My father-in-law is a mural painter and my mother-in-law is a clay sculptor who sells gorgeous pottery at local art fairs.
Needless to say, my wife grew up with several hobbies and activities to do related to the arts.
She was never as proficient as either of her parents at their individual art mediums, she still enjoyed art projects and eventually discovered a knack for the electric pottery wheel that was a staple of her mother’s sculpting studio. My wife tells me nowadays how she would come condo from school dripping with stress and exhaustion and would instantly assume at condo in the sculpting studio when she’d turn on the pottery wheel and transform a small piece of clay into something attractive or simply interesting. When we finally bought a condo together, I told her that my goal was to create a pottery studio for her before we spent currency on anything else that isn’tcompletely necessary. I waited two years to get a woodworking woodshop in the garage because I diverted my recreation currency toward stocking my wife’s pottery studio with tools, clay, glaze, and a kiln to fire her creations and harden them into ceramic stone. Now we’re adding a ductless mini split to the pottery studio to keep my wife comfortably cool during our intense summer time seasons. She had the option between a ductless mini split and wimpy window air conditioner and I encouraged her to go with the former even if it meant spending more currency than I was expecting at first. I am willing to go to the furthest extent possible to ensure my wife’s happiness, even if it means going without things that make me blissful for the short term.