How do you explain

I'd just tell her knives are like purses or shoes for guys, yeah we may not need that many, but they all come in handy, they all have their own use, and if times get tough then you can resell them.
 
Well I usually tell her I won them on line,

I won the RC 3 in a outdoor essay contest
I won my Asolo boots the same way

She bought it hook, line and sinker. lol

But you should only win 1-2 contest a year otherwise she may catch on.
 
gundude73 said:
i just say "leave me alone it is my money" seems to work well enough
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OH GD, you just sooooo don't understand yet.:D

I just hide it all from her. Every jacket in my closet has really cool crap in the pockets.;)

Or I tell her I found it on the street but when I bent over to pick it up, $100 must have fallen off of my debit card....damndest thing.

Or I hide it in her closet and pretend to find it and I say "Oh my God, how did you know I wanted this knife?...... Wow, thanks so much, it's perfect!"
She just assumes that she bought it awhile ago and forgot about it.
 
shotgunner11 said:
OH GD, you just sooooo don't understand yet.:D

I just hide it all from her. Every jacket in my closet has really cool crap in the pockets.;)

Or I tell her I found it on the street but when I bent over to pick it up, $100 must have fallen off of my debit card....damndest thing.

Or I hide it in her closet and pretend to find it and I say "Oh my God, how did you know I wanted this knife?...... Wow, thanks so much, it's perfect!"
She just assumes that she bought it awhile ago and forgot about it.
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well that sounds like it would work, but i like my way too. just a bit more direct :D
 
shotgunner11 said:
OH GD, you just sooooo don't understand yet.:D

I just hide it all from her. Every jacket in my closet has really cool crap in the pockets.;)

Or I tell her I found it on the street but when I bent over to pick it up, $100 must have fallen off of my debit card....damndest thing.

Or I hide it in her closet and pretend to find it and I say "Oh my God, how did you know I wanted this knife?...... Wow, thanks so much, it's perfect!"
She just assumes that she bought it awhile ago and forgot about it.
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Wait, won't she eventually read this post? :eek:
 
tell her it's a necessary component to your bugout bag and is beneficial to your family's survival in the event of a natural disaster.
 
shotgunner11 said:
OH GD, you just sooooo don't understand yet.:D

I just hide it all from her. Every jacket in my closet has really cool crap in the pockets.;)

Or I tell her I found it on the street but when I bent over to pick it up, $100 must have fallen off of my debit card....damndest thing.

Or I hide it in her closet and pretend to find it and I say "Oh my God, how did you know I wanted this knife?...... Wow, thanks so much, it's perfect!"
She just assumes that she bought it awhile ago and forgot about it.
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except she rolls here too!!! ha yr busted shotty!:p
 
my girl was concerned about my new addiction. then i bought her an izula. which she now carries every day. she's not so concerned anymore.
 
You guys are hilarious! Hiding knives, saying you found them or won them, LOL! C'mon, women aren't THAT scary... or maybe I'm just young and optimistic :p

When my girlfriend gives me a hard time for spending so much money on knives, I just explain that it's a hobby, and like any hobby, it costs money - my money! And having a hobby is a good thing! Collecting knives and other survival gear, then getting out in the wild and using it to do some camping is a GOOD thing. It makes you more interesting; gives you something to talk about. Much better than sitting around watching TV all afternoon and getting fat, like I see so many of my friends doing these days.

People with passions and hobbies are always much more fun to be around, too. Compare the guy with a closet full of knives or guns or tools or... whatever his poison might be, with the guy who does the whole "nine to five to couch to bed, repeat five days a week" thing. Who's got cooler stories!? I don't really care about who got hammered at the bar on Saturday, I want to hear about some REAL adventures! :thumbup:
 
NothingCoherent said:
You guys are hilarious! Hiding knives, saying you found them or won them, LOL! C'mon, women aren't THAT scary... or maybe I'm just young and optimistic :p

When my girlfriend gives me a hard time for spending so much money on knives, I just explain that it's a hobby, and like any hobby, it costs money - my money! And having a hobby is a good thing! Collecting knives and other survival gear, then getting out in the wild and using it to do some camping is a GOOD thing. It makes you more interesting; gives you something to talk about. Much better than sitting around watching TV all afternoon and getting fat, like I see so many of my friends doing these days.

People with passions and hobbies are always much more fun to be around, too. Compare the guy with a closet full of knives or guns or tools or... whatever his poison might be, with the guy who does the whole "nine to five to couch to bed, repeat five days a week" thing. Who's got cooler stories!? I don't really care about who got hammered at the bar on Saturday, I want to hear about some REAL adventures! :thumbup:
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Isn't that what prisons are for? :D
 
NothingCoherent said:
You guys are hilarious! Hiding knives, saying you found them or won them, LOL! C'mon, women aren't THAT scary... or maybe I'm just young and optimistic :p

When my girlfriend gives me a hard time for spending so much money on knives, I just explain that it's a hobby, and like any hobby, it costs money - my money! And having a hobby is a good thing! Collecting knives and other survival gear, then getting out in the wild and using it to do some camping is a GOOD thing. It makes you more interesting; gives you something to talk about. Much better than sitting around watching TV all afternoon and getting fat, like I see so many of my friends doing these days.

People with passions and hobbies are always much more fun to be around, too. Compare the guy with a closet full of knives or guns or tools or... whatever his poison might be, with the guy who does the whole "nine to five to couch to bed, repeat five days a week" thing. Who's got cooler stories!? I don't really care about who got hammered at the bar on Saturday, I want to hear about some REAL adventures! :thumbup:
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i think it all comes down to the fact that when you're living with someone it comes down to shared expenses and when they see you spending a lot of money on a certain thing, time and time again, they tend to get a little concerned.
 
Simple.

The wife says, "How in the hell can your brain justify spending as much as you do on knives?"

To which I reply...

"How's a rainbow made? why's the sky blue? how does a posi-track rear end on a plymouth work?... It just does."
 
I guess I just got lucky. Mine likes to spend money on the kids and I like to spend money on me. Every once in a while she tells me I'm selfish but I can live with that.
 
Deerhunter2010 said:
Well I usually tell her I won them on line,

I won the RC 3 in a outdoor essay contest
I won my Asolo boots the same way

She bought it hook, line and sinker. lol

But you should only win 1-2 contest a year otherwise she may catch on.
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This sounds like something I read on another forum. The poster was buying a bicycle for a few thousand dollars (I can't remember the exact amount) and it was so expensive that his wife would freak about that much money spent on a bike. So he bought it on layby and paid what he could each week until he had paid for the whole thing. Then he gets the sales person to ring his home:
"hello, is Bob there?" (or whatever his name was)
"No, sorry - this is his wife, what is this about"
"Well, he entered a competition last month here at the bike shop and we have just drawn out his name - he has won a brand new really expensive bicycle!"
"Wow, I'll let him know when he gets home!"

I presume she never read that forum - as far as I know he got away with it.
 
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