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I'm just minding my own business on the living room floor trying to re-arrange my PSK and EDC bag contents. I have everything nicely laid out on the living room floor and notice the surgical tape is running low on the FAK and could use some less roughened up gauze packages. I run upstairs to the big first aid kit to get the supplies. Come back downstairs and then it happened.
My wife has her PSK all laid out. I'm noticing there are quite a few things that used to be in "my area" that are now in her area. Even worse, she has my RC-4 out the sheath and in her hand commenting - "...this knife fits me really great." Great, just great. Its not like she didn't just pluck the Izula away from me not a couple of weeks ago. She sort of smirks and says..."Okay - you can EDC my RC-4, but when we go bushwacking, my RC-4 is going on "my" belt. Just like that it is gone. There wasn't even an acknowledgment about the little SAK camper model that went from my pile to her pile. Thankfully I keep my alox SAKs hidden from her.
So lessons learned. 1) I need a shop. The kind of place where a guys stuff is his stuff. 2) My wife has a kick ass PSK and I can't figure out why she keeps bugging me to use all my kit contents when we are out and about. 3) I'm crossing my fingers that her opinion that the RC-6 is just too big of a knife stays a constant in her mind. 4) SAKs are useful but cheap little tools and it is best not to sweat their losses. 5) I did get a little bit of revenge - I stole her chapstick and a tampon
--- hey the chapstick can make good PJCBY out of a piece of cotton shirt or socks and those tampons have some uses, apart from the intended ones!
My wife has her PSK all laid out. I'm noticing there are quite a few things that used to be in "my area" that are now in her area. Even worse, she has my RC-4 out the sheath and in her hand commenting - "...this knife fits me really great." Great, just great. Its not like she didn't just pluck the Izula away from me not a couple of weeks ago. She sort of smirks and says..."Okay - you can EDC my RC-4, but when we go bushwacking, my RC-4 is going on "my" belt. Just like that it is gone. There wasn't even an acknowledgment about the little SAK camper model that went from my pile to her pile. Thankfully I keep my alox SAKs hidden from her.
So lessons learned. 1) I need a shop. The kind of place where a guys stuff is his stuff. 2) My wife has a kick ass PSK and I can't figure out why she keeps bugging me to use all my kit contents when we are out and about. 3) I'm crossing my fingers that her opinion that the RC-6 is just too big of a knife stays a constant in her mind. 4) SAKs are useful but cheap little tools and it is best not to sweat their losses. 5) I did get a little bit of revenge - I stole her chapstick and a tampon
