Your guns & hiding them from the Mrs.

[michiganfan]

wife and I have had seperate accounts for 24 years. there is never any money that goes from hers to me but a lot goes from me to her. She never complains when I buy a gun thopugh I dont think she knows how many I have accumulated. if she were to ask I woulsdtell but she has never posed such a direct question.

 

[10-Ring]

I use to...from the idea that it was easier to ask for forgiveness vs. ask for permission. But if/when it hits the fan....not fun

 

[2TransAms]

Honesty is the way to go. On the other hand I don't have to fib or sneak guns in the house at 3 am because she doesn't care what I buy, nor do I care what she buys, as long as we have the cash for it. Credit cards=the devil. I was going to not tell her about the Dan Wesson CBOB I ordered but I felt bad about it and told her. "As long as you can pay for it," she said. I love my little Texas girl.

 

[Onmilo]

If you have to lie about or hide anything from the Mrs. then it is time for a new wife.
I may not always elaborate but I don't hide anything from mine either.

 

[rxraptor02]

I don't have a Mrs. yet, However I do have a g/f of a few years so i think of her as the Mrs.

I have been payin all the household bills for a while now.

She thinks we need to budget all of our money. She created a gun budget for me. I am just waiting to get my cpl to go on a spending spree.

 

[Texfire]

Okay I apologize in advance, but I just couldn't resist...

Fun2Shoot, Right now your wife is on a jewelry forum asking the very same question.

I can't tell an opel from a pearl! I think I'm in deep trouble.

An opel was a car imported by Buick from 1958 through 1975...

And a pearl is the product of a really irritated mullosk...

Any other questions?

Tex

 

[.41Dave]

+1 for honesty if you want a long and happy marriage. Is it really worth the hurt feelings over the violation of trust if/when your wife finds out? Also, your son is learning that lying to mom is cool, which isn't so cool.

 

[Rembrandt]

My brother ordered gun safe and tried to hide it from his wife....paid cash and thought there would be no paper trail. Had it shipped to his work location, but his secretary mistakenly called the house to announce the safe had arrived....oooppps! Safe ended up costing him about $20,000 after he factored in the new kitchen and appliances extorted from his hide. Still married after 30 years.

 

[Patriot-Brewer]

Be honest, it's easy.

Valentines Day.....jewelery for her, gift cert for me
Anniversary.........jewelery for her, gift cert for me
B day.................jewelery for her, gift cert for me
Christmas...........jewelery for her, gift cert for me
5th Anniversary...HI DOLLAR jewelery for her, 1/2-2/3 her cost for me
10yr Anniversary..same as above

Always buy something nice and special for her first, then spend 1/2 to 2/3 of what you spent on her on yourself. It works and she's happy. How do you think I'm getting an LRB M14 this year?

 

[Agent 006 &7/8]

Hide my new gun purchase from my wife?!? Yer durn tootin'!!

If I don't she might just decide that she likes HER new gun and the only time I get to handle it is when I get to clean HER guns. Heck, she walked off with my brand new Kimber last month admiring HER new 45. :banghead:

And then she has the poor manners to out shoot me with it! Sheesh!!!

 

[Pramunitus]

Last year:

Her birthday-- a Taurus 94B4
My birthday-- a very nice diamond necklace and ring set

She lets me shoot her gun. I let her wear my diamonds.

When she asks me how much I paid for a gun, I tell her my greatest fear is that, when I die, she'll sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them. It makes her laugh and forget the question.

 

[sansone]

I just bought a new deer rifle the wife doesn't know about yet. I'm waiting for a good time to inform her

 

[KINGMAX]

I too old to hide anything

Hey - I'm too old to be hiding anything from my wife. Married men remember -the wife already knows when you do the deed, no need to hide it.

You newly married or single guys I will give you this advice:
1). Set the standard from the outset. (let 'em know who is boss)
2). Tell your story ONCE !
3). Answer no incriminatiny question.
4). Issue counter accusations immediately.
5). Tell know one where you got this advice

 

[glockman19]

As long as I spend equal amount on her she's fine with it. The problem I have is I need a bigger gun safe. how do I get that one past her?

 

[sansone]

tell her she can put YOU in the safe when you misbehave

 

[Fun2Shoot]

Texfire - Thanks for the education

An opel was a car imported by Buick from 1958 through 1975...

And a pearl is the product of a really irritated mullosk...

Now I know! I just found a string of pearls in my wife's Opel!

 

[mmissile]

It's silly to hide anything from a spouse. They'll always find out. How many times have ya slipped?? I show off all the cool stuff I've purchased, and shown her what a thrifty shopper I am.

 

[Fun2Shoot]

Is it really worth the hurt feelings over the violation of trust if/when your wife finds out? Also, your son is learning that lying to mom is cool, which isn't so cool.

Lighten up Dr. Phil My whole family is in on the joke. This topic was meant to show the lighter side of husband/hobby/wife relationships.

Me, the son and wife all know that Dad buys guns and that the wife knows full well and just plays along. This was meant to be fun post topic, not some grounds to be condemed about. Shesh :banghead:

 

[sansone]

I'm enjoying the thread... you go with it

 

[bikerbill]

Happy wife, happy life ...

I don't have to hide my guns from my wife, a wonderful, understanding (liberal Democrat) woman .. in fact, she got a nice bonus at work and gave me $500 to spend as I wanted -- she knew that meant gun stuff ... I got a Surefire 9p and a S&W .22 auto, along with a speedloader for my 686plus and a bunch of ammo ... I have six handguns in my collection now, and while she's not a gun person, she understands -- and goes out and buys a few new pairs of shoes.

 

[sansone]

now that's a good wife

 

[gpr]

i think i am safe for a while....i would have a hard time justifying a larger safe....gpr

 

[44AMP]

I (nearly) always ask

And she (nearly) always says ok. There have only been a couple of exceptions in over 30 years. One time about 20 some odd years ago I put a gun on lay-away whithout asking her. She got ticked because, at the time, we were saving for a cross country trip. So she considered the expense unjustified. The other time was a couple of years ago, at a gun show. I was looking at a particular Remington, the purchase of which would have depleted our available funds drastically (for the next week), and she looked at it and said,
"Don't you have one of those?"
Honesty compelled me to answer,
"Ummm, three." (actually 5, but only 3 in that caliber)
Her response;
"Uh-huh", and walked away.
Knowing it would be trouble in the long run, I passed on the gun.

Other than that, she has been most reasonable. At least as far as guns are concerned.

 

[David904]

I tell my wife about my gun purchases. No need or desire to hide them from her as I like to show them off. As long as I don't go off the deep end ( read that as buy as much as I would like) we're cool.

I don't go buying a whole lot, so it isn't that bad. I buy few guns and lots of ammo. I'd rather shoot what I have well and get to go hang out with the guys at the range on plate-shooting nights.

 

[Billy_H]

My wife and I have a system worked out....we alternate purchases. The last one was her Remington 700 in 300 WinMag, so I'm next. I just have to narrow it down to what I want.