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Little-TON - Colorado

Just wondering if others have come across this? Or if I am alone....I doubt it. I am banned, mostly in good fun, but sometimes not.....to speakth the "P" word at home..........Yes..you guessed it....Pumpkin.....
Even at work they have created a NO PUMPKIN ZONE around their desks.....I am wondering if I do need help.........lol....... if I grow big does it get better or worse? Is this a Colorado Thing?

12/1/2006 10:10:55 AM

[email protected]

Must be the altitude.

12/1/2006 3:36:54 PM

Marion,IN

I also run into the same thing at my house. Here is something else....my wife does not care what Pap thinks or what Brooks B said or that Frank4 sent me some great seeds or what seed cost how much at the recent pumpkin auction...Can you believe that??

12/1/2006 3:37:03 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Oh yea....when I mentioned..... auction, I got the evil eye...."What do you mean auction"? Opps....And I been wanting to go after that 670 Daigle seed .....

12/1/2006 3:40:53 PM

Antigonish,Nova Scotia,Canada

I know exactly what you guys are saying....we should start a secret society...Hmmmmmmmm....let's see PGWSJDGI...Pumpkin-growers-whose-spouses-just-don't-get-it!!!....I sure one of you fellows can come up with a much better name!...any suggestions out there in pumpkin land???
LOL,
Bill

12/1/2006 4:27:28 PM

ordinary,VA

like the name Papa Bill can i join?

12/1/2006 5:39:21 PM

New Hampshire

How do you sign up for membership?

12/1/2006 5:44:23 PM

Western NY

sounds like i'm a pretty lucky guy.

12/1/2006 6:30:47 PM

Hobbiton New Zealand

We just have a deal she pretends to listen when I talk about pumpkins and I pretend to listen when she talk about scrapbooking

12/1/2006 7:20:42 PM

Massillon, Ohio

i cant talk pumpkins with my wife

12/1/2006 9:53:01 PM

Pemberton, BC

The NPZ is alive and well here at my house!!!

12/1/2006 11:28:55 PM

maine USA

Hey Papa Bill, there are a few of us female people whose husbands eyes glaze over when the pumpkin topic comes up. My husband gives me the nervous, shes very strange laugh!
No doubt hoping that I will change the subject. KathyT

12/2/2006 1:02:44 AM

Salem, NY

KathyT....I'm with you. In my household, it's the WIFE who is the pumpkin nut. The rest of the family just rolls their eyes at the "P" word. The trick is to get them hooked!!!

12/2/2006 9:25:24 AM

Rhode Island

this hobby has broken up more marriages than infidelity.
well---------- almost. lol
pap

12/2/2006 9:35:27 AM

Belmont, NH

The wife says she "tolerates" them. She also knows I could be doing worst things with my time and if she can not find me I'm somewhere under that canopy of leaves burying vines. She's been after me for a nicer looking lawn for quite awhile now so I tilled up about 3600sq/ft of our lawn and now have the most beautiful looking winter rye growing in the neighborhood. Less mowing, more growing. LOL

12/2/2006 9:36:33 AM

Mt Vernon Ky

Pap my wife got it worse than I and that's bad that all she talks about she has took my patch now I got to make me a new one thanks every time the Wallace come up and how she is going to show me how to do it the good thing is she don't say you don't need that much manure do you growing closer in KY Vic and Linda in KY

12/2/2006 10:05:31 AM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

I consider myself to be blessed. My son is into the pumpkins and watermelons, My wife is into the long gourds, and My daughter is into gourds and pumpkin recipes. At work, my boss and his son are growing AG's, and a co-worker grew a 506# pumpkin his first year out. Pumpkin loading has become an annual after-work office event just before Pumpkinfest. No one seems to complain about my screen saver, which is a series of pumpkin photos. I guess it helps to be living in the Official Pumpkin Capital of Iowa.

12/2/2006 10:33:27 AM

Massillon, Ohio

I think all the above posts are the reasons the BP family feel a close bond to each other. This actually IS our "secret society"! When I first found this site, I thought, "These people are over-the-edge"! Now, here I am, right with you. My husband, who thinks he's quite the comedian, has got great enjoyment from making people laugh with stories about my pumpkin growing. He's also a workaholic and won't take vacations. Since I don't bug him about this, he doesn't even ask what I'm spending on supplies, etc. AND THIS IS A GOOD THING! Your partner in crime.....Glenna Rea

12/2/2006 10:34:44 AM

Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

If anybody asked me what I have spent on supplies, I'm not sure I'd know.

12/2/2006 10:47:54 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

I knew I wasnt alone....I feel so much better now.....my wife will be taking care of the veggie garden so I can apply all my efforts growing in 3 places...she wants to grow a plot of smaller pepos......little does she know she is already infected with the magic......ha! .....next year she will want her own giant AG area to compete with the WIZ....so its just a matter of time now......hehe

12/2/2006 10:50:45 AM

North Smithfield, RI USA

Options: I can go to the bar and drink with my friends or stay home and play in the pumpkin patch !!! At this time of year she goes shopping and I play on this machine ! If she has a $$$$$ shopping experience, it's OK , and If I spend a few sense on seeds, it's OK ! We each spend our own over budget money !

12/2/2006 3:31:17 PM

Sort of Sunny Sometimes, WA

When I mention pumpkins, my daughter puts her fingers in her ears and goes, "lalalalalalalala".

12/2/2006 4:05:13 PM

Ri

Here its give and take. We all need some outlet to get through the mundane and repetitive. Hell winter is long. Good thing the auct....... damn gotta go!!!!! LOL peter

12/2/2006 5:05:32 PM

[email protected]

I must be one of the lucky ones. Our family enjoys the whole pumpkin gamut from BigPumpkins.com to hosting auctions to growing (home & school) to weigh-offs & conferences.

Yeah...it sometimes takes time from the family. But so does my leadership responsibility with the Boy Scouts. One of the first things I tell new leaders is to never lose sight of WHY they got involved with Scouting. It does take conviction & time to lead. But time away from family doing something we love must be balanced by enjoying better quality time WITH family as a result.

In other words; find or create useful ways for family to be included.

Consider the alternatives. Boozing...cheap women at bars...etc.

I'd say this is a pretty wholesome hobby as evidenced by the fine people we have joined together with here.

12/2/2006 5:07:07 PM

Long Island,New York

Yes Honey I do need more seeds than I can grow....how many shoes do you have again?..............

12/2/2006 5:18:13 PM

Roselle, IL [email protected]

When im not out busting my ass, I'm home and my wife knows where I'm at. People love me talking about pumpkins and how I pollinate and how manny pounds she put on in a day. I guess im lucky... Real lucky. I can spend my money on a lot worst things

12/2/2006 8:16:07 PM

porterville, calif.

I can talk about The P,s all i want .No one here but me. But I my daughters all ask me when about them when they call. The kids at the school are excited about them too. My neighbors are blown away when I tell them that my Pumkins are like peanuts compared to the ones that the Heavy Hitters grow. I just tell them to wait and see I,ll have some like in a year or 2. My Barber is wanting seed from me now. He keeps some of the pictures Ive taking at the weigh offs to show others how big the pumpkin can get

12/2/2006 10:48:58 PM

Napa Valley, CA

I think that Tremor hit the nail on the head when he mentioned "balance".

Most of my life I have been a person who has naturally done most things to an excessive degree.
Twelve years ago, one of my best friends gave me a tee shirt for my 50th birthday. The front of it reads "TEMPERATE EXTREMIST" and the back reads "MODERATELY EXCESSIVE".

It was a great gift because when I wear it, I am reminded to try to keep the activities in my life in balance.......family, friends, pumpkins, work, other activities........ya gotta find that balance.

12 years later and I'm still workin' on it.

12/3/2006 12:17:29 AM

Simi valley, ca

My wife called them divorse pumpkins!! I said dont make me choose between you & the pumpkins, You may not come out so well !!!

12/4/2006 12:12:29 PM

Simi valley, ca

O ya i forgot what we were talking about !!! I just wait for the vunerable molment then suprize attack---Ya gotta be fast & get it out quick--- Know what your gonna say ahead of time ,,,Then ---- PUMPKINS---PUMPKINS---PUMPKINS !!!! Then Run Like Hell !!!!!! !!!! !!! !! ! .

12/4/2006 12:18:38 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

LMAO......I finally made my way out of the pumpkin dog house.......this last post reminding me of last week when I was asked the same question....its either me or the pumpkins....Im thinking all right, Iam going to grow big cuz Im moving and on my way to the pumpkin belt.......lol.......

12/4/2006 12:32:42 PM

Knopp, Germany

the best (and there are many) sentences from this post is from Christy "i cant talk pumpkins with my wife".

the second best one is "How do you sign up for membership?" from bears.

12/4/2006 12:38:24 PM

Massillon, Ohio

LOL

owen thanks, i usually just end up laughing at myself while others roll their eyes.

12/4/2006 9:55:40 PM

Kalamazoo, MI ([email protected])

My favorite line was "Yes Honey I do need more seeds than I can grow....how many shoes do you have again?.............." Hilarious! I need a membership in the PGWSJDGI though, or have we established that BigPumpkins.com has filled that gap. Great thread!

12/5/2006 8:13:34 PM