wives and knives support thread

greeenie

greeenie

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Thought id make a thread to support those of us who have wives who either hate or dont understand our hobby.

Im feeling a little verklempt, Discuss amongst yourselves
 
perhaps tricks? tips to keep them from killing you with a wooden spoon?

I mean i know mine catches a package before i get home.... im in biiiiiig trouble
 
I do the same thing! Except I lie about it and she believes me...most of the time!

"Hey honey look at this sweet new blade, It is so kooool! And where the hell did you get that? Um I traded for it! They pay for theremselves now, it is self sustaining! I'll believe you when me shit turns purple and taste's like rainbow sherbert. Ok I'm sorry hunny, it was these guys on the internet, Mario, Bob, And Chester, they forced me to!" :D
 
My wife is a scrapbooker and has all kinds of other hobbies. She has about 200k worth of supplies, machines and inventory so I have a long way to go to catch up.
 
bad_juju said:
I do the same thing! Except I lie about it and she believes me...most of the time!

"Hey honey look at this sweet new blade, It is so kooool! And where the hell did you get that? Um I traded for it! They pay for theremselves now, it is self sustaining! I'll believe you when me shit turns purple and taste's like rainbow sherbert. Ok I'm sorry hunny, it was these guys on the internet, Mario, Bob, And Chester, they forced me to!" :D
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You know what they say about chester. He's an enabler.
 
What I'd like to know is if someone's wife here shares the knife hobby? Mine certainly doesn't understand it, she's more into guns I guess...
 
Tymah123 said:
What I'd like to know is if someone's wife here shares the knife hobby? Mine certainly doesn't understand it, she's more into guns I guess...
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My wife isn't into either. She said she like my knife hobby better than my gun hobby. It used to be worse, I used to modify cars and race, now THAT was a money pit.
 
My wife and I have an understanding...it's served us well for 45 years now (we hooked up in high school)...I don't tell her what she can or can't do, she returns the compliment.
Only rule: She: Don't be late for dinner.
Me: OK, but it better be good.
It's worked...knives have never entered into the conversation...or guns......or football playoffs.
 
She's not that bad! She usually won't care unless it's over $50, then she gets a little upset but she gets over it. She also gets on my case if I get a few in a month. Overall as long as I spend my money I make on the side, she doesn't care.

She did ask me to get her one, but she only ever uses it for work. I got her a purple splinter. She has to open boxes and inspect the new text books before they are given to the teachers. I have to take it out of her purse every month and clean the gunk off and strop it.
 
For those annoying mailbox deliveries that get the better half upset, get a P.O. Box. Solves all the problems.
 
For the last knife I bought I sent myself an email from a fake email saying "Congrats you're a winner!" Saying I won a knife. It worked but there's too many I want to "win" all the time. So I can't use that one again for a while.
 
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Get a P.O Box, or simply have 'em delivered to a local shipping/postal shop. Or work. Or a friend's. Or your dad's...
Or buy her something nice at the same time. (not usually a knife, I'm afraid.)
 
I've definitely used the "oh I just traded for it" but more often "listen I can sell x, y, and z in the snap of a finger to cover this, but I have to buy it now before its gone" and then by the time it arrives she has already forgotten that arrangement.

Additionally, I buy her $100 yoga pants every once in a while and use that against her. Clearly a win-win.
 
My wife always complains however, she wont let me trade off the ones she likes.

I stone cold busted her the other night fondling my red blur... She said she liked it because it matches her car... And then she put it in her purse.

Guess who gets to buy a new knife;-)
 
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