Wives and knives

JDE101 said:
Divorce - been there, done that - twice! Am on my third marriage and it has lasted nearly 33 years. (I'm a slow learner, but I do finally get it right!:D). One of the secrets to a happy marriage, in my humble opinion, is seperate checking accounts. I handle most of the bills and expenses and my wife does not question what I spend or what I spend it on. And I don't question what she spends her money on. Has worked great for over 30 years. I must add, there are subtle nuances that I have learned over the years to smooth over spending large sums of money on "toys" (guns, knives, outdoor equipment, motorcycles, etc.) and justifying their expense in such a manner as to make them appear to be great investments/fantastic bargains/objects that were "needed"/etc. In most cases, the hard learned lessions only come with age and experience, sorry to say. ;)

PS I might add that one of those hard learned lessions is to buy her a "toy" every so often as well.:)
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This parallels my experience right down the line, and don't forget that wives who cook can be very appreciative of knife toys as well. Do not even try to take my wife's Ban Tang proto super-thin santoku in S35VN. As long as you respect the contents of her knife block, life is just a bowl of ... tomatoes. :D

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Looks like you've found the secret to domestic bliss Will! I'll have to let Ban know he's helping marriages across the country with his fine work when I see him this Friday!
 
hookahhabib said:
Looks like you've found the secret to domestic bliss Will! I'll have to let Ban know he's helping marriages across the country with his fine work when I see him this Friday!
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Say "Hi" from Will and Cheryl. :D

(He is well-aware how happy she is with that one! :))

BTW, she also has an Elmax Busse steak knife (used as a parer) in that block--another favorite.
 
A few years ago when Kim still required constant cared and my outdoor activities had come to a standstill, I really got into my Busse collecting in a big way. We're talking a walk-in closet stacked with them. One day when my wife was entertaining a lady from our church, I overheard my wife make a comment on my knives. It was something like this. "I am so glad that Mike has his knife collecting as an outlet. He needs the relaxation it offers."

Ten years or so ago at blade, I was fondling a Branton/Brend #5 boot knife and reluctantly put it back on the table. My wife standing at my left elbow said, "If you don't buy it now while you can you'll regret it later." I didn't and I do.

She is an enabler. I buy more knives the years she goes to Blade with me because of statements like the above.

I am extending her probationary period.
 
Will York said:
Say "Hi" from Will and Cheryl. :D

(He is well-aware how happy she is with that one! :))

BTW, she also has an Elmax Busse steak knife (used as a parer) in that block--another favorite.
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I'll be sure to do that Will :)



And MikeH! Sounds like Kim is certainly a keeper! Happy for you..
 
tinfoil hat timmy said:
^^^ this. Sometimes divorce is an option. Especially if she says: "sell those knives or were getting divorced". Then you sell em. Then she stays a bitch.

Then she hands you divorce papers while smiling, and says:" you know you didn't have to sell those knives right? I've been fing your friend ______ for six months"

Fu****$%-#&&43338!'$5. ←

Yup. Live and learn. Too bad I have a 3MONTH OLD WITH HER. Do the math. Gah.

You've got it made bro.
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Well, good thing she admitted it; now she can't get much in court. BOOM.

Also, the hell with that friend.
 
Who?........Whats?........Shhhh!



Actually my wife bought every Busse/Kin I own. I couldn't ask for a better one.


Wife that is.
 
So far I am in favor of the "buy so many they lose track" approach. It's such a classic win-win situation. I win because I get more blades. And I win because she stops caring!

Oh, and I just got an email that Busse has charged the balance of the order to my credit card. Almost. Ready. To. Ship.

The wait is excruciating.
 
I just got my wife some of her own to use. That seemed to work for awhile. Now she wants more so I have to decide do I buy them for me or buy them for her. Now she is getting into guns too. I am going to die broke, but we are gonna have a lot of cool toys.

Garth
 
Separate accounts didn't work for one of my best friends. He paid all the bills, and she was a shopaholic. But she still got 40% of his retirement and (I think) all his thrift savings. Moral of that story is don't hang around if it's not working out. Didn't work too well for me either. We kept separate accounts, but mine kept 50 times the balance of hers; I paid all the bills, and she still griped. "You won't put me on your accounts!" Hell, you didn't need to be--you need to go back to remedial math.
 
Actually, I'm lucky in that my wife thinks knives are pretty cool. That said, I've found that buying her shoes smooths any resentment of my knife addiction. Not always, but most of the time...Love those Macy's sales :)
 
my girlfriend doesnt like me buying expensive knives - she says she would rather get another handgun?!?!

thats her 1911 by the way - sorry for the non-busse folder :D

 
E-80, she definitely sounds like a keeper! Just work on convincing her that good knives are good back-up for good guns.
 
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Separate accounts didn't work for one of my best friends. He paid all the bills, and she was a shopaholic. But she still got 40% of his retirement and (I think) all his thrift savings. Moral of that story is don't hang around if it's not working out. Didn't work too well for me either. We kept separate accounts, but mine kept 50 times the balance of hers; I paid all the bills, and she still griped. "You won't put me on your accounts!" Hell, you didn't need to be--you need to go back to remedial math.
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I hear you ..... We Work with separate accounts (We each bring in the same salary... Which is great). However, we have a joint account. Each week we put our share of the household budget in the joint account ( mortgage, insurance, electrical, gas, etc). The rest goes in our individual account, to use as we wish.
 
I considerer myself lucky, I show my knives to my wife and she knows what I paid for most!! She is a big time hunter, so she is always been fascinated with my knife collection!
 
Noxious Fumes said:
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I hear you ..... We Work with separate accounts (We each bring in the same salary... Which is great). However, we have a joint account. Each week we put our share of the household budget in the joint account ( mortgage, insurance, electrical, gas, etc). The rest goes in our individual account, to use as we wish.
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That sounds pretty good. I might have to try that, if and when...
 
My greatest fear is that, when I die, my wife will sell my stuff for what I told her I paid for it.
 
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