Re: Time with your guitar, time with you partner

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On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 13:52:33 +1100, "Raymo" <chorusbridge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

The other day I was talking to this guy at work who was saying that 'he used
to play, but his wife doesn't *let* him anymore'. I've also spoken to other
folk who have said similar things (a drummer for example, but that's
understandable).

My wife gets tired of 'hearing the same thing again and again', but that's
really only while I'm learning a tune. And I can see her getting frustrated
at scale practice (especially over the seemingly perpetual 12 bar blues
sequence), but I digress...

I don't see what the problem is with some folks partners. There SHOULD be
heaps of time for each person in the relationship to do their own thing. I
mean, I'm not one to sit down and watch mindless TV (gave up 95% of TV about
3 years ago - best thing I ever did), so I go to my room and practice for a
couple of hours whilst she's watching Desperate Housewives or House etc. I
explain to her that I'm not into TV, and she's cool with that.

I suppose the crux of this post is that your partners won't always like your
music (cept when you play for them and all their friends, where they then
like to show you off), but if you can find a time to practice, such as when
the Tele's on, you can make time for it. I can't imagine not being able to
play an instrument just because *someone else* isn't as in to it as you. It
would feel like being in a cage(d).

Surprisingly, I've found having a partner has given me more time to play.
Before this, I'd be working more or out on the tiles or trying to woo women
to even give the guitar a serious go.

Who'd have thought that guitar is more than just getting around the fret
board? It's also about getting around your partner, work and other
commitments, in order to find time to play it in the first place.

.

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