What's wrong with something you love doing being time consuming?
Nothing wrong with it - just make sure your personal life revolves around the same activity as well. I have known too many pilots (and many more ex pilots) who thought otherwise... One nice chap I used to fly with was told by his wife (when she found herself pregnant) to stop flying for the sake of the kid (or else). He stopped flying. Now, that is occassional GA. Gliding is a full-time weekend hobby; a bit like a sailing club, and you have to square that with your other half before you get into it.
I think one finds a similar division of "weekend time allocation" in GA, too, between the IFR-capable pilots (who just want a plane, and a hangar for it to sit, and all the facilities like somebody moving the plane out for when they need it, and they are willing to pay for it) and the farm strip flyer (who is much more content to get into his local pilot community at the strip).
Unfortunately too many (IMHO) GA pilots are single and somewhat grumpy men, which in turn ensures that few women come into this game, which in turn keeps it that way
