Our family enjoys RV camping together and try to go at least once a month when the weather is nice. We're too powder-puffy for tent camping but enjoy pretending that we're roughing it. Lately, our new shared interest is outdoor cooking! During the early years cooking was a chore for me, but now that our daughter is older and H enjoys helping, it's become an adventure to figure out new ways to grill, use a crab pot, dutch oven cooking, etc. It ties into the camping thing, but we've had fun doing test-runs at home. This all started with the anticipation of our shared VD meal, believe it or not.

For me personally, volunteering is my fun activity. I really love being involved in our community! Probably sounds weird, but it's generally a happy, up-beat group of people and I've made a lot of good friends over the years. When we were having problems in our marriage, volunteering was my OP of sorts - and I used it as an escape which made H feel neglected. I gave up several positions/projects, but kept the two that I enjoy the most. (Truth be told, I was ready to transition out of some of the projects, so it gave me an excuse and H felt I was making the change for him. win-win.)

Great topic!

Well, I love camping and I love tent camping. I love listening to it flap at night in the wind. I like opening the top flap so I can see the stars. We purposely had our kids so close together so once the baby years were done they were DONE and we could get on to this.

I also enjoy Japanese Brush painting and photography. I'm a pretty good photog but I love to mess with the editing software the most.

I am avid reader. I am currently working my way through a list of the top 100 classic books. I have 22 left to go.

So I will conclude with a quote from Dr. Suess in regards to what I think about this thread:

"These things are fun, and fun is good!"

LOL! I'm a Girl Scout leader and get my fill of tent camping with the girls. There's something comforting about being that close to the earth and sky, and hearing the crickets sing. Could do without the wee hour owl fights, though. : )

I like this question. I love to work out, well sort of love, lol. I enjoy finding recipes and tweaking them so they are healthier versions of themselves. I love theater. My plan is that when the kids are a little older, I would love to do community theater. I love to sing, dance and act. I'm more of a character actress; I love schtick. If you don't know what that means, it's a yiddish word that basically means silliness. H and I love to watch movies together and we love going to flea markets and antique stores. I love nothing more than getting a good deal! I do like to read, but I've gotten away from it...too much traffic in my head! I hope that traffic clears and I can go back to it. I guess that's it for now. I guess I'm kinda boring, lol.

Oh I should add that I love doing community outreach by teaching the "science in your backyard" programs and I have also worked with "expanding your horizons" program that keeps middle school girls engaged in math and science. Teaching science to little kids with those open sponge minds of theirs is so fun.

What a great question! I live to be creative! I play the piano and sing and I love to dance . My dream is to do a dinner theater production one day. I love to take pictures and I am a huge scrapbooker. We have a cabin up north that I love to go to. It's so peaceful there. I love to take long walks. I like to garden and play in the dirt. I love to be around people, I'm called a social butterfly. I love to bake!! (maybe I should love to workout to offset the baking, lol). I love to cook (another reason to workout). I love spending time with my kids because they always bring a smile to my face. I love to volunteer my time, it's my way of giving back. I love to help people. My daughter always laughs and says "Mom..you walk and you have a bird on your shoulder, the puppies and kittens following you, and your on your way to give someone a hug". That's what I love....and I love getting to know who you all are too.

I love camping in our RV, just me and D and our dogs! Also have a pontoon and love spending a day on the lake with a cooler of beer. D just bought a huge decked out Harley (jokes he needs to get me a seat belt cuz I'm gonna fall asleep my cushy seat!) can't wait for the weather to warm up so we can ride- looking forward to being a biker chick (if you knew me you'd laugh at that!). Love to read James Patterson and Dean Koontz novels. Love - love - love the beach!!!

We bought a Harley too and have started riding. It is nice to do things just as a couple!

This is something my wife and I are trying to find. She liked having drinks at a bar, I hate bars. She likes her friends, her friends all like to drink, I am a recovering alchoholic. I am a homebody whi is only interested in my kids and my wife.

So what do we do for fun? We really don't have anything but watching movies. However, we are working on setting goals for things that are for just us. We both agreed to go to a karaoke night and each sing a song one evening. When we first dated, we used to go two-steppin, so we are going to go dancing on a regular basis.

We realized with this affair, we really were not doing anything for us only.

Andrew

This is a great thread. There needs to be more of this type of thing around here ;)

I never thought I'd say this but I've grown to enjoy cooking ALOT. With all the wonderful flavors out there to mix and match omg.... I dont know who I am anymore...

I like to workout, play guitar hero, cook and play with my kids. I'm learning how to make artisan breAd. Something about transforming the ingredients into something else is relaxing

I think I'd have to say I am getting to know myself. All the things I used to enjoy have changed in the last 2years since his A. I found out that I am not the person I used to be and I don't get the pleasure I used to from taking care of him and home and family. So now I am learning massage and reflexology and beginning to do it for others from my home. I am making a bit of money doing it and gaining some selfworth. I have begun to do things with other people and in turn am learning to like the company of others and not to isolate so much. Where I used to spend time at home writing or painting landscapes, I am now going out to yoga and pilates. I am certain that one day I will again enjoy doing the solitary activities but for now I seem to need the company of others on occassion also.

This is a fun discussion...

I love reading and cooking, and have really gotten into yoga lately. I also love to garden, but live in WI so the timing for this is quite limited - but I fill the winter months dreaming about what to plant in our veggie garden.

I spend a lot of time playing with my kids and doing outdoors things with them like hiking or playing on the beach. This is something we do as a family.

My husband and I are trying to find "us" things now too as some of you have said...we were starting to get into wine, but he has given up alcohol since the affair since it played such a role and he had become by definition an alcoholic. But we talk a lot about travel and we like to read and talk about that...so its a start.

Sometimes its good to think about these things and the joy I can find in life that is unaffected by all the other things...