How did you convert the wife

[Bradley]

I have a long-term plan: . . .
EVENTUALLY there will be nobody in that tent with the Missus, and then
she'll poke her head out of that stuffy nylon hole, feel the breeze and the sunlight on her face, and
find a hammock right next to her family all hung up and waiting for her.

There is a movie in this . . . it might be one of those Halmark films . . . but there is a movie in this.

[chickenwing]

Really interested to hear how you convert the spouse. I only seem to piss mine off the more I talk about hammocks or camping. Love my wife but really wish she would come around when it comes to hammock camping.

[titanium_hiker]

easy- I am the wife! (well, Ok, not yet, but I'm female, single, and love hammocks. )

[snare]

I am blessed with someone with a great sense of adventure !

Since so much of my life is about being outdoors / living adventure /activity, someone who complained about stuff like that would be incompatible.

[Owl]

Well, I wouldn't call her a convert..but she's willing to try. She's done one overnight with me in her own hammock (pink and purple GT). I wouldn't say it was a resounding success, but it wasn't a horrific failure either.

She's been camping plenty of times...mostly car camping. It was pretty chilly out when she slept in the hammock last spring, and it was raining pretty hard too.

She "hung in there", and she's absolutely willing to go again (even mentioned it to me yesterday).

I found an awesome set of purple straps yesterday at harbor freight for her setup...now I need to get a ridgeline on her hammock so it's easier to get the lay right, and work on under insulation for her as well.

She won't spend as much time out as I do with my sons...but like I said, she's willing to come out occasionally with me and enjoy the quiet. I can't complain! =-)

[Fish<><]

Well, I wouldn't call her a convert..but she's willing to try. She's done one overnight with me in her own hammock (pink and purple GT). I wouldn't say it was a resounding success, but it wasn't a horrific failure either.

She's been camping plenty of times...mostly car camping. It was pretty chilly out when she slept in the hammock last spring, and it was raining pretty hard too.

She "hung in there", and she's absolutely willing to go again (even mentioned it to me yesterday).

I found an awesome set of purple straps yesterday at harbor freight for her setup...now I need to get a ridgeline on her hammock so it's easier to get the lay right, and work on under insulation for her as well.

She won't spend as much time out as I do with my sons...but like I said, she's willing to come out occasionally with me and enjoy the quiet. I can't complain! =-)

That's awesome owl! I can't wait for my wife to join me on my outings. But like I said in an earlier post its a coleman tent for now.

I don't believe I'm reading myself write this but don't sell the tent. Three reasons:
1. You'll have some gear to intice your ground dweller friends to go camping with you. Then they'll see your hammock and say, "Hey, whadda you got there? You're gonna sleep in that?!"
2. Mrs. Fish will have some private space to nurse or change or whatever so she'll be happier. "When momma's happy, everyone's happy..."
3. You'll have a clean place to drop your gear and all of Fish, Jr's gear so you'll be happy too.

Awesome recommendation about the tent. I wasn't too thrilled about buying it, but I am dying to camp and every time in the last 5mo I have set up with friends to go camping it got cancelled...Atleast with my "best friend in life" we can go whenever we want.

You are also correct about the private place for Mrs. Fish as well. I think part of the reason she doesn't have too much of a desire to hammock camp is because it's a fairly open shelter compared to the nylon 7x7 prison cell.

[crackrbilly]

Just work her till shes ready to drop building a campground (campair in our case) and only give her one place to lay down, there you go "converted". LOL not really, she loves me the outdoors and best of all, Hammocks, life is good!

[ShadowAlpha]

Mine has no interest at all. But she has her things and I have mine.
I never ask to go do Bikram Yoga with her...and she encourages me to romp the piney woods for a few days. Works well.
I can just be a 12 year old)))))))
Shug

+10000 Can't agree more.
IMO. This leads to good communication -- so after a weekend away..
you both have something to share with each other

"Hi honey - how was your day at Yoga?"

have seen these threads quite a bit. not everyone likes pork brains :P
time away from each other is healthy IMO
time with others who have the same interest is good