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How do you find time to work on your truck when you have an active social life?

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my truck sits outside and i live in a middle class subdivision. my gf always wants some of my time, and i like hanging out with her, but then the truck gets no attention.

lot's of you have girlfriends, what do you do to get around this?

give her the hard way "i'm working on my truck on friday night, tough."
sneaky "wrenching all night"
something else???
 
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Do what I did, get married. Then wait a few months, eventually she will not want to spend time with you anymore and you can work on the truck!
 
Make it a priority! When I was dating my wife, (I was in the final stages of installing a new engine in my truck) I explained to her that I worked on my truck ALOT and she would just have to get used to it!
 
My wife understands about the wrenchin.....she likes to go wheelin so its ok.

Sunday is blazer wrench day for me.....
 
It never bothered mine. I mean shed sit outside with me and stuff but once I took her wheeling she understood why I poured my time in cause she was a) shocked by what the truck could do and b) had alot of fun.

Then one day we closed the gap and she just started working on it with me :D That was an awesome day.

My g/f is one in her own though. You dont find too many down to earth, not self absorbed girls with a good direction that fit in hanging with the guys to the point where my friends that screw around on their g/fs and sleep around told me I'd be an idiot to ever cheat on her or dump her.
 
I think it's all about being 'yourself' with whoever you're with. If you hide the fact that you like to work on your truck a lot you're not being honest with her. If you're up front and she is cool with it you have a keeper IMO.

I had to do it the hard way...spilling my guts during a fight about how I 'need' man time to keep my sanity and stress levels near normal. Once i explained myself, she was OK with it which made me feel even more stupid for not being more up front from day one. This was at least 10 years ago and well after we were married.

Now I just try and balance my truck time with house stuff and family stuff. I'm happy to get a few hours in here and there. As long as I see progress it's all good and then i don't mind taking care of the honey-do list.

Rene
 
tRustyK5 said:
Now I just try and balance my truck time with house stuff and family stuff. I'm happy to get a few hours in here and there. As long as I see progress it's all good and then i don't mind taking care of the honey-do list.

Rene
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that's what I do, but mine likes helping me too. when I have stuff to do that i don't need help on, I do it Sundays and thursday after I get off work, she works sundays and till 9 on thursdays.
 
I just sat my wife down and explained to her that I relax when I work on my rig and that it is cheaper than theropy. (I just gotta keep her thinking that it is cheaper than theropy)!
 
If you love her take care of her needs first. Always. Then when you need to work on your truck, tell her that you NEED to and she should be understanding. If the garbage needs to be taken out, lawn mowed, honey-do's stacking up, you won't get away with it for very long.
When I was doing the lift on my truck I had my dad over helping me on a 4 day weekend. Right in the middle of it we cleaned up our mess and we went to Medford and had dinner. I let my wife go shopping at the Mall. It was good for everyone. Just remember that if she isn't happy, you're not gonna be happy. Would it really be as fun if you didn't have someone to share it with??
 
Same goes for her though. If she demands all of your time and doesn't let you take care of you, you will not be happy and then it doesn't matter if she is. You are not in a good relationship at that point.
 
Guess that's an advantage of having my job...when I am home from offshore I have all day while she is at work to do whatever I need to do....Work on one of the trucks or honey doos I have time for most of it...
 
Try planning to work whenever she's out with the girls, or politely suggest a girls day out so you can do some work. That way you get to work and she's not stuck sitting around. You might have to shell out a couple bills to let her go shopping or whatever but I'd pay so I dont have to listening to the bitching later. lol Thats just me, I'm an insensitive bastard sometimes.
 
girlfriend/wife is being considered "social life"??? always considered it the opposite.

i would just consider that your "relationship", work out times and details as usual, "social life" i consider doing things away from the house with other family members or friends.

do like me, don't HAVE a social life, plenty of time to work on schtuff :D
 
me.... i got three cars, the truck is my buddy, the jetta is my co-worker, my camaro is the high maintanence girlfriend who's good in the sack so i dont want to break up with her :)
 
I'm in the same subdivision situation too. I moved the Blazer inside for the summer and we're just dealing with one of the dd cars being ass-burning hot all the time.

This is my married advice. I forgot what being single is like.

A wise man once said to me,

"If momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy."

He also explained that the reason divorce is so expensive is because it is worth it.

Having said that, explain to her that you have stuff you do. One of those is the truck and that it takes time to work on it. If she isn't cool with it, expect to fight over it. If she doesn't have anything she can do to occupy her own time, then it gets even worse. If she thinks that she is giving you plenty of time to work on it by acting like it is ok for you to do it at night after she has had all of her attention, tell her to get used to the sound of an impact gun and a grinder while she sleeps.

The real trick to find the girl that doesn't need this explained to her.

There are two ways I get to work on my truck. Weekends, because I usually work too late to do anything at night, but only after the honey do's are done. And that's only when we don't have to go 'do something.' The other way is when the wife takes the kids to Grandmas and I get a 3-4 day weekend to work on the truck.
 
I'm only around on weekends now. I try to spend at least one evening working on the truck or truck related things. Julie understands that this is my de-stress time and doesn't argue with me about it. She's seen what I'm like when I don't have time to work on the truck.
 
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