What to do about boyfriends who detail?

GregCavi

GregCavi

Pinnacle Detailing Owner
Hello All...

I am speaking on behalf of my girlfreind who has no respect for our art of detailing. She wants to know what to do about us guys and i know there are ladies too.. who detail all the time.. She says: you spend more time on your car with me (meguiars commercial.. anyone see it.. its the truth) and, you spend to much money on it, and finally, why are all those girls gathering around your super clean beautifal auto? JK lol ..

Any thoughts from detailers who have to put up with the nagging.. haha

Or anythoughts about the significant others who put up with detailers..

I would love to hear some quotes and stories


MErry XMas

Greg
 
Greg,

Is there no way you can get her interested in detailing? Wouldn't she like her car to be as beautiful a reflection on her, as yours is on you?

I think Sean (GSRstilez) has converted Liz, maybe he could give you some pointers :dunno

Good luck!!

Norah
 
norahcrv said:
Greg,

Is there no way you can get her interested in detailing? Wouldn't she like her car to be as beautiful a reflection on her, as yours is on you?

I think Sean (GSRstilez) has converted Liz, maybe he could give you some pointers :dunno

Good luck!!

Norah
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You got it!

Although Liz isn't full fledged, she definately gets out there with me when she has time and pitches in. She can do my entire interior regimen and full exterior, minus buffing. Once I get her on the rotary, I better watch out!

But on a more serious note, spend time with your girlfriend. Ask her stuff she likes to do and accompany her there...show interest. You do that for her, it's much easier to ask for reciprocation. At first, Liz thought I was nuts, but once I started going to craft fairs and such with her, showing interest, and spending quality time, she caught onto detailing.

Good Luck.
 
the best solution would probably be to get her slightly interested in detailing of some type...

if that fails, i guess you have to make a decision. spend more time with girlfriend or detailing...... hey, maybe you can detail late at night, or if that doesnt work, early in the morning. when your girlfriend isnt around :). however, if i had choose between the girl and the car, i would take the girl no question. i just heard a detailing commercial on the radio (i am in no way endorsing them). "get your man a full auto detail for the thing he loves almost as much as you".

i (along with others) would kick myself if i broke up with my girlfriend solely over a car, no matter how much i love that car.
 
My gf has washed her car before however I mostly do it now. She doesnt mind at all. Way back when I am sure she didnt understand why I took so much time washing/waxing etc but she has grown to accept it. Shoot she gets a clean car out of the deal :lol
 
My wife used to cmplain tha tI would take an hour to wash my car (Grand Prix) and only 20 minutes to wash her car (Saturn). We solved that easily enoguh. We sold the Saturn and bought an Envoy. Now it takes me an hour to wash her truck too. :D

And it should never come down to a decision of detailing vs. the woman. Follow Sean's advice. Find something she likes to do. Women love and deserve attention.
 
My wife probably doesn't understand it, but she gets a clean car and I do it between the hours of 5 am and 10 am on sunday morning. This way I can do things with her and still have my leisure activity. She will help sometimes if it isn't too hot or too cold.

God luck,
Brian
 
Greg,

I'll just use some reason for you...

Today's cars are very expensive and are literally investments...you have to take care of an investment if you are going to get good value from it when it's time to trade it in or sell it. I've heard dozens of stories from people who have sold cars for top dollar to friends or dealers because they looked great and the person buying it knew it had been well maintained.... return on investment alone is a good enough reason to spend the time and money:D
 
It could be worse.......at least she knows where you are and what you are doing.

If you were at a bar drinking yourself into a coma it would be one theing, but you are in the garage detailing.

She is probably never going to get into detailing, she just doesn't have the bug for it. She doesn't have to take interest in detailing, but does have to accept you obsession with it.

FWIW, I have been with my fiance for 10+ years and she has NEVER been "bitten" by the detailing bug. She knows that I am crazy and has no problem with it. We did have to have some meetings early on about taking my towels out of the dryer and putting them on the kitchen table. :)
 
Today is my 11th wedding anniversary. My wife has put up with my obsession all this time. I try to be as good to her as I can, I know she puts up with a lot. She just has to understand that this is your obsession.
 
You can use my patented line - "all that kneeling and squatting I do - really builds up the thigh muscles - ..."

when they get it //they get it :lol
 
My wife has known me to be a car nut for the entire time we've been together...if I'm not cleaning it..I'm working on it...but we still make special times that I know that I cannot have anything planned and it's time spent on just the two of us.

Oh yeah...and start detailing for money...she'll understand alot better when you start giving her suprise gifts here and there from the extra detailing money!!!...and it pays for the hobby as well. I got married last month and detailing on the side probably paid for half of the wedding. Looking back over the last year I'm not sure how we would have survived the new house and wedding without my detailing income.

Andy
 
No issues here, my girlfriend and I detail together. She says, " It's better when we detail together because then we get done even faster. I think it's a nice hobby we have"
 
norahcrv said:
:bigups, James!! Congratulations on # 11 Mrs. "greyS60" must be a very patient / lucky woman :)
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She is very patient. Her name is Kristen, not sure if she would respond to Mrs. greyS60, never tried it. Between the five years in the Army, six in the National Guard, six years with the phone company, and 11 years of detailing, she has been through a lot.
 
My wife rolls her eyes and mumbles bad things about me. But then a week later she will be dropping hints about HER truck that needs cleaning. So if taking care of her truck is enough to keep her happy...then Im happy.
 
One word: compromise. Like GSR said, join her in something that interests her, and she will most likely not complain (at least not as much) about the detailing. I currently have 2 cars, one I work on under the hood, enter in shows, etc., the other is my daily driver. I do a good job of keeping both fairly clean. My wife (and she married me still after knowing this) doesn't understand my obsession, but knows it is something that I enjoy. She also likes when her car is nice and sparkly clean. In return, I make sure I spend time with her doing things that she enjoys (I think I have seen way too many Lifetime movies though...). Besides, she can't complain about the money I spend on the cars since I know what she spends on jewelry :eek .
 
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