Perspective...Humph!

Eli Chaps

Eli Chaps

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I recently posted about getting myself a Case Tribal Lock for my birthday. This was of course with the permission and encouragement of my wife. Unless I show her a specific knife (and usually a link) she often prefers to just let me do the buying.

Well, it was her birthday a couple days ago. No, I didn't get her another knife, yet. She's largely a simple girl but she does indulge in a particular, spendy perfume. She uses it sparingly and I only get her one or two bottles of it a year. And, as she had been informing me in the weeks leading up to her birthday that her current bottle was nearly empty, I got her some for her present.

Buying decent quality perfume is a rather bizarre experience for a beer-bellied old man. Or so I've heard. :) It's like buying cocaine off the shelves. The bottles don't have sticker prices on them, just tags underneath with the price per once. Fortunately, I didn't need to test the bajillion offerings as I long ago landed on this one and she loves it.

Anyway, she was very happy and with a sly smirk, I said, "Yeah and that perfume cost a lot more than my knife!"

To which she promptly pointed to the line of mostly Case knives on the table next to my chair and replied, "Did it cost more than all of those?"

Humph!

:D

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I usually refrain from talking about my knives or the number of small packages that arrive in the mailbox each week.

I usually change to subject to what she needs to buy at Target/Ulta/Whole Foods or to have her explain again how she wants me to renovate the master bathroom.

Shes on to me....but she has the decency to not call me out on it.
 
I simply stopped asking how much my wife spends on hair, makeup, nails, clothes et. al. She doesn’t ask about my knives either, but when she raises a (micro-bladed) eyebrow at the quickness I’ve acquired GEC’s, I know it’s time to curtail the spending a bit. That said, I bought yet another this morning so I better move a few this week to offset that judgmental look.
 
Eli Chaps said:
Anyway, she was very happy and with a sly smirk, I said, "Yeah and that perfume cost a lot more than my knife!"

To which she promptly pointed to the line of mostly Case knives on the table next to my chair and replied
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Correct (although not exactly a PC answer, and would likely make you unhappy if uttered):
"Noo ... but they cost less than all the shoes you've got in the closet ..."
 
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