susieq

Greetings Zen,
I read your post with interest..... I have some questions for you. Does your wife have any hobbies or interests? ( I realize that there are people out there with no outside interests, just house/job/kids) If she had any hobbies are you supportive of them?

Speaking from my own experience, my husband was not very supportive of my outside interests until he actually had some of his own. Until then, he did not understand at all and we fought quit a bit. That was 30+ years ago.
Over the years he developed several hobbies and now we support each other's interests and understand how important they are to us.

As for losing interest in a hobby, two things have done that for me in the past. The first was just plain burn out. I had so many trees to take care of at one point that I just gave up and all but got out of the hobby. Lesson learned. The other thing that caused me to want to give up a hobby was lack of progress or not learning anything new about the hobby. Classes, clubs, friends who enjoy the hobby with you, what ever......keeps the interest up and the hobby fresh. I hope the posts from all of your "friends" here on Bonsai Talk helps you with your problem. The money part of the hobby is there no matter what hobby you pursue but you don't have to spend a lot of money to enjoy bonsai. You just have to be very selective.
Best wishes
susieq