WIFE PUT'S A HALT TO HUSBAND'S PURCHASES

Y'all are horrible people! Forget the lying, cheating, sneaking, weaseling, and whining. Grow a set!

Fix the problems in the marriage that led up to this. Become a leader in your home. Become a domninant force without beeing domineering.

When I worked at the gun range in Texas, my wife would hang around and help work the counter. Guys would come in and drool on a gun (or knife) for a while and say, "Man, I'd really love to take that home, but my wife won't let me." My wife would really be dramatic and ask, "You wife won't WHAT you? Did you say "let?" What kind of gal did you marry? What kind of man are you? You pay the bills don't you? As long as the bills are paid and she gets nice things, what does it matter what you buy?" There were 2 distinct reactions. Either the "man" would leave (the same poor wretched shell as he came in), or he would leave with a new purchase and a spring in his step.

Not only does my wife ALLOW my hobbies, she enjoys them and the benefits of them. She carries a Glock 19 that I traded for, and a MOD Lady Hawk that SHE picked out. I recently purchased her a BM Leopard with Green handles which she sold at a profit to the first guy that she showed it to. She is now using the money to purchase a purple-handled Leopard.

AND....last week I was outside working on an engine with some buddies. We were taking a break and enjoying some lovely cigars when the missus returns from the store, walks up, says, "Man, those smell good!" grabs my Sosa Torpedo, takes a couple of puffs, says "Not bad!" hands my cigar back, and takes her little bag of groceries into the house. (My friends about fainted.)

Oh yeah.....just in case anyone is interested....She is NOT for trade or sale.

[This message has been edited by the4th (edited 10 April 1999).]
 
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The only problem I have with my wife tasting my smokes, is that she hotboxes them mercilessly. (no, not like Monica Lewinsky!) You know, draws on it too often and too hard and overheats the smoke. This will turn the remainder of the cirag sour before it's time.

BTW
Sosa's are pretty good, unfortunately my local cigar stores don't stock many Figuardos. Too bad because I really like torpedos too.
Have you tried the Hoya de Monterey Excalibur No.2? Oh yeah....

Perfect way to unnwind after work,
Double shot of Old No.7, Excalibur No.2
.357 mag and a pocket full of ammo.
Mix well, stroll around the back pasture and sip, draw, shoot until you run out of any of your three ingredients. DO NOT refill!
Done properly, this will take about 45 minutes to an hour.

I know somebody is going to say something about mixing alcohol and shooting.
Relax a little huh? We're talking one drink,one guy, one gun and a clear impact area with a mountain at the back of the property line for a backstop.


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I cut it, and I cut it, and it's STILL too short!

 
My God, all of you poor men. I am single and was considering getting involved and marriied. THAT IS NOW OUT OF THE QUESTION. How dare someone try to get in the way of a knife addict. Good luck to you all.



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All of God's Critters may have knives, but most of them are Benchmade Knives
 
Cobalt, what a bummer. You know she probaly ment Dog Years, yea yea thats it, Dog Years, you know 1 of our years is 7 years for a dog(HINT HINT). What a mean thing to have happen to you(HINT HINT). But I understand you must do the right thing(HINT HINT). Your concerned Fat little buddy in the Texas Panhandle, Chris Top of Texas Knives
www.toptexknives.com

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Chris, I'll be callin you guys Monday, but of course not about any knives. It will be about the big knife that I ordered many months ago, but was not available and may be now, so I will need to get it since it was a pre-last week deal.
 
COBALT, didn't you make a LOT of pre 'last week's agreement' deals and perhaps just FORGOT about them?

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JP
 
I should thank Cobalt (and Mrs. Cobalt, see other thread) for bringing this topic to the fore. I took the pre-emptive approach last night with my fiancee by telling her Cobalt's story and bringing it up in a subtle way. We agreed that she would never tell me I couldn't have a certain knife, gun, or whatever. For my part, I will never buy a knife or gun when we really need the money for something else, and I have to give her wide latitude for clothing, etc. Sounds pretty fair.
 
Gee, I'm glad that my wife says all knives look a like to her. I gave up years ago showing or even telling her about them. She told me she has NO interests in knives at all and as long as I don't cut into our (should say her) budget, she doesn't care!
Course, if she knew how much I did spend, she may try to put a halt to it, too!

I have always been bumbed out that she doesn't take any interest in my addiction, but hey, guess it isn't such a bad thing after all! At least my kids enjoy my knives like I do. They can see that all knives don't look a like, some are different colors!

Mark

" Knife Collectors Are Sharp People
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[This message has been edited by Mark W Douglas (edited 12 April 1999).]
 
Heh. I'm a comparative newlywed (1.25 years), but my wife and I figured out before we even got married that we would have joint and seperate accounts. We each get our salary and pay a set amount to the joint account (the amount is proportional to our individual income, which at the moment is about the same). From the joint account we buy almost everything 'familial.'

The stuff in the individual accounts is our own play money. If I wanna go out and blow $500 bucks in lotto tickets, its my own darned business. Same if she wants to blow $1000 on shoes or jewelery.

16 months is not exactly a long time, but its worked like a charm thus far.
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The downside, of course, is that the money that is 'yours' to play with is only a fraction of your take home pay...but its truly YOURS. No permission needed.

Also, if you budget poorly and get yourself caught short, you may never hear the end of it.
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But hey, no system is ideal.

Mike
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And in the Captain's chambers
they're gathered for the feast.
They stab it with their steely knives
but they just can't kill the beast

 
Cobalt, you need to immediately password protect your links to these forums. Leave all the other bookmarks in the other profile so she won't notice, set up the new profile with the password, so she can't unlock and read. Course she could go into the knife and blade forums by looking them up IF SHE KNOWS ABOUT THEM, but if she doesn't, join up to another online group on fishing or something, bookmark them so she'll think that's what you've been playing with all along, set up a new emailbox, and good luck. I'm trying to figure out how to finagle a new computer and monitor. The monitor because my eyes need a bigger one - 14" is too small one way and too close the other way with my bifocals.
 
Cobalt, I don't blame you for refusing my first plan -- it is too sneaky and I was wrong to even suggest it. There's only one manly way to respond to this situation. From this day forward you'll just have to spend all your money on liquor, gambling, and other women.

-Cougar Allen :{)
 
Everyone, thanks for all the suggestions.

Cougar, if I followed your advice, I would be broke, without a Job, no wife, and even my dog would probably leave me. Not to mention missing some body parts during the night using one of my prestine, rasor sharp knives.
 
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