Does your significant other share your Buffett obsession?

Dr.Corona · Post by **Dr.Corona** » July 23, 2004 8:28 am

Does that answer your question???

lovin_jimmy · Post by **lovin_jimmy** » July 23, 2004 8:52 am

my husband didnt "know" jimmy until he met me. he tolerates and im slowly coverting him. he is going along willingly, so i have hope! the keets are a different story though. they are being brought in true ph phashion. including the one who hasnt hatched yet!! (due in 7 weeks)

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » July 23, 2004 9:31 am

Prthd119 wrote:The guy I have been seeing thinks Van Halen is the only good band to come out of the last century! ... Not only did he refuse to wear a Tommy Bahama shirt, he refuses to wear button up short sleeve shirts.

Honey you need a new man.

Prthd119 wrote:And of course, that would be the Van Halen WITH David Lee Roth...

According to everyone in the band; they are Van Halen with or without. Eddie must have some say in that one.

Prthd119 · Post by **Prthd119** » July 23, 2004 9:40 am

land_shark3 wrote:
Prthd119 wrote:The guy I have been seeing thinks Van Halen is the only good band to come out of the last century! ... Not only did he refuse to wear a Tommy Bahama shirt, he refuses to wear button up short sleeve shirts.
Honey you need a new man.

Prthd119 wrote:And of course, that would be the Van Halen WITH David Lee Roth...
According to everyone in the band; they are Van Halen with or without. Eddie must have some say in that one.

THIS is why we are seeing one another and not living together!

I can't even name a Van Halen song...Oh wait..Jump?

I just realized...You're right! I DO need a new man.....

pirateat30 · Post by **pirateat30** » July 23, 2004 9:50 am

My wife and I had the Buffett bond since the day we met

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » July 23, 2004 10:23 am

Prthd119 wrote:I just realized...You're right! I DO need a new man.....

That's nothing to be sad about. Just go ahead and book your ticket to Vegas. I'm sure there will be plenty of people lined up with similar interests.

GrannaC · Post by **GrannaC** » July 23, 2004 11:13 am

My SO is more of a country music fan, so he likes LTC more than any of JB's previous music (at least, what he's heard of it), but he really doesn't care for his music in general. He also doesn't think too much of him as a person, based on what some of the airport crew said about how JB treated them once upon a time (hubby was a general aviation pilot). Who knows, but people's perceptions are their realities, as they say. I don't mind that he's not a Bubba fan. I get plenty of Buffett-music time, and dear hubby has many other enduring qualities

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RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » July 23, 2004 11:35 am

Demerara wrote:My wife was horrified when I told her I wanted her to sew matching shark outfits for the Pittsburgh show. (Me: "Honey, how many yards of grey fabric do you think we'll need?" Her: "For what?" Me: "Why, for the shark costumes, of course!")

The ex-girlfriend was sweet enough to get a Hawaiian shirt for me the last time she was in HI, and a matching sun dress for the Chicago show last year. She had copies of the Atlanta show from last year, and a copy of the box set, and all the mp3s I had at the time....

She never really got it, but the shirt/skirt thing was sweet.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » July 23, 2004 11:40 am

land_shark3 wrote:
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
land_shark3 wrote:But I've got to have someone to hang out with at the shows.
that's what BNers are for!
THANK GOODNESS!!!!

Unfortunately, that's what scares the missus. "You want to go spend a weekend with people you've never met, only talked to on-line?!?"

How did that turn out, by the way?

salt&rocks · Post by **salt&rocks** » July 23, 2004 12:22 pm

My wife never heard of Jimmy Buffett, took her to a concert and there's been no turning back. She's a full blown Parrothead, as are the little parrotkeets.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » July 23, 2004 12:45 pm

land_shark3 wrote:
Prthd119 wrote:The guy I have been seeing thinks Van Halen is the only good band to come out of the last century! ... Not only did he refuse to wear a Tommy Bahama shirt, he refuses to wear button up short sleeve shirts.
Honey you need a new man.

Prthd119 wrote:And of course, that would be the Van Halen WITH David Lee Roth...
According to everyone in the band; they are Van Halen with or without. Eddie must have some say in that one.

Why am I hearing a line from "Joe Dirt"? "That's Van Halen, not Van Hagaar"

ladyparrothead · Post by **ladyparrothead** » July 23, 2004 1:10 pm

He can be even more obsessed than me! (Not that I am obsessed with flying all over the country to see JB)

We know different things about Jimmy, so that keeps it interesting too. He is very into the lifestyle, while I love the concerts!

Talon · Post by **Talon** » July 23, 2004 2:39 pm

She likes him as well, just not as obsessed as me. Been dying to get her to her first show... If Fenway wasn't such a ripoff we would've gone.

Talon · Post by **Talon** » July 23, 2004 2:40 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:
Demerara wrote:My wife was horrified when I told her I wanted her to sew matching shark outfits for the Pittsburgh show. (Me: "Honey, how many yards of grey fabric do you think we'll need?" Her: "For what?" Me: "Why, for the shark costumes, of course!")
The ex-girlfriend was sweet enough to get a Hawaiian shirt for me the last time she was in HI, and a matching sun dress for the Chicago show last year. She had copies of the Atlanta show from last year, and a copy of the box set, and all the mp3s I had at the time....

She never really got it, but the shirt/skirt thing was sweet.

Well, the important thing is... How'd the skirt fit ya?

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » July 23, 2004 3:15 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:How did that turn out, by the way?

Umm, interesting could be one word. It was probably a lot of "firsts" for her.

First time:
waking up at 4am to catch a plane
staying in a Motel 6
seeing people get drunk before going to tailgate with free beer
seeing so many women take their tops off (and she was on the swim/dive team in high school and college)
meeting CRC (which is an experience in its self)

and many others...

PA PAR8 HED · Post by **PA PAR8 HED** » July 23, 2004 3:17 pm

I voted "she tolerates it", but it is quickly slipping to she thinks I am obsessed

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » July 23, 2004 3:33 pm

land_shark3 wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:How did that turn out, by the way?
Umm, interesting could be one word. It was probably a lot of "firsts" for her.

First time:
waking up at 4am to catch a plane
staying in a Motel 6
seeing people get drunk before going to tailgate with free beer
seeing so many women take their tops off (and she was on the swim/dive team in high school and college)
meeting CRC (which is an experience in its self)
and many others...

dammit... next year I gotta make it further south than Lake Geneva...

moe phins · Post by **moe phins** » July 23, 2004 3:39 pm

Well, let's put it this way. My husband was properly indoctrinated into ParrotHead status. He always thought my family was a LITTLE Crazy. He tolerated my Buffett obsession. However, 2 years ago April, He attended his first Buffett concert in Vegas, and now he's HOOKED. The look on his face when Jimmy sang "FINS" and he saw 25000 people finning was priceless. I'll say he's not to the OBSESSED stage like I am, but he's getting there. We're looking forward to seeing all of you PH's on Sept 2 in Pittsburgh.

Margarita Will · Post by **Margarita Will** » July 23, 2004 3:51 pm

My "Significant Other" is convinced that Buffett is the Anti-Christ... But that's probably my fault...

She's more of a home body than a partier and I'm more of a partier than a home body.

She keeps expecting me to "grow up" but the only thing I'm willing to do is "grow older".

She has no interest in attending any phlockings, so at certain times of year I disappear for days on end and come home hungover, reeking and disoriented. She doesn't keep me from going, but she resents that I'm out partying while she stays home - even though I always make sure to invite her...

Then I went and started a Parrot Head Club... (Fortunately, I'm no longer running one or I'd probably be single!)

It also doesn't help that I'm constantly bringing home additions to my collection of Buffett-abilia and Parrot-phernalia... I've basically filled our basement to capacity with thousands of dollars of collectibles... Old vinyl, vintage concert Ts, piles of backstage passes, RIAA awards, High Times, music video scripts, promo kits, guitar picks, autographed CDs, books, hats... You get the idea...

And now I'm helping manage a TropRock band...

No... I don't think I could say my "Significant Other" shares my Buffett obsession...

But I love her anyway...

-=MW=-

Limes&Parrots · Post by **Limes&Parrots** » July 23, 2004 3:58 pm

She is a Parrothead, but not to the extent as I. She has seen JB 1 more time than I and I suspect that will always be the case. However, she does laugh at me while I'm thinking up crazy stuff to wear, drink, etc at the shows.

She listens to all JB's music (and usually willingly), however, she does get Buffett Burnout a lot quicker than I do.