Gotta' disagree with you guys. If you start having your knives delivered to work, or to a friends house, next thing you're going to be hiding your collection in the trunk of your car, so that she won't know how many knives you own. I refer you to the thread "What About Bob" @
http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000707.html
Changing wives isn't too practical either. What if your wife gets custody of the knives in the divorce settlement? Not to mention, a good divorce lawyer costs more than a basket of Sebenzas.
Buy your wife a very nice knife? It may have worked for Dr. Lathe, but for most of us, good ******* luck.
No, my suggestion is to examine her spending habits. Figure out what she spends money on that can't be considered a household expense. Does your wife collect something? Subscribe to dozens of magazines? Own thousands of pairs of shoes? Then, keep your knife spending below her spending level. When she brings up the subject of your newest knife, remind her (gently) that you spend
less money on yourself than she spends on herself.
Of course, this is easy for me to say. My wife doesn't ask how much I spend on knives, nor complain about the ever increasing numbers of them; she knows I'm way too frugal/practical (OK, uptight about money) to spend more than we can afford. She also knows, without having to ask, that I spend much less on myself than she spends on herself.
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Dave
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of More Knives
[This message has been edited by dsvirsky (edited 01-15-2000).]
