I guess that I'm very, very, lucky. My wife knows and understands that my hobby is the only thing that keeps me sane most of the time. With all the health problems I've had the past 20 yrs, she knows its my only outlet. She and I used to do a lot of fishing but until recently, haven't been able to. I know to get back to where we used to do some fishing, its probably gonna be several thou to refurbish my boat.
Anyway, she says she always knows where I am, I'm not like many men who goes out with the boys for drinks and carousing a couple of times a week. They generally come to the house, where the strongest drink is usually a root beer, or coffee.
Plus she wants to build some of my structures, and when I get my layout to a point in the next year or two, I get to build her one for her N scale trains!