Are you honest with your spouse?

Does your spouse know about your hand gun purchases?

  • Yes, I am always honest about my gun purchases.

    Votes: 223 68.4%

  • Mostly, but I have some that are in my private stash.

    Votes: 56 17.2%

  • My spouse doesn't know about 50% or more of my guns!

    Votes: 41 12.6%

  • I refuse the answer on the grounds that my spouse is a THR member.

    Votes: 6 1.8%
  • Total voters
    326
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My wife and I have a joint account that pays the bills and handles the savings and the retirement plans. We both know how much each of us has to pay into that account each paycheck. We also each have our own individual "fun" accounts.

Anything left over in my paycheck goes into my fun account and is mine to do with as I please.
Anything left over in her paycheck goes into her fun account and is hers to do with as she pleases.

In six years of marriage I think we've had 3 fights about money and I've never felt the need to be dishonest with my wife regarding what I do with my "fun" money.

Have I mentioned how priceless I think my wife is???
 
My wife is a gun person and I am a man of practical tastes. No need to hide anything.

However, three of my friends AND MY OWN FATHER have called me and said something to the effect of: "I just bought a gun!! Don't tell my wife!!" Two of these were stupid enough to leave the receipt lying around and let her find it anyway.
 
If she takes an interest I play show & tell, if not she knows I won't use any monies that should go to bills. She also knows that some are an investment others are trading stock and some are just for fun. That is one of the cool things after 28yrs, I don't monitor every penny, watching every dime that the other spends and neither does she.

:cool:
 
my wife knows about all the purchases but forgets after about two years.
she couldn't tell you how many I have but she could easly tell you how much I have spent on them
 
all of our finances are 100% joint, and she's usually the one to balance the checkbook. so i couldn't hide it even if i wanted to.
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Texas Bulldog, I was preparing to say exactly the same thing.
So far I haven't figured out a way to embezzle funds from our joint account!
 
My wife sees all the guns that I have. I just buy them sneaky, and later after I`ve had it a while, she`ll ask where that gun came from. I just say it`s my Dad`s, I`m using it for a while. :evil: :D
 
My hubby doesn't have to lie.... I'm the one always nagging for new guns! LOL;)
 
All of our married lives, nearly 53 years, we have known what our goals in life were, and both of us had the same goals. We have never had separate bank accounts, or any secret accounts.
If my wife had wanted a mink coat or a Mercedes she was free to get it. However, such would not really fit with our priorities, and she never seemed to want such things anyway.

When I wanted a new gun I always told her, and she never expressed any objections. I used judgment also.


Folks, marriage is about trust in one sense, and love of one-another. Neither should want anything, or to do anything that is not good for the other, even if it means to forgo what you desired.
Be open and honest in all areas, and that includes finances.
Dishonesty with one-another is not the basis of a good and lifelong marriage.

Love, true love, is a sacrificial love, and not lust. Put your wife/husband above yourself, and you will be blessed in the marriage beyond your wildest dreams.

Regards,
Jerry
 
My wife knows about every gun purchase I have made, usually with her blessing.
I have been married to her for 37 years; honesty goes a long way in having a good relationship. If I would lie to her about guns, she would wonder what else I would lie about, like, am I really working late at the office?:scrutiny:

lawson4
 
considering she has bought all the guns I own

I would say we are honest with each other :)

There's nothing in the world like waking up to a new rifle on Christmas\B-Day\Anniversary\4th of July\Quanza\Any holiday I can think of :neener:

Seriously though, if you're honest and your wife knows that all you want for Christmas is gun related gifts, it makes it a lot easier for her and her family to shop for you :cool: No more "I don't know what to get him" or the old "he has everything, what else could he want?" Both of these problems are answered easiliy "Go down to <insert favorite gun shop here> and buy anything you see, I'll be guarenteed to have a smile on my face" :D

Forgot to mention, any gift that's bought that you already own can be returned and the store credit placed towards the really expensive rifle you want... that way when she goes to buy it, it wont seem that expensive lol
 
Don't ask, don't tell

I don't lie to my wife, I just don't tell her when I buy a new gun. I've invited her to my gun club to shoot but she has expressed zero interest. When she shows an interest in learning how to shoot, I'll be happy to share my guns with her.
 
If you can't be honest about your purchases, then:

1. Why are you making them?
2. Why are you even in the relationship?
 
To each their own

My wife knows what guns I have and how much they cost. I tell her but she doesn't make much of a deal out of it. I throw a few extra dollars each week into a bucket, she usually gives me money for fathers day, birthday, anniversary, I throw it in the bucket and that is my gun money. We share all accounts and both buy whatever we want within reason so if I need an extra $200 to get the gun I want, I tell her and take it. She can have as many purses, swim suits, and cloths that she wants, within reason.
 
Well i did not answer the poll . The situation we are in is that she buys horses , I buy guns , sometimes we talk about it and other times a new acquisition seems to magically appear in the safe , or pasture . Its not a big thing to us .
 
Its good to know that 2/3s of us are honest, anyway...68%..that's a good solid D+ ;)

My wife is fine with me owning guns, she just doesn't rally behind the need to have more than 2-3. She knows that I have 10 and thinks I'm nuts. There are a few others, however, that would really make her question my sanity.

Fortunately, I'm selling three of them and there are always occasions were I can buy myself a new one (from her) so I should be out of the shadows soon and will never put myself in this position again. Its just not a fun place to be.

I've got to work on convincing her that they are an investment! Its really true. The "under the radar" guns for me were primarily the collectible ones that I don't shoot anyway. Most of them were bought because the price was right and I knew I could sell them the next day for a profit if I chose to do so.
 
I have my account, she has hers. She saves on her own for her stuff, I save on my own for my stuff. We normally tell each other when we make big purchaes, but that is because we are excited, not becaue we have to.
-Mike
 
She knows of htem all, but I typically don't get too much into my purchases. I'll typically say, "Hey, I'm thinking of buying this-or-that gun soon for $so-much" or "I'll have to pick up one of these soon, they're really nice" - and then I'll wait a while (a couple weeks) and pick it up, usually at less than I'd mentioned. Then it just kind of shows up - I don't talk about it. So I don't get "in trouble" for the purchase because I did talk to her about it (in passing), and I get it for less than I'd mentioned initially (which is usually the MSRP).

It works out, usually: I've sold guns due to financial problems before, so if I spend a little more than I should from the shared funds it's not much of a problem.
 
Can't be. I didn't get bitten by the bug until after Mrs. Nr 2 walked out on me, leaving me with all sorts of bills. And SHE declared bankruptcy!!
 
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