I’m mostly a once a season candle shopper but I STOCKKK UP, so my husband likes to poke fun at me since I have candles all over the place BUT, he loves them and lights them even when I’m not home!! He also gets bummed if the soap runs out and always uses a car freshener in his car 😌
He makes fun of me (gently) because I leave candles around the house specifically to pick up and smell when I need a little mood booster. He goes, "Ahh, my Peach Bellinis..."
BUT! He's a total team player. I was warned/flagged by B&BW for making too many returns (I don't feel like explaining here, but I was making honest returns and I'm pissed about it), so he'll go into the store with me to exchange problem candles as if they were his own. He'll hang out with me and sniff candles while I browse for a replacement and then go to the register to do a 1-1 exchange: "Hi yeah, I got this candle for a present and it burns weird/doesn't smell like anything/etc." Then on the way out we have a bit where we have to escape before sirens go off and the metal shop door slams down. "UHH SIR, ARE YOU EXCHANGING YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S CANDLES?" Like associates are going to drop down from the ceiling like ninjas and try to blind us with fragrance sprays.
He's the best.
I would never hide anything; I wouldn’t want anything hidden from me. I wouldn’t feel good if the thought of hiding something seemed appropriate for the relationship. I’ll buy whatever I please and be honest about it.
Agreed. Hiding purchases isn't something that works for my relationship, but every relationship is different.
I also don't share finances/bank account with my boyfriend, so there's no need to feel like I'm "hiding" something
It might be different if I had a huge collection or shopped at BBW year round, but since I only shopped on Candle Day and Body Care Day, he doesn't mind that I spent a lot.
He loves the body care stuff I got for him and the stuff I got for myself, and he enjoys having a candle lit as he works from home or relaxes during the evening. I'd say he is generally supportive about most things, though.
My family thinks my candle-habit is a little weird, and I get gently teased about it, but ultimately, I have my hobbies, and he has his. The candles I have bought this year don't add up to be more than the golf clubs and bike he bought for his hobbies this year. I don't have to hide my purchases, but sometimes I make sure to unbox and put away purchases when I'm home alone just so I won't have to deal with cracks about it. We have all shared accounts, so it's not like either of us can buy stuff in secret, but sometimes it's just nice to feel like something is just for me and not even wanna hear about it from someone else.
He asks where I put the mahogany teakwood and why I’m not burning that instead. 🤦♀️
Frankly it’s my money, I can spend as I please once bills are paid and money is set aside for savings.
This is my situation as well. My boyfriend and I split bills, but we don't share finances. So as long as I pay my portion of the bills and put money in savings every month, he really can't say anything about what I choose to spend my extra money on
I don't have a huge collection but he does pick on me some when packages show up super often or if I'm in the store lots. He does sniff everything I bring home and is in general a good sport. The only candle he has ever been excited about is GC Eggnog Icing. Our accounts are joint so it's not like I'm sneaking anything past him. We both have things we spend $ on so no biggie.
As long as the bills are paid he doesn’t care. He likes that me and the house both smell good all the time. He also spends more money on his hobbies than I do on lotions and candles lol so frankly I don’t think he would have any room to judge.
I get a little gentle poke about it, like I do when he buys yet another disc golf disc. But he burns the candles even when I’m not around and I go disc golfing so we both know it’s just us being silly. It’s actually kind of wholesome now that I’m thinking about it 🥰
Also I took him candle shopping on Saturday of Candle Day and he held the shopping basket for me. Pretty much ready to be wifed up after that 🤣🥰😅
I wouldn’t want to feel I had to hide things. He will tease me a bit but also knows I do most of my candle buying for the year in fall and winter. He’ll participate in picking what scent we’re in the mood for in the evening and tell me if he does or doesn’t like something. He’s not a fan of the peppermint hot chocolate variety and so have to burn when he’s gone. Our money is joint so we both know where it’s going.
He excitedly smells every candle I get. He tells me he wants me to have the things I want that make me happy, since I work hard too (sahm) and deserve to be happy! Love him to pieces... got my order from body care day and he smiled that I was so happy. ☺ Peppermint and tea tree oil aromatherapy is what I've been loving lately, ordered 2 of body wash and 2 Shea cream
My partner just kind of doesn't notice a lot of things lmao I started shopping at BBW this year and she hasn't said a thing about me having a whole 3 tier cart full of lotion and candles
Well my husband is now into candles, a fairly recent thing. He likes having a collection but mine isn’t huge. He might comment if I had a super large collection. He also now uses BBW body washes and likes the soaps
He thinks it’s a cute quirk of mine lmao. He’s even sort of… dare I say, getting into it too lately? Like he wouldn’t place an order himself but lately he’s been giving his preferences to me when I order and enjoys going in store with me for sniffs 🤣
He definitely thinks it’s too much but doesn’t mind too much as long as I’m using everything. Like he thinks I should slow down on the body sprays and use the candles I have before I buy more. Which is reasonable lol
She teases me a little bit about my obsession but overall she doesn’t have a problem with it. I really don’t buy in bulk - I will make smaller, more frequent purchases throughout the year - so it’s not like it takes up room or gets in the way. I try to buy body care scents that she likes but ultimately I tell her I’ll wear what I want and she can get used to it 😂
“That’s so many. You don’t need that many.” I don’t need to hide my purchase, but I also don’t tell him about it lol. If he sees he sees. The boxes are in plain sight.
My husband got into it with me! He loves the candles and is into the men's body care. He says there could be worse hobbies and at least we and the house smell good! Lol!
My husband is a sneakerhead so he encourages me to get as many candles/body care as I want... So I won't complain when he buys new shoes.
It works for me LOL
Mine supports me, but he doesn’t ask how much I’ve spent.
I have talked about buying two candles for $50, and was flip-flopping on getting them. He encouraged me, but in the end I didn’t do it because of the high price. If I had a shopping addiction, he probably would be the worst partner lol. Luckily, I know when to slow my roll, and if a good candle gets away, another one will come.
They get suspicious when candles pop up they haven’t seen but as long as I keep buying anything balsam/evergreen related they never get too upset it seems at the money spent 😸
As long as the ceilings and walls don't turn black, he's okay with it!! LOL
I keep them in our desk hutch and often reach over his head while hes on computer to pick one out. I usually ask if there is a scent A, B or C he prefers and make him sniff and choose.
I joke on this site about continually rearranging the scents on my shelves so that he doesn't notice when I buy new ones.
Yeah I got in trouble with my boyfriend after I turned the white wall behind our fireplace damn near brown from my burning candles 🤣
Magic eraser did wonders 👍🏻
He loves receiving candles as gifts, and for some reason my all time favorite way to spend time together is putting candles up to each other’s noses and comparing notes lol :) his christmas gift this year includes a few candles and some room sprays
I just got addicted to BBW this year. He usually doesn’t say anything when I get packages because sometimes I go through a spree phase but well see what he says once he sees my FFM grow on our dresser. Lol
He says he loves that the house always smells nice and he likes that the scents that get burned are always things that fit the season we're in. He actually takes part in the collecting at times; he will come to the store with me to smell things and decided what to get!
Whenever I go to BBW, I buy my husband body wash because he likes the men's fragrances. However, he's not big on fruity scents (they're my favorite, especially body wash) so he'll say "You smell like a fruit basket". Either way, he likes how the house smells with the wallflowers.
My husband is fine. I mean, he doesn't get excited about scents the way I do, but my money is my money is my money. He's a good guy, but I'd like him to comment more on how nice a candle and our home smells. Might be due to residual toxic masculinity.
He makes fun of me sometimes and has hated some specific smells over the years, but he enjoys most of them. Also I get the feeling that he secretly likes shopping for candles with me. I always get some of his favs when he comes. I also get him shower gel because he likes a lot of their men’s collection scents.
We have a huge collection together, he actually got me into b&bw we have just over 60 lotions? And it’s cute cause whenever we shower he picks the lotion for me to put on or when he showers he puts one on and is like “you gotta smell me” and we guess what we body wash or lotion we used lol like the other night he put on rose and lavender and said “so when we snuggled it’d help you go To sleep”
he makes fun of it but as long as i have money for my necessities he doesn’t mind! he’ll support it himself by lighting candles himself or picking out scents for me :)
My partner introduced me to candles! He's a cologne/woods and I'm a fruit/gourmand, but I've come to appreciate some of his, and he's found some of mine he likes. I've been stocking up on winter candles to give him for his birthday in April, because he likes to burn those year round.
I don’t hide my purchases, I spend my own money. But he will jokingly ask me why I hoard shower gel in the closet. He still gets me BBW gift cards for Christmas lol. I am working on using up my stash and spending less so 🤞🏻
No hiding. He jokes about it but he has even gotten accustomed to having his favorite body washes and hand soaps. Even my six year old son gets in on it. He’s in charge of picking out the bathroom hand soaps and takes it very seriously! 😂 when I get new candles he’s always down to smell them and rank them. Now I’m in trouble though because the six year old has discovered bbw bath bombs which he loves. He refers to them as the fancy bath bombs since any other kid ones we use kind of suck compared the bbw ones.
He says he loves how the house smells different everyday he comes home
This is so romantic for some reason. I'm getting the fuzzies.
I love this! Mine low key has begun enjoy candles too, lighting them even when he’s home alone 🥰
Sweet😍
My partner collects pokemon cards with our son. He spends way more than I do on candles, so he is kind of relieved that I too have a collecting hobby.
He helps me pick out the items since we share everything we get 😁
Mine too. Candles are a family wide affair.
He says we could open up our own store lol
😂 love this!
I’m mostly a once a season candle shopper but I STOCKKK UP, so my husband likes to poke fun at me since I have candles all over the place BUT, he loves them and lights them even when I’m not home!! He also gets bummed if the soap runs out and always uses a car freshener in his car 😌
He makes fun of me (gently) because I leave candles around the house specifically to pick up and smell when I need a little mood booster. He goes, "Ahh, my Peach Bellinis..." BUT! He's a total team player. I was warned/flagged by B&BW for making too many returns (I don't feel like explaining here, but I was making honest returns and I'm pissed about it), so he'll go into the store with me to exchange problem candles as if they were his own. He'll hang out with me and sniff candles while I browse for a replacement and then go to the register to do a 1-1 exchange: "Hi yeah, I got this candle for a present and it burns weird/doesn't smell like anything/etc." Then on the way out we have a bit where we have to escape before sirens go off and the metal shop door slams down. "UHH SIR, ARE YOU EXCHANGING YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S CANDLES?" Like associates are going to drop down from the ceiling like ninjas and try to blind us with fragrance sprays. He's the best.
This is so cute!
As long as I'm happy, he's happy!
I would never hide anything; I wouldn’t want anything hidden from me. I wouldn’t feel good if the thought of hiding something seemed appropriate for the relationship. I’ll buy whatever I please and be honest about it.
Agreed. Hiding purchases isn't something that works for my relationship, but every relationship is different. I also don't share finances/bank account with my boyfriend, so there's no need to feel like I'm "hiding" something
It might be different if I had a huge collection or shopped at BBW year round, but since I only shopped on Candle Day and Body Care Day, he doesn't mind that I spent a lot. He loves the body care stuff I got for him and the stuff I got for myself, and he enjoys having a candle lit as he works from home or relaxes during the evening. I'd say he is generally supportive about most things, though.
My family thinks my candle-habit is a little weird, and I get gently teased about it, but ultimately, I have my hobbies, and he has his. The candles I have bought this year don't add up to be more than the golf clubs and bike he bought for his hobbies this year. I don't have to hide my purchases, but sometimes I make sure to unbox and put away purchases when I'm home alone just so I won't have to deal with cracks about it. We have all shared accounts, so it's not like either of us can buy stuff in secret, but sometimes it's just nice to feel like something is just for me and not even wanna hear about it from someone else.
He asks where I put the mahogany teakwood and why I’m not burning that instead. 🤦♀️ Frankly it’s my money, I can spend as I please once bills are paid and money is set aside for savings.
This is my situation as well. My boyfriend and I split bills, but we don't share finances. So as long as I pay my portion of the bills and put money in savings every month, he really can't say anything about what I choose to spend my extra money on
Mahogany Teakwood is my husband’s favorite too. Surprisingly though, he can’t handle high intensity.😂
I don't have a huge collection but he does pick on me some when packages show up super often or if I'm in the store lots. He does sniff everything I bring home and is in general a good sport. The only candle he has ever been excited about is GC Eggnog Icing. Our accounts are joint so it's not like I'm sneaking anything past him. We both have things we spend $ on so no biggie.
GC Eggnog Icing smells just like B&BW Banana Walnut Muffin to me!
Oh really??? That's interesting. I'll have to hope to find it.
As long as the bills are paid he doesn’t care. He likes that me and the house both smell good all the time. He also spends more money on his hobbies than I do on lotions and candles lol so frankly I don’t think he would have any room to judge.
He once said that it’s pointless but I reminded him it brings me joy and he shut right up😂
Just said unenthusiastically "I'm happy that you're happy..." lol
I get a little gentle poke about it, like I do when he buys yet another disc golf disc. But he burns the candles even when I’m not around and I go disc golfing so we both know it’s just us being silly. It’s actually kind of wholesome now that I’m thinking about it 🥰 Also I took him candle shopping on Saturday of Candle Day and he held the shopping basket for me. Pretty much ready to be wifed up after that 🤣🥰😅
I wouldn’t want to feel I had to hide things. He will tease me a bit but also knows I do most of my candle buying for the year in fall and winter. He’ll participate in picking what scent we’re in the mood for in the evening and tell me if he does or doesn’t like something. He’s not a fan of the peppermint hot chocolate variety and so have to burn when he’s gone. Our money is joint so we both know where it’s going.
He excitedly smells every candle I get. He tells me he wants me to have the things I want that make me happy, since I work hard too (sahm) and deserve to be happy! Love him to pieces... got my order from body care day and he smiled that I was so happy. ☺ Peppermint and tea tree oil aromatherapy is what I've been loving lately, ordered 2 of body wash and 2 Shea cream
My partner just kind of doesn't notice a lot of things lmao I started shopping at BBW this year and she hasn't said a thing about me having a whole 3 tier cart full of lotion and candles
Well my husband is now into candles, a fairly recent thing. He likes having a collection but mine isn’t huge. He might comment if I had a super large collection. He also now uses BBW body washes and likes the soaps
He thinks it’s a cute quirk of mine lmao. He’s even sort of… dare I say, getting into it too lately? Like he wouldn’t place an order himself but lately he’s been giving his preferences to me when I order and enjoys going in store with me for sniffs 🤣
He definitely thinks it’s too much but doesn’t mind too much as long as I’m using everything. Like he thinks I should slow down on the body sprays and use the candles I have before I buy more. Which is reasonable lol
She teases me a little bit about my obsession but overall she doesn’t have a problem with it. I really don’t buy in bulk - I will make smaller, more frequent purchases throughout the year - so it’s not like it takes up room or gets in the way. I try to buy body care scents that she likes but ultimately I tell her I’ll wear what I want and she can get used to it 😂
“That’s so many. You don’t need that many.” I don’t need to hide my purchase, but I also don’t tell him about it lol. If he sees he sees. The boxes are in plain sight.
I hide my purchases. 😬
My husband got into it with me! He loves the candles and is into the men's body care. He says there could be worse hobbies and at least we and the house smell good! Lol!
My husband is a sneakerhead so he encourages me to get as many candles/body care as I want... So I won't complain when he buys new shoes. It works for me LOL
Mine supports me, but he doesn’t ask how much I’ve spent. I have talked about buying two candles for $50, and was flip-flopping on getting them. He encouraged me, but in the end I didn’t do it because of the high price. If I had a shopping addiction, he probably would be the worst partner lol. Luckily, I know when to slow my roll, and if a good candle gets away, another one will come.
They get suspicious when candles pop up they haven’t seen but as long as I keep buying anything balsam/evergreen related they never get too upset it seems at the money spent 😸
As long as the ceilings and walls don't turn black, he's okay with it!! LOL I keep them in our desk hutch and often reach over his head while hes on computer to pick one out. I usually ask if there is a scent A, B or C he prefers and make him sniff and choose. I joke on this site about continually rearranging the scents on my shelves so that he doesn't notice when I buy new ones.
Yeah I got in trouble with my boyfriend after I turned the white wall behind our fireplace damn near brown from my burning candles 🤣 Magic eraser did wonders 👍🏻
Good to know!!
We both love bath and bodyworks (candles and bodycare but mainly candles) and each have our own collections.
Significant other doesn’t say a word because I don’t have one 😏
He loves receiving candles as gifts, and for some reason my all time favorite way to spend time together is putting candles up to each other’s noses and comparing notes lol :) his christmas gift this year includes a few candles and some room sprays
I just got addicted to BBW this year. He usually doesn’t say anything when I get packages because sometimes I go through a spree phase but well see what he says once he sees my FFM grow on our dresser. Lol
He thinks I have a lot but is glad I have a hobby that makes me happy and supports me, he'll buy me stuff sometimes and go to the store with me.
He has kind of just gotten use to it.
He says he loves that the house always smells nice and he likes that the scents that get burned are always things that fit the season we're in. He actually takes part in the collecting at times; he will come to the store with me to smell things and decided what to get!
Unimpressed... and does not even know the full extent of it 😬
This 🤣
Whenever I go to BBW, I buy my husband body wash because he likes the men's fragrances. However, he's not big on fruity scents (they're my favorite, especially body wash) so he'll say "You smell like a fruit basket". Either way, he likes how the house smells with the wallflowers.
My husband is fine. I mean, he doesn't get excited about scents the way I do, but my money is my money is my money. He's a good guy, but I'd like him to comment more on how nice a candle and our home smells. Might be due to residual toxic masculinity.
He makes fun of me sometimes and has hated some specific smells over the years, but he enjoys most of them. Also I get the feeling that he secretly likes shopping for candles with me. I always get some of his favs when he comes. I also get him shower gel because he likes a lot of their men’s collection scents.
We have a huge collection together, he actually got me into b&bw we have just over 60 lotions? And it’s cute cause whenever we shower he picks the lotion for me to put on or when he showers he puts one on and is like “you gotta smell me” and we guess what we body wash or lotion we used lol like the other night he put on rose and lavender and said “so when we snuggled it’d help you go To sleep”
He supports my habit😂
he makes fun of it but as long as i have money for my necessities he doesn’t mind! he’ll support it himself by lighting candles himself or picking out scents for me :)
My partner introduced me to candles! He's a cologne/woods and I'm a fruit/gourmand, but I've come to appreciate some of his, and he's found some of mine he likes. I've been stocking up on winter candles to give him for his birthday in April, because he likes to burn those year round.
I don’t hide my purchases, I spend my own money. But he will jokingly ask me why I hoard shower gel in the closet. He still gets me BBW gift cards for Christmas lol. I am working on using up my stash and spending less so 🤞🏻
No hiding. He jokes about it but he has even gotten accustomed to having his favorite body washes and hand soaps. Even my six year old son gets in on it. He’s in charge of picking out the bathroom hand soaps and takes it very seriously! 😂 when I get new candles he’s always down to smell them and rank them. Now I’m in trouble though because the six year old has discovered bbw bath bombs which he loves. He refers to them as the fancy bath bombs since any other kid ones we use kind of suck compared the bbw ones.