How do you explain

Jim malone said:
The problem i have is that she is extremely "low maintenance". She only buys new clothes or shoes when they are realy worn, and she never spends any money on expensive stuff. She has recently bought like 10 pairs of the same cotton underwear ( different colour but with a "snoopy" on it) and i know she will carry those the next two years untill they fall apart . She does spend money, but only on our daughters. Most of her clothes are gifts from her mother or sister! If she sees something nice i always tell her "buy it", but then she tries it on and says "no it's too expensive"....
She is a women that brings her shoes to the shoemaker to get it resoled...
I don't mind , but it does give her some "guilt" power over me.
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I say just "man up". If you are spending bill money on knives that's one thing but if it is your play money then spend it how you want.
 
gundude73 said:
i just say "leave me alone it is my money" seems to work well enough
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I recently tried this, all it did was piss her right off. Left me in the doghouse for a few days.:thumbdn:

hwpaintballer said:
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.
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I later tried this approach, and emphasised the reselability (sp?) and that seems to have calmed her down a bit. Most of the time I do not tell her.
I'll never forget the time she saw the MSRP and almost had a nervous breakdown...LOL! I then showed her actual prices and she got color back in her face...:D
 
I'm the man in my house... I'll spend my money on whatever the hell I want to....


whoo... that felt good, but seriously, separate bank accounts and have the knives delivered to work. It seems to work for me. Also, long long ago I filled my knife drawer with garage sale beater knives... a ton of them. Now, when I buy a new one, I take a beater out of the drawer and it never looks like my collection is growing. Now, I don't know for sure if my wife would be upset with my knife buying habits, we've never discussed it, but I want to delay that conversation as long as I can....
 
jthomas said:
I'm the man in my house... I'll spend my money on whatever the hell I want to....


whoo... that felt good, but seriously, separate bank accounts and have the knives delivered to work. It seems to work for me. Also, long long ago I filled my knife drawer with garage sale beater knives... a ton of them. Now, when I buy a new one, I take a beater out of the drawer and it never looks like my collection is growing. Now, I don't know for sure if my wife would be upset with my knife buying habits, we've never discussed it, but I want to delay that conversation as long as I can....
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Pretty much the same here. The garage sale thing is a great idea, especially since my wife likes going garage sailing. Next time I go with her I will buy every piece of crap I see, and she won't know the difference between that and a $100 knife. :thumbup:

Besides that she doesn't know the combo to my gun safe. And she would be a lot more pissed off about the guns than the knives! :D
 
I had one who carried a CRKT KISS, and loved it despite repeatedly injuring herself. It sure showed up my only knife at the time - a nameless, fifteen dollar China-made tactical folder with a combo-edge, a thumb stud and a pocket clip. I found those features fascinating at the time. (Ahh, to be young again...)

Then there was one who eventually dumped me because (among other things) she didn't like how I was 'constantly armed.'

One who asked me a lot of questions about knives, but mostly just to be knice...

There was one who carried a small Benchmade, but owned no other knives and didn't know or care what a Benchmade was, no matter how much I tried to tell her...

One that I knew for approximately twelve hours, who gave me nothing but raised eyebrows on the matter...

Then there was one who thought it was wierd how much I liked them, but still ended up buying a few herself...and naming them...and eventually, buying a Kershaw E.T. and being so enamoured with it that one day, she sheepishly confessed 'Okay, I get it!'

I miss her...

Good times, all of 'em.
 
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My wife is great. She only asked that I tell before buying something. We discuss it and 9 times out of 10 she convinces me to save the money and get something better. I am not good with money and she is so it works out well. She sees why knives,guns,gear,etc are important to have. If your spouse sees teh reason why another item is useful then it helps out a ton.
 
My gf used to give me crazed looks as I spent Bills on knives, but she sees that I have the money and I spend appropriately. As in I don't have any liabilities and while spending cash [sometimes hefty amounts] on knives, I am still saving money and spending money on her. lol

Be sure to have a share for your S.O.! They don't want to be 2nd to your knives, but they don't necessarily require more money, rather attention.

As many said already, our knives are typically very liquid. Were just trading our cash for "investments".
 
Well...I'm the man of this house and I DO AS I PLEA....What the hell is she doing up at this hour...gotta go...
 
Well, I'm taking this discussion too serious, I know, but for me it's much better to communicate my knives and other hobby items purchases to her than trying to hide it, have it sent to work or whatever. We travel, hike, backpack and camp together, so if I want to take the knife with me, she will know it anyway, sooner or later. And she's not dumb, she remembers what I buy and carry.
Not to be misunderstood, I love her and we have a wonderful relationship, also because of the open communication between us. Some things are harder to discuss, but so far it's paid us off to make that effort instead of hiding the issue. I just decsribed my situation relating to the topic, I'm not complaining at all.
 
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Jim malone said:
The only reply i really have is that i don't spend my money on Beer and prostitutes yet but that i am still keeping that as an option

I bought her a nice Pink Spyderco Native for Valentines day (and flowers).
She and my daughters showed it to her brothers and sisters, and her mom and dad on a family dinner.
They all looked at me like i was a psycho and questioned my sanity.
A few days ago i found her knife under the passenger seat on the floor of my car!
No i am carrying a pink Spyderco Native around, just because i know she will notice that i am carrying her knife with me, and that i know she lost it!
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haha you should have seen my parents (more so my mother) when they saw my zippo, they freaked out thinking I had taken up smoking or something, then we had a talk about pot, then it somehow got onto std's :confused: - i was like wtf mum? Of course they don't really care anymore, not that know of my latest knife purchase.
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and I know its my mum and not my SO, coz I don't have a SO
 
My old lady earns a whole lot more than me and as a professional accountant she handles the family budget. As long as I set aside enough for bills and our joint savings account she does not mind me spending on my knives and fishing tackle. She actually prefers me buying knives rather than tackle as more tackle means more time spent away from home and knives definitely hold their value a lot better than tackle.
 
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I don't see how it's any ones business but your own. If you're spending your kids college fund, can't pay bills or feed your family then it's worth asking about.

The bottom line for me is the fact that I don't spend all day at work making my money to have anyone tell me how to spend it.
 
Mc_Graber said:
Well, I'm taking this discussion too serious, I know, but for me it's much better to communicate my knives and other hobby items purchases to her than trying to hide it, have it sent to work or whatever. We travel, hike, backpack and camp together, so if I want to take the knife with me, she will know it anyway, sooner or later. And she's not dumb, she remembers what I buy and carry.
Not to be misunderstood, I love her and we have a wonderful relationship, also because of the open communication between us. Some things are harder to discuss, but so far it's paid us off to make that effort instead of hiding the issue. I just decsribed my situation relating to the topic, I'm not complaining at all.
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You've got to be a newlywed.....











(I'm just kidding... couldn't resist :D )
 
jthomas said:
You've got to be a newlywed.....
(I'm just kidding... couldn't resist :D )
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No problem :) We're not married yet, but as I stated before, we give our money into one pile, in most cases it works great (when obtaining a loan, for example). And though not married, we've been living together for almost 8 years now...
 
"How do you guys explain the knives you buy to your S.O.?"


Divorced her, now I only have to explain it to the cat, and the cat doesn't mind me buying knives at all!:)
 
This thread is great dudes :)
Just define the boundaries of the crap you are willing to take early on in a relationship (say after 1 hour), it helps :D My girlfriend does not tell me where I spend my money on, but I did have to spend loads of money on her to get her that far hehe

Sure she gets worried about me spending to much sometimes, but she knows I'll buy it anyway and I do let her have her fun. And I try to get my kids hooked up on this knife thing too, so it's 4 against 1:o

One line I read here really cracked me up, some guy has a footer saying something like "my biggest fear is that when I die my wife will sell my knives for what I told here they are worth" :cool:
That's so funny :D:D I can relate...
 
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