Dear Dr. R.V. Shrink:
I am married to a weatherman. He is now retired and we travel most of the year in a 31 ft. Airstream. He is still a full-time weatherman, he just doesn’t get paid anymore. Instead of reporting the weather to millions, he only reports to me and our surrounding campsite neighbors. His routine is the same every morning. He gets up at dark-thirty. He puts on coffee. He makes toast under the smoke alarm. He checks all his gadgets, barometer, wind antenna, various thermometers, and his rain gauge. Then he studies his favorite national weather sites online. By the time I get out of bed he has a prediction. I put up with all this craziness because it’s his passion and he is happy. However, I think he drives our neighbors nuts. I notice when we are walking around a campground people see us coming and make dodging maneuvers. He thinks it is all in my imagination. How can I convince him that not everyone is interested in his weather predictions any longer.
--Not the Foggiest in Forest City
Dear Foggy:
Most of your neighbors living the RV lifestyle probably use the touchy feely weather system. If the heater kicks on in the morning, it’s cold. If you hear pitter-patter on the roof, it’s raining. If the awning is flapping, it’s windy. It’s great that he has a hobby he enjoys, can do anywhere you go, and you never have to worry about losing your rig to a tornado. So the only problem seems to be neighbor annoyance. Every campground has a resident annoyer and sometimes you can handle them if they are not parked ten feet away and at your site every time your foot hits the ground. Making your husband aware of the fact that he might be annoying some people with too much information should be the first step in curing his over exuberance. If he just can’t control himself you may need to point out more examples of people avoiding you after first contact. Meeting people while traveling is one of the greatest benefits of this lifestyle. You will not mesh gears with everyone, but if you are never making any friends, it might be your husband is still partly cloudy on his ability to read people’s reactions to his constant reporting. If he won’t listen, give him the hot tongue and cold shoulder until he becomes a bit less windy.
--Keep Smilin’, Dr. R.V. Shrink
##RVT872
3 comments:
And, then, there a few of us that would actually like to be listening at and joining in with him .
I think I'd enjoy having a weather enthusist around. I always enjoyed studying the weather. Maybe your husband could put together a little weather blog or You Tube that people could look in on. It might give that little local flair that some people like to see. Keep up the great work!
Buy him a white dry erase board, and ask him to post his weather forecast on it in front of your RV. Then passersby can peruse it. If he is sitting outside they will ask questions if they are interested.
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