Sneak Em Past the Wife

Peter Atwood

Peter Atwood

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She knows I have knives. I have shown her the Sebenza, the Sere, the LCC, the Koval 605 kit, Delica, etc. But I can't quite bring myself to show her the Umfaan or the Mad Max that's on its way or the Rob Davidson custom. Or the half dozen, Benchmades, Dieter CQD....you get the picture.

So tell me, how many of you out there have to sneak em past the Wife? Come on, fess up.



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Peter Atwood

email: fountainman@hotmail.com
 
Well, put it this way, I did show her the 2 CRKT Mirages that I just picked up @ $12 for the pair and an Apache II for $13. Funny thing is, the Apache is easily confused in her eye with a MT mini-SOCOM or a BM mini-AFCK
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Seriously, I show her the knives if she shows interest in one. She doesn't ask prices though and I don't tell. Unless they are really cheap (like the CRKT's) and then I make it a point to
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I don't usually rush right out and show her because she does not appreciate them or know the difference. Also this helps when I really need cash for one she does not realize just how many I have gotten recently.
My daughter on the other hand notices everyone immediately. This is really cool especially since she knows not to tell mom when she finds one
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At least someone else in the house enjoys them.

Life is good...........

Greg

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Always do right....this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain
 
guess i'm fortunate.she nevers asks prices, i rarely offer. she has always been good about that. same with guns, and i used to be HEAVY into HK's.she has her horses and great danes...now if i could get her used to that dang human skull. admittedly, i went around her on that one. i think that bothered her more than anything. that and the fact it was some guys head
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a cat almost always blinks when hit in the head with a ball-peen hammer, if he sees it coming, that is.
Cats, The Other White Meat.{courtesy of VG}
life's tough, get a helmet.
A few of my Knives
russ aka BladeZealot
 
Sneak them past my wife? Not a chance. She's my partner, not my mother. She has her hobbies, I have mine. She's not into knives, though she's had a Polkowski neck knife for years, never wears it. If I had to hide things from her, what kind of relationship is that? Not knocking anybody else's way, but open and honest has been working for us for over 22 years now.

Dave
Edit: Oh yeah, my 2 sons know every one of them since they think they'll be their when I kick the bucket. They've started putting in their orders already.Didn't you get that Loveless yet,Dad? Geesh, I'm only 44, where do they think I'm going?
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[This message has been edited by lifter4Him@aol.com (edited 03-19-2001).]
 
did i detect a little indignation at the inference that you would "sneak" something past your spouse??failed that correspondence course in "tact 101" hunh, dave?it's been 17 years for us
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actually, i have a friend or two in that type of situation.different strokes.
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a cat almost always blinks when hit in the head with a ball-peen hammer, if he sees it coming, that is.
Cats, The Other White Meat.{courtesy of VG}
life's tough, get a helmet.
A few of my Knives
russ aka BladeZealot

[This message has been edited by russ (edited 03-19-2001).]
 
There was a great article in one of the knife magazines a year or two ago (don't remember which one) about a guy whose wife was a real b*%$% and not at all supportive of her husband's hobbies or anything else he did. When he died, he left an old car in the garage that he had been lovingly restoring and working on for years. The wife disdainfully called a couple of his friends and asked them to "haul away the piece of junk." When the friends got the car, they discovered a suitcase in the trunk with a valuable knife collection. They decided to sell the collection and donate the money to his favorite charity.
 
My wife is a national field manager for a company that does printer demos in computer stores. Often when she can't cover a store in Colorado for a day she begs me to do it for her. Since we don't need the pay for doing the demos I feel free to spend some of it on knives. My wife never complains. It even eases my conscience.
 
Mr. lifter4Him@aol.com has spoken very wisely. In a world that's full of deception and dishonesty, your spouse needs to be able to trust you. If you're dishonest with your spouse in this matter, then how can your spouse trust you in other matters too? Would you like to spend the rest of your life with someone you can't trust?


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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
http://www.balisongcollector.com
 
RH, crkt on sale at Smokey Mountain.Always open and honest with my wife,can't get in trouble that way.
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Really, if I go to a strip joint I tell her,when I joke around at work guys will say I'm going to tell your wife I hand them the phone and tell them the number.You get in more trouble for lying, than the act it self.I thought we learned that back when we were 8.
 
I try to but it is hard to sneak anything past her when most dealers send the knives via UPS. That big brown truck is not exactly a stealthmobile.
 
BTW, I'm accepting ideas on how to sneak my 2001 wood inlay small Sebenza past her next year.
 
No need to sneak. No need to hide prices. Guess I'm lucky: my wife may have no interest in knives, but she is interested in seeing me happy.

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Dave

Let no one ever from henceforth say one word in any way countenancing war. It is dangerous even to speak of how here and there the individual may gain some hardship of soul by it. For war is hell, and those who institute it are criminals. Siegfried Loraine Sassoon
 
Same here, Dsvirsky, for the most part. Occasionally, a nice David Yurman necklace or ring or a Swiss watch helps soften the blow too
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How are you enjoying Roanoke? Drop me an email sometime.

Professor.
 
When we first got together my wife went and complained to her mother about my knife "investments"; her mother promptly suggested that it was far better to have him collect knives then blonds, brunetts, and readheads. The wife has never again commented on my knife collecting.

Everybody needs a good hobby.
 
My wife and I have a "don't ask' don't tell" policy when it comes to spending. We keep seperate checking accounts and divide up the monthly bills/expenses. What we do with the disposable part of our income is up to each of us. This is a system we devised after the first 18 years of marriage, 4 years ago. The only down side to it is that we run out of things to argue about
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David

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Wow David,
I thought my wife and I were the only ones that do it that way. We have seperate accounts and divide up the joint bills. Been doing it for 13 years and it works pretty well. It seemed a little weird at first but now its great!!
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She doesn't ask about my guns and knives, and I don'task about her clothes and makeup!

Peace and harmony!
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