Trying to Get Your Significant Other to Understand Your Knife Habit

stevejams said:
This is a great post. My girl is cool and understanding of the fact that i really enjoy knives, and doesn’t bust my chops about spending a decent chunk of change on a knife. However, she definitely doesn’t get it at all. I don’t think she ever will. But I’ll never understand her spending a decent chunk of change on a purse or makeup or things I’m not interested in. Tomatos tamatos!
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And lets not forget those ugly boots they love so much.I think they are called Uggs or something? I just tell her how good they look as she slips and slides and falls on the frozen driveway LOL! Whats that saying ( Fashion Hurts)
 
jceckrosh said:
I'm in the knife price zone now where I don't dare tell my wife what I want next or am hunting for - no way I want her thinking she is gonna be sweet and get it for me and finding out what it costs.
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Oh I totally understand you there. I was speaking directly with Olamic about having a custom Wayfarer done, and I know she would just freak if she knew I was willing to spend that kind of money on a knife. That's probably a bit safer though!
 
Night Rider said:
Pick your wife up a cute little pink or pearl Victorinox for her purse. Find something to ask her for her knife when you have "forgotten" yours so you can use it and give it back. That Sir is Brilliant^:thumbsup:. I'm just happy that my wife pretends to accept my harmless hobby. Once in a while I have to remind her that it could be worse. Example: I could have gone out with my booze hound buddy's to a strip club but I chose to stay in and pack my money saving bag lunch instead. BTW They got put in PC after a fight broke out. Good luck Op and never give up trying
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Thanks so much man, we gotta look out for each other haha. I think I actually convinced her to come to Bladeshow with me and attend Saturday and Sunday!
 
Night Rider said:
And lets not forget those ugly boots they love so much.I think they are called Uggs or something? I just tell her how good they look as she slips and slides and falls on the frozen driveway LOL! Whats that saying ( Fashion Hurts)
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LOL I have said something to that effect before when she wants another pair of Uggs, and then I know she can fire right back about the time last week when I cut myself twice in the first day of owning my ZT 0562 Ti. She knows the joy it brings me I believe, so hopefully I'll make headway over the coming years!
 
Understand? Never. I buy what I want, she buys what she wants.
 
We each have a hobby budget. My hobby budget is for knives, guns, etc. More guns then knives the last few years. She is semi-interested in guns, not so much into knives. She carries a purple cadet on her key chain. Nothing else interests her (knife wise).

At the end of the day, we can spend our hobby budget on whatever we want. As long as we aren't going over/outside our budget, no questions asked.
 
gazz98 said:
We each have a hobby budget. My hobby budget is for knives, guns, etc. More guns then knives the last few years. She is semi-interested in guns, not so much into knives. She carries a purple cadet on her key chain. Nothing else interests her (knife wise).

At the end of the day, we can spend our hobby budget on whatever we want. As long as we aren't going over/outside our budget, no questions asked.
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That's probably a good idea, like a boundary to set up between the two of us. Thank you for this!
 
22-rimfire said:
One of the tricks is to never go shopping with your spouse. If I go to Sam's Club and say spend $150 on general household stuff, but if she goes along, the tab will exceed $200. Let's try this or that..... Basically I try to stay on point. The same happens in Walmart, Target, or the clothing department store..... I am not perfect by any means, but I try to decide why I'm going and what I intend to get generally.

Knife stores are a bit different.... we will spend more on kitchen related stuff if we both go together even if we don't need it. I generally don't mind this. But together there will definitely not be an $200 ZTs.
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My wife generally refuses to go shopping with me... I sneak junk food into our cart on the sly, I talk to everybody, and sometimes I get lost and have her paged to the front of the store...
 
Pharmagator said:
My wife generally refuses to go shopping with me... I sneak junk food into our cart on the sly, I talk to everybody, and sometimes I get lost and have her paged to the front of the store...
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I crashed the shopping cart once when I was shopping with my mother. I tipped it on its side and spilled the whole shootin' match while I was racing around a corner. I was around nine years old. She was not amused and I didn't get to push the cart for a long time after that.

Oh yeah, as for the topic, my wife is a bit of an enabler, but that only works because my knife purchases are modest in price. $100 is a lot of dough for me to spend on a knife. It doesn't happen very often. Most of my new knives are old traditionals that I get for a few bucks.
 
My wife and I share the expenses, but otherwise keep our finances separate. I'm fortunate in that as long as I can pay for my half of the bills, my wife doesn't care much what I do with my money.

She gets my interest in knives, but doesn't share my enthusiasm. But as long as it makes me happy and it's not a negative influence on the family, she's pretty accepting of my hobbies.

I got pretty lucky with her :)
 
The warden and I still joke about it now and then. But we long ago came to a consensus. I buy my cutting tool toys, and she buys her purses and shoe toys.
 
What she doesn't know doesn't hurt her.

I don't drink or smoke so those are big expenses I could use as an excuse of why I should be able to have money to spend on things I want sometimes.
 
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