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Permalink Reply by Lynn L on August 3, 2011 at 8:17pm

My husband has been incredibly supportive.  He likes to watch me hoop and he encourages me to hoop.  Just knowing that he likes watching makes me want to learn more and try even harder.  I've only been hooping since June so I'm not very good but I feel great when I'm doing it and when he is there smiling and giving feedback, I feel even better.  Since I started hooping I have spent a great deal of time hooping, thinking about hooping, or talking about hooping.  I hope he doesn't get sick of it but so far I don't think he has (at least I haven't seen him rolling his eyes when I talk about it or when I pick up my hoop whenever I see it .) We watch hooping videos together and some of the videos he found and showed me.  He even went to a hoop jam and a hooping event with me.  I was concerned about him putting himself in a position he wasn't comfortable with just because he knew how much I liked it.  I didn't know at first if he was acting interested or if he really enjoyed hooping.  After the last event, he was talking about the size hoop he might get and saying that he would go to other hooping events.  I feel more connected to him since I started hooping.  Maybe that is because hooping relaxes me and reduces stress so he is having more fun being around me or maybe it is because it is an interest that we both can share together but either way it feels great.  I have an amazing husband and I'm very happy that he is so supportive. 

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StudentPermalink Reply by Victoria McIntyre on August 23, 2011 at 10:31am

So I saw this thread before and didn't post but I had to hunt it down today to post.

My boyfriend is the most supportive boyfriend ever. He spins staff and has been working on his poi skills (all fire of course). He'll pick up a hoop and play around, he can keep it at his waist, stall it on his waist by spinning, and he can shimmy it up to his neck on occasion. He can even do the things with a smaller hoop than he first started playing with when I would play. He'll sit and watch a few hooping videos and hoop tutorials with me. I can see him transferring some of my hoop moves and flow over into staff, which is awesome. The last time I referenced "the hooping forum I'm on on a daily basis" he replied with "Hoopcity?" He also stole one of the Moodhoop stickers that came with my Moodhoop. I'm pretty sure he also knows how to make a basic HPDE hoop. I'm getting my first fire hoop here shortly and he's excited to fire perform together and even have some moves that he can do with staff while I can do something similar with hoop. So cute, so awesome, just had to share. :)

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Permalink Reply by s*H*e*L*b*Z on August 11, 2012 at 10:25am

My husband plays drums in a couple of local reggae bands.  I hoop dance at all of his shows.  There are even some events that have a large enough stage for me to hoop right on stage with the band.  He is extremely supportive of my hooping obsession.  I have actually become a part of their show.  Whenever someone sees us outside of the shows, they say "Hey aren't you that drummer for that reggae band?"  Then they look at me and say "Oh and you're that hoop girl!"  :)

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Permalink Reply by Raye Avelen Moore on August 11, 2012 at 1:17pm

My bf loves that I hoop. We're in a long-distance relationship, but when he came over to see me fire hoop for my school, his mind was blown. He totally supports my love for hooping, and bought a fire hoop for me that I continue to use to this day. He's learning a bit of poi while he's away, as he can't hula hoop for the life of him. Haha! I have his complete encouragement. <3

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Permalink Reply by Moonshadow on September 3, 2012 at 3:03pm

My boyfriend is almost too supportive of my hooping.  He is trying to learn just about every kind of flow there is, and actually is alright with the hoop.  Although he mainly just dances around it and doesn't do any actual tricks, it still looks pretty nifty.  We starting to learn poi together now.

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Permalink Reply by Sasha on September 4, 2012 at 9:02am

My bf loves to watch me spin my hoop.
He also spins staff.
Both of us usuall go to spin jams together and burn together as well. It's such a great feeling to spin together! However, if we don't burn at the same time, he's usually the one to safety me :) and help me fuel up. I've been also picking up a bit of some staff moves from him, and he's been picking up some hoop moves from me. It's amazing to see how both of these toys have so much in commong yet as so different.

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StudentPermalink Reply by Alyssa Lane on September 4, 2012 at 12:27pm

This is a love hate relationship for my hubby;

He loves to watch me because he says I look so good, but at the same time it consumes so much of my time and he doesn't like that I can spend hours hooping on family day without even noticing. For the most part though, he is a good sport. He will play with it sometimes too and try to do some of the more basic tricks. Its so fun to watch him also.

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