Wives, girlfriends, "us time" ( and not being "The Tank and I").....
EGADS ! Get outa my head !
yeah, we can all get soooooo deeply involved, that we forget other things, and spend hours puttering away.
But it is important to us and some family members need to respect that also.
I've heard the " You are always in the basement( or garage) working on (insert thing/ hobby/classic car here)... when are you going to spend time with me ?" ! a few hundred billion times.
Eventualy they get hobbies of their own, or drive us insane.
I've had both results ..... I think being insane is more fun though.