Wife Woods WRONG

Cobra281

Cobra281

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Little alliteration there.

As the headline says went for a walk in the woods with my wife. Took the dogs. Some gear. etc.

It was warm here last weekend, everything was thawing and wet, figured it'd be a good time to test my fire starting skills in the wet with a just a striker ... wrong.

I've been making a small camp site near a stream at the back of our property,
so we stopped there and I started gettting out my gear and she starts:

Wife: "what are you doing ?"

Me: Starting a fire

"Why?"

Just testing my wet starting skills

"Why?"

Just want to be able too

"Don't you have any matches ?"

Yes

"Why don't you just use them ? "

It's not the point

(Like I said - it was wet - fire didn't start right away)

"What's taking so long ? That thing doesn't work so good, does it have a warranty or something ? Can you get your money back ?"

Heavy sigh/frown

"This is stupid, you don't need a fire. We have a house with heat. We can go home"

More sighs

"I'm cold. My feet are wet. This is so stupid"

More sighs

"I'm going home"

THANK FREAKIN' GOD. WRITE WHEN YOU GET WORK !

Don't get me wrong - love my wife - But we've all been there. I want to change my name to "my wife thinks I'm crazy II" (LOL)
 
Haha that sucks, you should have doubled back around to your house and cut off the gas to your furnace for her, maybe then she would be a little more enlightened :D
 
Yeah - I had a similar experience - I finally got my fire going, after working through a lot of damp tinder and my wife rolled her eyes - well, they call it a "firestarter" it just did its job.
 
There are a lot of things my wife and I like to do together, but for our relationship to work as well as it does that means we don't share all of our respective hobbies. ;)
 
Joe Fowler said:
There are a lot of things my wife and I like to do together, but for our relationship to work as well as it does that means we don't share all of our respective hobbies. ;)
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Wise words. I do wish I could get my Cynthia into guns and knives, though. I wouldn't catch as much hell buying new stuff if she liked it too.
 
Let me add that my wife is very grateful that I spend the time I do learning these skills. If we ever had an emergency she is comforted to know I'm not a complete idiot and have practiced a skill or two.

But she's also grateful to not have to be in the cold with me learning them at this point. :)
 
Wow, I am glad my girlfriend is open to learning with her own firesteel and Izula now. Else it would be "Man, Woman-Riled" :D
 
Carolina River Rat said:
Wise words. I do wish I could get my Cynthia into guns and knives, though. I wouldn't catch as much hell buying new stuff if she liked it too.
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Took years for my wife to warm up to guns and knives. But time, exposure and education have turned her into a true believer.
 
Joe Fowler said:
There are a lot of things my wife and I like to do together, but for our relationship to work as well as it does that means we don't share all of our respective hobbies. ;)
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I hear ya. She's the outdoors type. Horses mainly. She was just giving me $hit. The warranty thing slayed me. :D
 
Joe Fowler said:
Took years for my wife to warm up to guns and knives. But time, exposure and education have turned her into a true believer.
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Thats my story, when I married my wife she couldn't stand to be in the same room as my rifle.. thats with the bolt out and trigger lock on.

Now she carries a Walther in a Maxpedition versipack and is interested in the orange Izula. I will likely get her one soon. She's a helluva shot and she also like Hiking and Camping.

I will admit though the first time I tried the fire steel, she was present and offering plenty of suggestions. As it turned out one of her ideas contributed to the starting of the fire, so she had to dance around a bit after that.
 
I'm blessed. My wife isn't into guns and knives like me, so, no competition in the house, the other is that she understands the skills it takes to do this stuff. She has her own setup, knife, firesteel and custome built leather sheath for the entire shebang. She does practice her skills, though.

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For the most part, my gf is pretty good about the woods and what not. As long as we stay on a trail lol. Just ask 1066vic about the last ESEE campout. Hog trails and people trails are not the same thing. lol
 
I was engaged once. My fiance said I had to choose between her and my guns.

I have been happily single ever since.
 
thats a funny story. my wife thinks i'm batshit crazy when i do that kinda stuff, then uses my old rat fire kit to light the bbq...
 
i have been with my wife for 23 years. she was 14 when i first introduced her to guns, motorcycles,monster truck 4x4's, and airplanes. her family has hated me ever since! she could not care less about this stuff. she does not posess keys to the gun safe. this is all a waste of money and time to her.
in four years our youngest is off to college. i am planning to have a giant yard sale. everything must go, including the wife. after that, it's just me, my black widow bow, a good knife, my glock and my sailboat. no one to tell me what to do. priceless!
 
I'm a little older than most of you probably :rolleyes: A few years ago I was having a cup of coffee with a lady friend at her house when out of nowhere she says I need to get rid of my guns before I MOVE IN. Haven't seen her since :(
 
So far I have been lucky. While my wife is not "in" to some of my out door skills she does appreciate the end results (ie. fire) so tolerates it. So far... She also enjoys some herself such as compass/map reading.
 
I have a very understanding wife who puts up with WAY too much of my crap.

But I'd-a left her at home to work on fire skills and make a quick fire when she's with me so she wants to go back out hiking next time. I like to shoot all day but when I take my wife, we shoot until she's tired of it and pack it up. That way she wants to go back next time.

But believe me bro, I know where you're coming from! :D
 
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