And I admit, whenever I am in the position to say, "what's your sign," I usually do it with a hippie, high as a kite accent and put "man" after it, like "what's yer sign, mee-aan" Cuz I think that is a kind of silly question :-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ceepa
    I think asking about someone's hobbies is a dated question like asking about someone's sign.

    Not meaning OP, but rather the person at the dinner party.
    somehow, i find the word hobby to be a bit dated. but "what do you like to do in your spare time?" is not dated. of course, most people just say they have no spare time...
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    I was just thinking about how I don't have any hobbies at the moment other than bfing a baby, changing diapers, potty-training ds, and general care and raising of two boys. I will go back to working 24 hrs a week hopefully by the new year, but that is certainly not a hobby. Am I the only mom of little kids who feels too overwhelmed and exhausted to have specific hobbies?

    Past hobbies include travelling, reading, walking/running, yard-work (too utilitarian to be called gardening though), and cooking. Hoping to get back into travelling when dcs are older and the economy turns around. And I will put together a Thanksgiving spread so maybe that counts as cooking. Yard work and planting flowers has been relegated to dh for the time being though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ceepa
    I think asking about someone's hobbies is a dated question like asking about someone's sign.

    Not meaning OP, but rather the person at the dinner party.
    I disagree. Some hobbies like knitting can be very social. Knitters like to meet other knitters. Scrapbooking can be the same way. I love meeting other people that sew. Sometimes people have really cool hobbies.

    I knit, sew and scrapbook. I love to read but for some reason, I never thinkg about that when listing off hobbies. As for time to do hobbies, yeah as a mom that gets tricky. It kind of sucks that it can take three days of 5-10 minutes here and there to make a bib that should only take 30 minutes. I usually keep a "car" knitting project or two. I work on it while waiting to pick up DD from preschool, while DH is driving, at the doctors, maybe the coffee shop if the baby cooperates.
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    I knit and spin (make yarn from wool, not stationary biking). When I can.
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    reading, exercising (is that a hobby or a lifestyle choice?), crocheting, playing piano, photography (I used to have a darkroom in the house) organizing (I count this as a hobby because I get so much pleasure from it--I would do it for others). Or course, I have not had time to read, play piano (we no longer have one) or crochet these days. I mainly, exercise and take digital photos and crochet if I get more than 10 minutes to myself at night.
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