Tips required on shutting the woman up/keeping her happy.(Sick of car talk)

[LowlifeDubber]

Right so the missus has been going on at me this morning about all i ever do is talk or work on cars.Im in the middle of a project and granted it is taking a lot of my time up.
I work the weekend shift (36hours sat-sun)but when i get up monday lunch after the night shift i have the rest of the week to my self.
During this week she will have a day or 2 off work but if im not working on my own car im fixing someone elses as this helps pay for a very expensive hobby/build.

Apparently cars "consume" my life and she feels left out,ive also had the "you love your car more than me" line.
Now i am very driven i have goals and i can easily spend 12 hours a day in the garage.But every now and again i will have a full day off and we will go out somewhere.
However apparently i always seem to bring cars/engines into most conversations.Shes getting sick of it and says i dont even know im doing it.
If im not in the garage im online researching the best route to take with the VRT im building.
Does anyone have the same problem?Or have some tips to keep her happy?
Im a bit of a workaholic but i stopped contracting so i could have a decent relationship and im home every night.Im not one to sit and spend time watching tv as i have to multi task and have something to feed my brain.

I keep telling her she needs to get a hobby,something i can take an interest in with her but she doesnt know what she wants to do.

Im guessing its all my fault. But any tips would be appreciated.

It didnt help that i jokingly posted this on her facebook this morning.

[Luke1981]

You can't reason with the unreasonable, woman are just wired up wrong! Fact!

They need something to moan about, if you didn't work on cars it would be something else!

[LowlifeDubber]

  To be fair she doesnt moan too much,she tries to take an interest and came to UD with me this year.Meets are a no go.I see lots of other guys with their missus at meets and wish she would take a bit more of an interest like them.Granted half of them look bored to tears sat in the passenger seat on their phones.But i need someone to pass me jelly babies while im driving so want her to come.

[MS1COYS]

The little things go a loooong way mate. Try flowers once a week, doesn't have to be flashy, it's the thought that counts. Breakfast in bed once in a while or a spontaneous trip to the cinema to see Her choice of film. Make an effort to give her a massage, foot rub whatever she wants, even if it's only once a week, after all what's an hour a week. Tell her she's beautiful every day. Make a conscious effort not to talk about cars, when you're not working on them. If you really do spend all that time working on them, then to her any time spent away from the garage is sacred and you should try to make it just that. It would be a different story altogether if the extra work you were doing, was to put put toward a combined end result for both you and YOUR partner, but it's not, it's for your own project build....that must make her sick.

Hopefully some of that helps fella. 

Now f**k off and go and MOT out your ball and chain.

[LowlifeDubber]

pmsl.Cheers mate,some good advice there.If i get her flowers it always makes me feel like im trying too hard though.
Her front pipe is blowing on her car atm.To me,being thoughfull is buying her a new one and fitting it.Maybe im just wired up all wrong.
I tell her nice things most days.Just to keep her sweet.I take her to the cinema every now and again and we ALWAYS watch what she wants.(Read:Me having to sit through 3 hours of Titanic in 3d and Harry Potter and wanting to kill myself)
Took her out yesterday to a museum thing up the road which she liked.Then took her out for a meal.

See,im not all bad.

I havnt really got time to MOT her out atm as im just about to start gasket matching my cylinder head.

[MS1COYS]

pmsl.Cheers mate,some good advice there.If i get her flowers it always makes me feel like im trying too hard though.
Her front pipe is blowing on her car atm.To me,being thoughfull is buying her a new one and fitting it.Maybe im just wired up all wrong.
I tell her nice things most days.Just to keep her sweet.I take her to the cinema every now and again and we ALWAYS watch what she wants.(Read:Me having to sit through 3 hours of Titanic in 3d and Harry Potter and wanting to kill myself)
Took her out yesterday to a museum thing up the road which she liked.Then took her out for a meal.

See,im not all bad.

I havnt really got time to MOT her out atm as im just about to start gasket matching my cylinder head.

So you can remedy her front pipe that's blowing, but you can MOT her out. Sounds like the same thing to me. 

Maybe you should tell her, you REALLY want to help improve yourself and your relationship and can she give you any hinters, because it's been playing on your mind that you cant autonomously think of anything yourself and it's making you depressed thinking she's unhappy. She is your world! Throw in some crocodile tears for good measure and she will be noshing your old chap before you know it....BONUS or should that be BONER!

[LowlifeDubber]

Hmmm I will give it a go but I don't really do emotion.
I think there's more chance of her fixing her own front pipe than me getting noshed off atm though.

[MS1COYS]

Hmmm I will give it a go but I don't really do emotion.
I think there's more chance of her fixing her own front pipe than me getting noshed off atm though.

The crocodile tears can be omitted if your acting skills are below par. You will look a reef c u n t if it all goes pete tong when you're supposed to be upset ha!

[LowlifeDubber]

Hmmm I will give it a go but I don't really do emotion.
I think there's more chance of her fixing her own front pipe than me getting noshed off atm though.

The crocodile tears can be omitted if your acting skills are below par. You will look a reef c u n t if it all goes pete tong when you're supposed to be upset ha!

I will just imagine someone has scratched my car.That should do it.

[MS1COYS]

That my friend is a stroke of genius