Asking my Girlfriend What She Thinks of the Trains

Great video, Jason. I thought it was funny. Congratulations on you and Shelby getting engaged! Does your honeymoon plan involve train rides and/or train store visits? Ha, ha!

Great video Jason. There’s nothing better than having a spouse that enjoys the trains as much as you do. Congratulations on your engagement.

Pretty neat video Jason, Congrats on the engagement!!

Congrats on the engagement; I wish you two all the best!

Congrats on your engagement. 

"Ya wanna come down the basement to see my trains?" - you're lucky she didn't run away screaming, especially since she had never been in a basement before.   And 'being into trains is ok, as long as you don't have a Youtube channel about it' - more classic comedy.

I'm quite fortunate that my significant other enjoys the hobby.  She enjoys building scenery.  When I find something at York that needs to be carried back to the car, she volunteers to take it out so that I can keep looking.  And she's become a wizard at packing the trunk.  We even have a little ceremony in the parking lot before the start of the meet where I place her badgeholder around her neck.  I've videod it, but she'd kill me if I shared it, so you'll have to trust me that it's funny.

She's a good sport.  Congratulations to you two.

Congrats to both of you!

I am horribly disappointed because she wasn’t asked any of the truly existential questions facing humanity today—you know, whether or not you should switch to 2-rail—Lionel, MTH or 3rd Rail/Sunset—which is best—and most importantly, would you ever consider another scale…

Jeff C

  She's a keeper! Cute, too. Wishing you guys many, many happy years together.

Jim

Most women would run for the hills, she's a keeper

Was definitely fun to watch.  Congratulations to you both!

Congrats! And I just realized you're from Cleveland! We're practically neighbors. Lol. As I had just sold the last of my postwar on Sunday I found an awesome deal on a k-line Hudson.My wonderful brides reaction "Honey, you only live once, enjoy it and buy that engine!" She does truly support me in the hobby. And the kiddos love it too!

Great video and congratulations!

@jdstucks

Wait, just one question, did the proposal involve trains somehow?? Maybe a coal unloading car rounds the corner with the ring and tips it onto a piece of red carpet as you ProtoCast over the engine speaker "will you marry me?"

Why do you even care what she says?  You're not going to ditch your trains for her!   :-)

Mannyrock

@Dylan the Train Man posted:

Great video, Jason. I thought it was funny. Congratulations on you and Shelby getting engaged! Does your honeymoon plan involve train rides and/or train store visits? Ha, ha!

LOL definitely not. Most likely beaches/drinks/food.

- Jason

@H1000 posted:

@jdstucks

Wait, just one question, did the proposal involve trains somehow?? Maybe a coal unloading car rounds the corner with the ring and tips it onto a piece of red carpet as you ProtoCast over the engine speaker "will you marry me?"

Definitely no trains involved in the proposal lol.

Excellent video, Jason and Shelby!  Congratulations!!  What a great sport Shelby is doing this video with you. 

Thirty-nine years ago, my wife gave me an N-scale engine for an engagement present.  She still encourages the hobby, though she is much like Shelby in not really having much interest herself.  My wife says it is good, because she always knows where I am.  She would like Wally and Henry as well!

@jdstucks asked;

"Does your spouse support your hobby, or at least recognize the joys/benefits it brings you?"

For me, she thinks my hobby is a bit silly but she supports it.  She does recognize that I enjoy doing it, so she lets me tinker for hours without intervening.  That being said, I really didn't get back into the hobby until after I was retired for a couple of years and I was driving her nuts.  My getting back into trains allowed her to regain her sanity with me around the house all day.  Not sure how that would have worked if I did trains while I was employed.

Congratulations!

@H1000 posted:

@jdstucks

Wait, just one question, did the proposal involve trains somehow?? Maybe a coal unloading car rounds the corner with the ring and tips it onto a piece of red carpet as you ProtoCast over the engine speaker "will you marry me?"

Jason and Shelby video together is like the first of its kind, at least for me!☺️

Congratulations to you on the engagement…🚂 🚂

I recommend that Shelby and Jason buy a starter house you select together for the new layout and decorate with scenery, vehicles, and children swings for the backyard.

Thanks for the entertainment 😊

This is what your video reminded me of...

"Stop just pushing buttons!!!" 🤣

Best of luck to you. 🤩

Thank you both for sharing this video!  It was fun to watch.  You both have great personalities.  Well done.  It put a smile on my face.

Jason and Shelby:

Looking forward a decade or so ...

If/when children arrive in your family, you'll have a new "excuse(s)" to buy more trains and make layout improvements "for the sake of the kids."  It worked for me as I indulged our great grandkids with THOMAS trains, a kid-friendly Dinosaur Park,  and action accessories they love to operate.

Congratulations on your engagement!

Mike M.   LCCA 12394

Day before the wedding:  "I'm so happy that you enjoy your trains and that it is a hobby we can enjoy together."

One year later:  "I'm sick and tired of your stupid trains, and going to your stupid train shows, and watching you blow our money on your stupid toys   Grow up!"

When your video appeared in my YouTube playlist, I almost passed on it.  I am glad I didn't!  It was a fun video, and she is a lovely lady! She reminds me of my wife at that age, who has always been supportive of my hobby.

I wish you both a lot of life, love and happiness together, as well as a lot of....well, you know, the last scene of "North By Northwest":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoErp_KXV7Y

Great video.......congratulations!

Peter

She's definitely a keeper, Jason!

We'll be looking forward to the wedding pics...and especially the bridal train following as she proceeds down the aisle!l

Congrats, Jason and Shelby!!

"Does your spouse support your hobby, or at least recognize the joys/benefits it brings you?"

Most definitely, yes; I couldn't ask for better.

@Mannyrock posted:

Day before the wedding:  "I'm so happy that you enjoy your trains and that it is a hobby we can enjoy together."

One year later:  "I'm sick and tired of your stupid trains, and going to your stupid train shows, and watching you blow our money on your stupid toys   Grow up!"

The solution is to always buy your spouse a gift roughly equivalent to what you just spent on the trains. Thus I've always had an unlimited budget on model train purchases!

Jason,  Congrats on the engagement!  Thanks for sharing the video.  A confident man should never be embarrassed by having model trains as a hobby.  There are many ways to make it a family activity,  and I think you are on the right track.  Best wishes to you and Shelby! 

Jason and Shelby - Congratulations

When is the BIG Day?

Loved your video - you kids are definitely having fun - may it always stay that way.

Jason, its nice that your better half is involved with your hobby and that she is understanding of it.  Hopefully it stays that way for many years. 

You'll make a great set of parents sometime in the future.  Best of luck to you both and may God's blessings always be upon you both.

@Bruce Brown posted:

The solution is to always buy your spouse a gift roughly equivalent to what you just spent on the trains. Thus I've always had an unlimited budget on model train purchases!

Shelby will really like this comment LOL!

- Jason

I think that she's only in it for the trains.  Be sure to get a pre-nup saying that you keep them.

There are other hobbies.  My sweetheart is a 20 year participant, 4H sewing. There were several prom dresses, and a wedding dress.  At 74, I can still carry the sewing machines, she, not so much.   She still  patches my blue jeans.

Her skill with a paint brush, did well, with several back-drops for the layout.

51 years, June 17th.

Congratulations Jason.

That video made my day.  Thanks for posting it.

John

Jason as soon as I saw your video I immediately told my wife "Theres's a train video you need to watch". I'm sure she was thinking "Not another one", but as always she said "Sure".  This video caused a lot of very enjoyable reminiscing, for both her and I. If I had to guess I would say Shelby is a lot like my wife intelligent, a little sassy and has the ability to make you feel like the boss when in reality she knows she's the real boss. ALWAYS REMEMBER SHE'S THE BOSS!  Many happy years. Dwayne and Juanita.

@Weener Dog posted:

Jason as soon as I saw your video I immediately told my wife "Theres's a train video you need to watch". I'm sure she was thinking "Not another one", but as always she said "Sure".  This video caused a lot of very enjoyable reminiscing, for both her and I. If I had to guess I would say Shelby is a lot like my wife intelligent, a little sassy and has the ability to make you feel like the boss when in reality she knows she's the real boss. ALWAYS REMEMBER SHE'S THE BOSS!  Many happy years. Dwayne and Juanita.

This comment made both me and Shelby smile. Thank you for sharing this.

- Jason

So true about the wife always being the REAL boss.