“Dear Aunt Aggie, I need some assistance. Since his retirement, my husband is obsessed with bringing home junk from the refuse tip which he says is "useful". He has collected old bikes, half-used tins of paint, garden gnomes, an old lawnmower, and other things. They're stacked up in our garden shed and garage. He refuses to throw them out for the rubbish men. How can I convince him to get rid of this junk?” — from Demented in Denton
Loving Aunt Aggie replies: How terrible! It must be awful living in such conditions. Men can be such hoarders. When it's not old comic books or model cars, its something else.
However, this new hobby sounds as though it may be his only means of escape and a cry for help because of having to spend so many hours at home with a critical and unsupportive wife.
Try taking an active interest in your husband's new hobby. Learn to be more complimentary and acknowledge his ingenuity, otherwise your unrealistic criticism (which I suspect is a display of jealousy because of your own lack of motivation to do anything worthwhile), will only lead to high blood pressure and heart problems.