I thanked my wife last night...

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Wife of 22 years and still going strong.

I was in my chair all reclined and comfortable. Laptop, -where else? On my lap. I was reading through some of the 'wife vs gun hobbiest' threads.

I seys to her, "Thank you sweethart".

She looked up from petting the cat on her lap. "For what"?

side note: Yes, the cat was in the house. Sancturary if you will. I am not allowed to shoot cats that live 'in' the house. Outdoor felines and rogue dogs are fair game if snooping between our fence lines. But the ones in the house are off limits.

So I said, "For not nagging me about my gun and shooting hobbie".

I'm sure right at that time she was thinking 'Obsession', but she didn't say it.

After a moment she responded with, "Why would I do that? Battling you about that would just create tourmoil within the household. That's not a fight either of us want".

After another moment she said with a smile, "You're cut off until the house remodel gets rolling. I want my new kitchen".

Ha! She said 'rolling'. Not 'finished'!:D

-Steve
 
I too am a blessed man, though while my wife has gone shooting with me and I am confident in her abilities (I work a lot of nights) home alone. She did take a different tack on the issue, the value!

She knows guns for the most part hold thier value and are a tangible asset in a pinch. Plus the whole Katrina thing threw a scare into her at how fragile things are and how desperate folks can get.

So I guess no matter what , I have no complaints at all.
 
Reminds me of a couple months ago when the wife and I were watching some show on TV - something (I wasn't actually watching the wife was) came up about "secrets" between spouses and my wife said she doesn't keep any secrets from me, do I keep any from her.

So I answered yes I do. She got all concerned and wanted to know what they were.

I told her I'd explain everything - then I brought out a couple of recent purchases that I never told her of - she was so relieved my secrets were about guns that she even listened to me talk about them and why I bought them!

Then she reminded me that the hall bathroom still isn't remodeled.
 
"Why do bathrooms need remodeling?"

In my case, I bought a 60's rambler that had been moved from a farm and set on a full basement. It was remodeled some time in the mid 80's.. So I got a good price for the old appointments and such. There wasn't a shower in the main bath. The counter tops and flooring were... Well, we'll just say out dated. I've remodeled both bathrooms. The boys bedrooms need to be moved to the basement, so I've got to cut egress windows in the foundation. Once that's done, I'm knocking out a wall to a bedroom to make the kitchen a larger 'country kitchen' style. All this will increase the home value by some 25% I'll bet. -With the way our market is. So, I purchased 2.43acres and home for $154,000 in 2001. I could put it on the market now for $340,000, (I also built a 24x36 shop for only $11,000, http://www.cnw.com/~hotrod/ShedAll.htm) and sheetrocked the bare studded walls in the double garage.

If you have the right home, remodeling is worth it if you do most of the work yourself. So I don't mind when the wife askes me to start a new project.

It's all gonna be money in the bank.

-Steve
 
Congratulations on 22 years!

It is awesome when spouses can support each other in their hobbies. I'm very lucky as well because shooting and defense has warn off on my wife and she now shares the hobby with me.

She has her own gun, and bought me a SureFire and a XD 45 ACP for Christmas, she got a GunVault deluxe and was thrilled.

When I moved here she wasn't sure about having guns in her house, she didn't hate them but hadn't been around them, now I can barely load enough ammo to keep up plus she is annoyingly accurate ;).
 
You betcha!

"Didya ever notice that the guys (and gals) that interact in an honest and open way with their significant others, seem to be the ones NOT having problems?"

Both of us need to be flexible throughout our life long relationship. So many of us have the ability to be that male cheauvanist pig at times, but we really are stronger in our relationships if we're honest and fair with our wives and rest of our family.

The rewards are endless!

-Steve
 
Put me in the "blessed" category. It will be 25 years this fall. And it was my wife (and her dad) who bought me my first gun. She may now think she created a monster, but she has never begrudged the hobby. To the contrary: she really enjoys the fact that guns and hunting contributed to my friendship with her dad.

Really sorry to read some of the other threads on this topic. Glad to hear that my experience is shared by others. I thank God for my wife regularly.
 
My Girlfriend isn't my wife YET... (I'm trying... truly I am, but she was married before, and "doesn't need a piece of paper to tell her who she loves")

But I gotta be WELL blessed, because we share a WONDERFUL partnership of equals... (and she really IS my "better" half...) she keeps me in line, while letting me keep my own identity... we build eachother up... and we work together...

All y'all who lie and cheat on your wife/girlfriend (about guns or anything else) are just LOOKING for problems...
 
You're a lucky guy. I get a roll of the eyes everytime i get a new gun.....some have it much worse. A buddy of mine used to keep his new guns at my house til the wife went out, then he'd come over and get them so he could sneak them in without her knowing. She doesn't know anything about guns, they all look the same to her so she never notices once they get inside..lol
 
I would say I am lucky as well. My wife loves to shoot and regularly adds to our collection when something strikes her eye. I got a Bushmaster because it was cute. She upgraded me last year from a Kimber Custom Classic to a Warrior because it looked better and then bought herself an XD Tactical in OD/Black. What is not to love?
 
In other words, you have a "keeper", like me. Aint it great.:)...... Oh Yea - 22 years also.

(AINT? - I know - I'm from L.A. - Lower Alabama that is.)
 
I have a winner also, going on 38 years- She doesn't shoot, and has no desire to and is no where as conservative in her views as I am but we have a good balance- She likes the idea that if I'm not home I'm either at work or the range- When a new toy comes she finds it amusing that I act like a kid at Christmas- Sometimes she will even politely ask a few questions about it and nod her head as if she really is interested while I jabber- I hit the jackpot with her, and to top it off she's also my best friend
 
She cut you off? My Ol' Lady threatened to cut me off once. I told her "You can't - you don't know where I'm gettin' it".

That one went over like a turd in a punchbowl.

Biker:uhoh:
 
I've been married since last April. Since the rings went on?

She's claimed 2 guns from me, recieved 2 as presents, and we've bought her enough that we had to get her her own safe.

Last nights video? The dillon 650 instruction manual.
Seems the the old rcbs rockchucker is "too slow" for her needs.

We even have a specific tromix siaga conversion package over at FBMG named after her.

So- It looks like we've both done well!:D
 
Shooting Joke

Best shooting/wife joke ever? (changed from golf joke)


A man was at the shooting club for his weekly round of trap.
He went through his first 100 without a miss. He took a break,
and got through 50 more straight.

As he was getting more shells, his cell phone rang. It was his doctor,
who was also a trap shooting buddy, notifying him that his wife had
just been in a terrible accident and that she was in critical condition in ICU.

The man told the doctor to inform his wife where he was and
that the he'd be there as soon as possible.

As he hung up he realized he was leaving what was shaping up
to be his best ever shoot, and decided to finish his last 50.

He ended up with 200 straight, beating his best ever by 15.

He was jubilant.... then he remembered his wife. Feeling guilty
he dashed to the hospital. He saw the doctor in the corridor
and asked about his wife's condition. The doctor glared at him
and shouted, "You went ahead and finished your trap shoot,
didn't you?" "I hope you're proud of yourself!"

"While you were out at the shooting club, your wife has been
languishing in the ICU! It's just as well you went ahead and
finished, because it will be more than likely your last for quite
some time!"

"For the rest of her life she will require 'round the clock care.
And you'll be her care giver!"

The man was feeling so guilty he broke down and sobbed.

The doctor snickered and said,



"Just screwing with you man. She's dead... What'd you shoot?"
 
My wife once told me that she'd never notice the difference if I brought home a new gun or not. I told her that that is the reason I tell her when I've got something new - that earned me a BUNCH of cool points from her.

She's claimed a few of my guns, and never complains when I get more.

I can't take her to gun shows, though, as the guns she likes and says I should get have price tags WAY too high.
 
Good for you. The gun issue only comes up in our house when wife gets mad about herself forgetting to pay a bill (she insists on being in charge of it). Then she blames my stupid hobby for taking the money away (which is impossible since I seldm spend more that $50 a month on my hobby).
 
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