hobby.... for lack of a better term. Hell, it has it's own magazines, videos and web pages. Doesn't that qualify it as a hobby? I would venture to guess more websites are dedicated to MB than model Airplanes
As an asside, I need to stop checking this thread. I'm on about week five of no release. All this does is make me think about doing my wife. Which does not seem to be an option right now. I'm worse than a highschool boy right now.
But I think your charactorization of the difference between my wife and I is accurate. She has more kink and more fanasy surrounding her than I do. I'm mostly get in get done and get out. This is why she's been so bored.
I would look forward to creating some pride in a job well done if offered the chance now. I bought and read "She comes First" which had many helpful tips. It's hard to read when there's not a readily available release handy (no pun intended).