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Post by gillyp on Aug 9, 2025 16:02:51 GMT
This is sort of a spin off to my other thread about hobbies. The answers there are so interesting, I wondered if there is anything you do or participate in that you are passionate about, that no one in your circle shares with you? I have been the family genealogist for over 25 years and no one in my immediate family nor circle of irl friends has any interest in this. I do have friends/relations who also share this passion of mine but I've met them/found them online through doing my own research, so the connection is because of my interest. My immediate family occasionally ask a question but that's it. A few years ago I printed off a family tree for my husband's family and, although he said he was looking forward to seeing it, I know he hasn't looked because there are things he would be questioning with me. I really don't understand how people can not be interested in their background.  So do you do something no-one else in your circle does? Ballroom dancing? Marathon running? Wild water swimming?  |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Aug 9, 2025 16:11:00 GMT
This is in reference to the family and friends I would invite to a BBQ or a big birthday party. I know no one who crochets but I am friends with a knitter. One. I have one friend left that scrapbooks. No one in my circle quilts. And quite frankly I only know 4 people who even read.
I know two vegetarians. But not a single vegan/plant based eater like me.
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Post by Just T on Aug 9, 2025 16:11:19 GMT
So many...LOL I love to crochet and make things with beads and no one I know does either of those things.  |
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Post by Just T on Aug 9, 2025 16:13:26 GMT
I know two vegetarians. But not a single vegan/plant based eater like me. I know lots of vegetarians, but no vegans. I love some vegan recipes, but it's a big no to vegan cheese for me. LOL Speaking of vegan...you recently recommended a book called A Grain, A Green, A Bean. I was intrigued, so I bought it. I have made a couple of recipes that were so good. I bought a grain I'd never heard of, but I haven't tried it yet (Freekah) because I love trying different kinds of grains. I am having a friend over for lunch tomorrow and am trying another new recipe. |
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Post by mollycoddle on Aug 9, 2025 16:16:04 GMT
Genealogy. People are bewildered as to why it interests me. My mom used to say, “why do you want to know about that stuff?” I was unable to explain it. I always liked history, and this feels like an extension of that. But if someone doesn’t like history, it’s impossible to explain.
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Post by Fidget on Aug 9, 2025 16:20:56 GMT
Mahjong! I love playing Mahjong and found a group at the local senior center to play with. None of my friends seem even remotely interested in learning how to play. I so wish they would, I have 2 very good friends who live just down the street, would be nice to play spur of the moment games.
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Post by Just T on Aug 9, 2025 16:27:33 GMT
Mahjong! I love playing Mahjong and found a group at the local senior center to play with. None of my friends seem even remotely interested in learning how to play. I so wish they would, I have 2 very good friends who live just down the street, would be nice to play spur of the moment games. I would LOVE to find a group and learn how to play Mahjong! ![]() |
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Post by katiekaty on Aug 9, 2025 16:33:41 GMT
Reading-believe it or not. Cooking more complicated dishes rather than just basic or convenient dishes. Sewing since I was extremely little. I know a few quilters but they quilt not garment sew or costume sew. My scrapbooking and paper crafting. And my painting. People love what I do but aren’t interested is crafting with me. But I have a crafting group that I meet up with and they are lovely. And the scrapbook forum here is a good group!
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Post by jeremysgirl on Aug 9, 2025 16:40:28 GMT
I know two vegetarians. But not a single vegan/plant based eater like me. I know lots of vegetarians, but no vegans. I love some vegan recipes, but it's a big no to vegan cheese for me. LOL Speaking of vegan...you recently recommended a book called A Grain, A Green, A Bean. I was intrigued, so I bought it. I have made a couple of recipes that were so good. I bought a grain I'd never heard of, but I haven't tried it yet (Freekah) because I love trying different kinds of grains. I am having a friend over for lunch tomorrow and am trying another new recipe. I finally got the notice that I have to take it back to the library. So I ordered it. It's being delivered today. 😂 |
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Post by paget on Aug 9, 2025 16:51:08 GMT
Mahjong! I love playing Mahjong and found a group at the local senior center to play with. None of my friends seem even remotely interested in learning how to play. I so wish they would, I have 2 very good friends who live just down the street, would be nice to play spur of the moment games. I want to learn!! But I don’t know anyone that plays… |
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Post by Just T on Aug 9, 2025 16:55:44 GMT
I know lots of vegetarians, but no vegans. I love some vegan recipes, but it's a big no to vegan cheese for me. LOL Speaking of vegan...you recently recommended a book called A Grain, A Green, A Bean. I was intrigued, so I bought it. I have made a couple of recipes that were so good. I bought a grain I'd never heard of, but I haven't tried it yet (Freekah) because I love trying different kinds of grains. I am having a friend over for lunch tomorrow and am trying another new recipe. I finally got the notice that I have to take it back to the library. So I ordered it. It's being delivered today. 😂 I am a cookbook junkie, and this one is my favorite right now. It has inspired me to make similar dishes that aren't in the book, based on what I have on hand. It's so easy to make a big batch of some kind of grain and have cut up veggies in the fridge and then I can make lunches for the whole week. ![]() |
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Post by peano on Aug 9, 2025 16:55:48 GMT
None of my friends are creatives.
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 9, 2025 16:56:22 GMT
Video games! I'm not a hardcore gamer, but I have one MMORPG that I've played for 20 years (just got my 20-year cape in-game in fact ) And I enjoy a few other games, mostly either through Steam or on my Switch. I have plenty of online game friends, but only know one other person in real life, besides my son, who likes gaming. ![]() |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 9, 2025 16:59:11 GMT
I don’t have any real life friends left who like my crafty pursuits, they all moved or died. I don’t have any friends that I socialize with who are as into baking as I am (I have some online friends who do but we almost never get together). My family is happy to have someone with my skill sets to fix the holes in their clothes or shorten their hems or sew on a button that fell off or make HTV decals for their bowling league shirts or eat the stuff I make but even they are not into any of the things like to do.
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Post by gillyp on Aug 9, 2025 17:03:17 GMT
Mahjong! I love playing Mahjong and found a group at the local senior center to play with. None of my friends seem even remotely interested in learning how to play. I so wish they would, I have 2 very good friends who live just down the street, would be nice to play spur of the moment games. I want to learn!! But I don’t know anyone that plays… I don’t think I realised it was a game for more than one. I play online. There are a few free games out there, a bit like patience with cards. |
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Post by scrapmaven on Aug 9, 2025 17:07:08 GMT
It's not a passion, but it is something I truly enjoy. I really like to play boardgames and no one I know plays. My ds's only play w/friends. I really wish I had friends who liked board games.
Mah Jong is good fun. It's fun to play and is a very social game in the US. In other cultures it goes very quickly.
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Post by leeny on Aug 9, 2025 17:22:07 GMT
Crafting and volunteering. I don't have much in the way of friends, but my family does not share my interest in crafting. They admire my work, but don't want to partake. Same for volunteering. I have always volunteered somewhere and many family members tell me how they admire that and they should do it, but no one does.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Aug 9, 2025 17:22:43 GMT
I finally got the notice that I have to take it back to the library. So I ordered it. It's being delivered today. 😂 I am a cookbook junkie, and this one is my favorite right now. It has inspired me to make similar dishes that aren't in the book, based on what I have on hand. It's so easy to make a big batch of some kind of grain and have cut up veggies in the fridge and then I can make lunches for the whole week. ![]() I, too, am a cookbook junkie. I like a hardcover book so I can make notes in the margins and tweak things the way I want to. If you are into plant based cooking, I am also a fan of the Bad Manners books. I had two and I got the remaining three with birthday money. I'm still going through and tagging with post it notes.  |
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Post by leeny on Aug 9, 2025 17:24:16 GMT
Mahjong! I love playing Mahjong and found a group at the local senior center to play with. None of my friends seem even remotely interested in learning how to play. I so wish they would, I have 2 very good friends who live just down the street, would be nice to play spur of the moment games. I've played and have my nana's original set. My mom and sisters and I used to play monthly, but my sister is battling cancer, so we stopped. Our Jewish Senior Group in our County sponsors a twice monthly Mah Jong group at my mom's senior community. It is well attended. ![]() |
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Post by Zee on Aug 9, 2025 17:27:17 GMT
I have never had a craft or passion that any of my real life friends share. It's part of why I ended up on a SB board in the first place!
We all share a profession, not hobbies. Everyone is always surprised to find out that I am artsy/creative. I think everyone's favorite hobby of mine was scrapbooking, and then dollhouses/miniatures in second place.
A few people enjoy bringing me bones and feathers and large beetles and things. I love that.
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Post by Just T on Aug 9, 2025 17:30:45 GMT
I, too, am a cookbook junkie. I like a hardcover book so I can make notes in the margins and tweak things the way I want to. If you are into plant based cooking, I am also a fan of the Bad Manners books. I had two and I got the remaining three with birthday money. I'm still going through and tagging with post it notes. I also like the hardback books. I will check those out. I don't eat vegetarian or vegan, but I do try to make several meals a week that are meatless and dairy-less. I don't know that I will ever be able to give up chicken, bacon, cheese or eggs. Or a good steak. LOL So I just do the best I can. |
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Post by gillyp on Aug 9, 2025 17:45:11 GMT
This is in reference to the family and friends I would invite to a BBQ or a big birthday party. I know no one who crochets but I am friends with a knitter. One. I have one friend left that scrapbooks. No one in my circle quilts. And quite frankly I only know 4 people who even read. I know two vegetarians. But not a single vegan/plant based eater like me. My son went plant based with me and we would swap recipes, make each other dishes - different households - and it was very nice. He stopped that woe after a while but he is still interested in what I make and happy to try new things with me. He has taught his daughters to bake. As for crafty things my granddaughters are the only ones who paper craft, knit, sew etc and that’s because I taught them! My oldest friend sews but we’ve lived so far apart for so long it’s not really a topic between us. |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Aug 9, 2025 17:59:08 GMT
gillyp I hope some day to have a granddaughter I can craft with too. You are very lucky.
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Post by lainey on Aug 9, 2025 18:07:19 GMT
Cleaning and tidying leaves quietly.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Aug 9, 2025 18:09:37 GMT
Scrapbooking. One makes one ongoing scrapbook, for their young child. But they are nowhere even close to my passion, collection of scrapbook product inventory, and the many years that I have been scrapbooking. Otherwise, no one else scrapbooks....though some make the yearly photo books, that can be ordered online. In my inner circle, outer circle and extended circle....there are several readers. In my inner circle, outer circle and extended circle....there a few that their "well being journey" is a way of life, as it is for me. ![]() |
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Post by librarylady on Aug 9, 2025 18:11:56 GMT
Mahjong! I love playing Mahjong and found a group at the local senior center to play with. None of my friends seem even remotely interested in learning how to play. I so wish they would, I have 2 very good friends who live just down the street, would be nice to play spur of the moment games. I want to learn!! But I don’t know anyone that plays… Idea: if you have friends who would be willing to learn....get a group of 4 and an instruction book or youtube info and all of you learn together. I know that the tiles are matched, but some are more points than others. ...and after that tiny bit of information, I am clueless. |
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Post by librarylady on Aug 9, 2025 18:18:03 GMT
Cleaning and tidying leaves quietly. i Side story regarding this: A friend and I were going through a divorce at the same time. She suggested we become roommates. I replied, "I don't think we can live together because you are so intense on cleaning and I am not." She replied, "If I could kick out a husband of 10 years, I could kick you out." hahaha She is a person who has to have EVERYTHING cleaned and in its place before bedtime.--We moved in together and a couple of times had a party, but didn't go to bed until everything was cleaned and put away. I have to confess, it was better than waking up to a mess that needed to be cleaned. I have adopted some of her habits, but not to the extent that she does. |
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Post by Merge on Aug 9, 2025 18:37:50 GMT
It will come as a shock to everyone here that the answer for me is current events and political advocacy. 😊
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Post by koontz on Aug 9, 2025 18:48:12 GMT
I feel so at home here! I do not know anyone that shares my love for crafting nor for cooking. Hard to find someone to join me for a pottery class, a painting workshop or a cooking masterclass….but yet they all think I will be thrilled to join them for a Spa day (not really  . I have a vast cookbook collection! |
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Post by melanell on Aug 9, 2025 19:04:45 GMT
This is sort of a spin off to my other thread about hobbies. The answers there are so interesting, I wondered if there is anything you do or participate in that you are passionate about, that no one in your circle shares with you? I have been the family genealogist for over 25 years and no one in my immediate family nor circle of irl friends has any interest in this. LOL----I saw your title and the first thing that came to mind was "Dead People" because that's how my teenager jokingly refers to my genealogy work. (They refer to my binders as the "Book(s) of the Dead") I started working on genealogy in 1985, and aside from 2 great aunts (one who passed away in the 1990s, and one just in the past 5 years) I have had no one local to me, or whom I see or am in contact regularly who feel as passionately about it as I do. I do hear from family members with questions from time to time, and have helped a few cousins who wanted information before heading abroad, but only a few actually enjoy genealogy on the whole. One cousin who did enjoy it very much passed away about a decade ago, so that leaves me with one cousin who occasionally messages me to talk about the branches of the tree we share. Some people in my life are more open to hearing about it than others, so I bear that in mind, and try not to overwhelm them when the topic comes up. Otherwise, I try to drop stories here and there so that someone in the younger generations have heard them and might someday feel some sort of link to what they've heard. |
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