Women and model trains

[nachoman]

I saw a similar thread over on another forum, and thought that this subject could lead to interesting and humorous discussion. Considering this is a strongly male-dominated hobby, yet train shows and train events seem to have many female attendees, I'm assuming those women are mostly involved through their husbands or children. So how about some thoughts or stories about your wives/daughters/exes/moms in relation to this hobby?

Heres mine:

I'm not married. When I meet a new woman, telling her about my trains is never a first conversation topic. I understand that for most women, trains are not something they find interesting, so my train hobby doesn't typically come up until she first comes over to my house or trains somehow relate to another conversation we are having. A few months ago, I began dating a new woman. I'd been over to her house a few times, but she had not yet been over to mine, and she was completely unaware I had a train layout in my spare bedroom. One evening after I had been dating her about two weeks, I was over at her house and she remarked, "there's a railroad under this bed!" As it turns out, her 11-year-old son had been really into trains when he was younger, and he still has a bunch of N-scale trains in the closet and under the bed. Her and her son used to be regular customers at my LHS, participate in the local railroad club, and used to take road trips to visit tourist railroads. So, now, when she comes over to my house, she wants to see my layout, and knows the terminology. She even asked me if I had a shay!

Anyone else have a story to share?