Option 3 for me too.
Nina is very happy for me to go out observing most of the time because she is not a night person....early to bed for her most nights. Sometimes I can even set up the scope, come in for a "cuddle"
, and then go out to observe.....how good is that! She is happy that I have made a good bunch of friends doing something harmless and fulfilling to me.
BUT, she could not be any less interested in the hobby herself, and that frustrates me greatly because I would very much like her to feel the same buzz I feel from observing a distant galaxy, or splitting a close double. I console myself that with time she will warm up to our great obsession. I suppose with a 20" mirror coming soon she may finally come out and at least look through the EP!
In the financial department, we have our ups and downs with expenditure on astro gear. She responds better when I give her fair warning (eg incessantly discussing Obsession DVDs for weeks on end), than if I just show up with $900 worth of eyepieces (as I did last year, and ended up at the therapist with her!)
