My Wife Doesn't Understand Me

[aufevermike]

well, i have known my gf for 14 years... and you had better bet i am working on getting her to marry me, for she makes me VERY happy...

and if marrying her makes her let me do things to make her happy, and adding to my firearms collection falls back a little, the GOOD...

she makes me so happy, just being there, that if i NEVER got another new (to me) gun, but i got to go to sleep and wake up seeing that face, it'd be worth it...

Did she say yes yet? I bet you are going to show this thread to her just to show her you lover her and hope that she will say yes.......lol just kidding
Check back with us in about 5 years, ok?

I will ususally buy one and she is none the wiser if the shop calls to say you can pick up your gun now. I just tell here there was something wrong with it and it is ready. Or if I pick it up right then and there then I still use the same excuse. She doesn't even know what a "lever action" is but she can still out pistol shoot me........ go figure.........

 

[Hemicuda]

she wants to take things really slow... so i am... she has been hurt REALLY badly in the past... so slow it is... but i am working on her...

 

[HerrWolfe]

Change your name to Luke....then it will not be a problem.
Use the Force Luke. Use the Force

 

[mbt2001]

I bought a holster from El Paso Saddlery and it came in, my wife peaked in the open box and said, "Wow that is pretty... What did it cost?"

I told her and she gave me that look. So I casually walked over to her new purse and picked it up and said, Gee this is pretty and for only $400.00.... That was the last time I heard anything about buying guns and related gear. When you tally it up, she spends like 3 times I do.

THE OTHER OPTION and I imagine it works... Start making threatining calls to her cell phone with a voice changer and a call blocker... Then start saying that you saw someone in the back yard, set the alarm off in the middle of the night and do other things that generally denote enemy action... DO NOT GET CAUGHT. She will be pretty freaked, but you have guns and everything will be ok....

 

[danurve]

My wife has 33 pairs of shoes, sneakers, boots ect...ect...

Her reasoning is she has two feet.

The last time we had the "One more gun" talk, I said, "Don't I have two hands ?"

Browning BPS 10 gage now in safe !

You beat me to the shoe counter-reasoning.

One could always take the wife / significant other to the range a few times. And then later at a relevant time say "Well I don't wear your shoes now do I"?

 

[sturmruger]

Wayne I have a simple solution to your problem. Why don't you tell us how many guns you have and how old you are then we can tell you if you have too many or not.

My goal is to get a head of my age. I am 28 and have 21 guns so I should catch up in a year or two. I usually buy 2-3 per year when everything is going well.

 

[SLCDave]

The best way to throw them off your trail is to sell one occasionally, and make sure they notice that you are selling it. You have to play a little 3 Card Monty with the collection.

I don't have a large collection, but there was a time when my wife could name every gun I had. Now, I could be hiding a Victoria's Secret model in the safe and she wouldn't know it.

 

[hso]

Now, I could be hiding a Victoria's Secret model in the safe and she wouldn't know it.

Ohhhh, she'd know.

BTW - for you guys that actually lie to your wife, you might wanna think about what she lies to you about

 

[ambush]

The best way to throw them off your trail is to sell one occasionally, and make sure they notice that you are selling it. You have to play a little 3 Card Monty with the collection.

My method exactly....works like a charm. Actually, I just got a call from my dealer about an hour ago. My new gun is in Gotaa go to the safe and pick out my next "trade-in"

 

[scout26]

I don't look in her purse, she doesn't look in my gun safe.

Originally Posted by SLCDave
Now, I could be hiding a Victoria's Secret model in the safe and she wouldn't know it.

Which safe manufacturer offers that option, as I'm going to be looking to upgrade my (nearly full) safe.

 

[AirForceShooter]

when I got married almost 37 years ago I had 2 things: a few guns and some underware. I had an AWOL bag and not a single gun case.
I'm dead serious.
I was straight out of the USAF and heading to college. Yeah, her Dad was real happy (not). She told me (a) I could keep the guns, (b) throw out the underware and lets go shopping for some clothes.

She knew then guns were an important thiing in my life.

She's never changed. She buys clothes I buy guns. Seems to work for us.
I never told her she has too many of anything and she never asks what I spent.

AFS

 

[swampdog]

BTW - for you guys that actually lie to your wife, you might wanna think about what she lies to you about

Boy you sure nailed it there. Treachery and deceit, everyone gets to play.

"TANSTAAFL" I like it and I read the book. One of his best in my opinion.
It's something I've tried to explain to my children and younger employees
for a long time now. A lied to wife can also be a "harsh mistress"

 

[Dave R]

My wife understands me...

She knows I don't "need" any more guns. She knows I enjoy them. She understands that each has a purpose. In some cases, the purpose is solely for fun. She's kinda glad that I can shoot well. She appreciates that I can protect the family better, if, God forbid, necessary. She understands that if TSHTF, we'll be better off that folks with no guns. She's not a "gunny" herself, but doesn't mind that I am. We have an understanding.

 

[Phaetos]

Sometimes I think I got jipped in the wife category, but then again I am also much richer than the rest of you. See, my wife cares for neither shoes, purses, tons of clothing, etc. She just doesn't care how many pairs of shoes she has, or whether she has a purse to match every shirt. More money for me But that also means all of these wonderful arguements about two hands, needing as many guns as she has shoes, etc are completely meaningless and lost on my dear wife. My only answer to "one more?" is ... Armageddon.... or some nonesense I bring up every time I can think of when society went completely ape???? and it was time to bunker down. Then I find a good gun movie that makes my point I am so evil

 

[pete f]

My wife has a weakness for sweaters, for what she spent on three cashmere sweaters last month I could buy a gun a week for quite a while. but she says "They came out of MY checkbook, Not OUR checkbook....." and then she said the kids would not be home for two hours, so who was i to complain.

 

[sturmruger]

Pete F my wife has the same afliction!! I have no idea one women could own so many sweaters. Whenever she goes to the mall I always warn her about buying sweaters mostly in jest she still buys them.

 

[SLCDave]

Ohhhh, she'd know.

BTW - for you guys that actually lie to your wife, you might wanna think about what she lies to you about

I never said I lied to my wife. She just stopped keeping track once I started selling some off and swapping them around a bit. I sold one gun and found a killer deal on 3 shotguns, turning one gun into three. One of those shotguns was sold to buy another gun, another was just sold to fund another gun purchase, and so on. As long as there aren't any large and unexpected charges on the credit card from FBMG or Sportsman's Warehouse, she will continue to not care too much about my gun collection.

My wife has plenty of money consuming hobbies of her own, but I don't keep close attention to everything she buys either, so long as the purchases aren't financially crippling.

Oh, and I said I "could" keep a model in my gun safe, to illustrate how little care or concern my wife has these days about what's in there, not because I cheat on my wife. Some people take things a bit too literally.

 

[rageofangels]

Remind me why I want to get married again.

 

[bigray327]

My wife and I had the following conversation the other day...

Me: I just bought some new magazines on the internet. I rule.
Her: Cool, whatcha get?! Maxim? Playboy?
Me: Dammit, woman, I said I bought magazines.
Her: [blank stare]
Me: The things that feed rounds into gun chambers?
Her: [sigh] I thought you said you rule.
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That sums it up nicely.

 

[HerrWolfe]

All these comments about girlfriends understanding a guys needs for guns...
Wonder how many....oh boy, is he going to pay for that remark later....they have bottled up waiting for the end of the ceremony. Stay awake guys...

Had one previous girlfriend who was a shootist....and she could do it better than I. A previous wife would be as happy as I with a new gun. Gee...can't remember anything else very good though.....

 

[asknight]

Bah. My woman understands my needs.

How else do you explain receiving a S&W 67-1 in excellent condition for Valentine's Day from her?

 

[RaetherEnt]

My wife is back and forth for the most part. Once in a while I get the "How many" question, and then she turns around and gets me a SOCOM II for Christmas...Gotta love her!

 

[Barbara]

1) women are ruled by hormones. 2) women are ruled by emotion. 3) women do not want the man they are with to have an activity the man enjoys. 4) women act as though only they have the final answer/ and try to control everything through various insane tactics. 5) women are usually unhappy with themselves and their lot in life and blame the man for their unhappiness.6) women go through life with a chip on their shoulder, again blaming others for their unbalanced thinking.

Men are morons.

Eh, ok, I'm extrapolating.

Anyway, its easier to buy my own guns, and my own whatever else it is that I want and can afford, than to have to ask permission from anyone. That being said, I'd never lie about something like that to a spouse. If you lie about something relatively inconsequential like a hobby, goodness knows you'll lie about anything.

 

[Barbara]

(P.S. You can easily overcome any guilt you feel for buying them by getting them for your kids. I'm just sayin'.)