My wife is too smart to pull any gun skullduggery; as long as I don’t go crazy with the gun drug, she doesn’t say too much. She is a reasonable lady as long as my response is always “yes dear”! I am the King of my castle as long as I follow the direction of the Queen. Good shooting.
Creative way to justify gun purchases to a spouse
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Doc7
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I go with “I won it in a bet”!
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But I bet you live in a happy Kingdom!
doubleh
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I just say "I'm gonna buy a gun". She says " Have fun". It also works the other way around. Such as shoes, clothes, and all the other "unnecessary" things women seems to have have.
The wife got a new SUV last year. I'm working on catching up a bit have a long way to go.
The wife got a new SUV last year. I'm working on catching up a bit have a long way to go.
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My most memorable purchase. I found a very nice Springfield 1873 carbine. I had to have it. Normally i just buy but because of the price, i had to run this by the wife. The conversation went like this.
Wife: what's so important about this rifle that you would spend the equivalent of two house payments on it.
Me: because of the history.
Wife: what history?
Me: remember General Custer at the battle of the Little Big Horn? This is the rifle they carried.
Wife: then why do you want it? It didn't do them any good.
Wife: what's so important about this rifle that you would spend the equivalent of two house payments on it.
Me: because of the history.
Wife: what history?
Me: remember General Custer at the battle of the Little Big Horn? This is the rifle they carried.
Wife: then why do you want it? It didn't do them any good.
Fleetman
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I measured her closet full of clothes and shoes and told her I needed the same size as a gun safe.....got my FatBoy!
FL-NC
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I just keep it a secret.
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I tell my worrisome mother, "Firearms are much safer than motorcycles, I could be buying a new Crotch Rocket..." That usually works, till she see my safe again.
Since the kadiddles are not allowed out there, at least I can keep her out of the garage. I think she's going to find out when I drop them off for a ride though!
I have to sneak my new guns in. If Itchy sees one, she wants to look at it.. About half the time she says, "Oh, I like this one, can I have it?" She packs a gun all the time, out shoots me, and has my back. What's a feller gonna say?
I just lost a really nice S&W Model 15 that way. She does let me clean them once in a while.
I just lost a really nice S&W Model 15 that way. She does let me clean them once in a while.
Mauser lover
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Like some of you... I have a "gun fund". Kitchen stuff, jewelry, etc. gets added onto my "gun fund". So... when I say I'm going to buy a new gun, she says... okay! And then goes shooting with me! I need to figure out how to get gasoline to add to the gun fund.
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And by now there is a fifty BMG sitting in your safe, right? I could go for a fully stocked kitchen and safe.
She would say, "But Honey, we already have a stove, we don't need a five burner, down draft ILVE Majestic French cooktop with convection oven and broiler in Royal Emerald."
And then she would say, "Oh."
somethingbenign
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My wife (of less than a year) and I are still working how we balance our funds for fun things, I'm definitely running this by her next time I come home and she is planning another renovation project.
496 polara
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I don't ask or explain it.I do try to bring it in when she isn't home out of courtesy 
I have a deal with my wife that anything from my shop that I can sell ( car parts, tools, etc on Craigslist) is my gun money.
I can buy additional stuff outside the gun fund when we have surplus money but it has to be “for investment” ie it was a good deal and whenever we need the money again I will sell it for a profit.
I can buy additional stuff outside the gun fund when we have surplus money but it has to be “for investment” ie it was a good deal and whenever we need the money again I will sell it for a profit.
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I am much more afraid of your cat than the bandito with the air guns!
Gotta love that cat!
MedWheeler
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Some of them I haven't mentioned. Others, she probably thinks I had them before we got together (I did own a lot, and she never checked them out.)
Lately, I just make sure she understands that they're not as much "purchases" as they are simply "re-allocations of funds", meaning she understands that they can always be turned back into money if needed. I try to avoid buying any that are unlikely to maintain, or increase in, value.
Lately, I just make sure she understands that they're not as much "purchases" as they are simply "re-allocations of funds", meaning she understands that they can always be turned back into money if needed. I try to avoid buying any that are unlikely to maintain, or increase in, value.
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Anniversaries are excellent times to provide security to your beloved, too. I hope you have many!
"Honey?.... Oh... ah, I've had this one for years..."I don't ask or explain it.I do try to bring it in when she isn't home out of courtesy
captain awesome
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most prefered method; Sneak them in...
she doesnt know a bolt action from a break open, so its easy to keep it under wraps when she sees in the safe. I have to wonder though, she must realise there are way more than there were a few years ago..
Show her pics and prices of a gun I "really want" that would have some random use i invent. this gun is not my end goal, but a distraction. this one will usually cost 2 to 3 times what the one I am really after. I try to find the most expensive offering I can to show her. then after I get the "where in the hell are you getting all this money from?" is when I say, "you know, your right hun. its kind of out of my budget isnt it? let me see if I can find something else that might work.."
then I show her an expensive price on the gun I am really after. she warms up to it since this is "obviously a better deal, much more reasonable" then I say you know let me see if I can find a sale...then hit her with the good price, the one I intended to buy all along and explain what a smoking deal I found, "i would be crazy not to pounce on this one" she always agrees.
another; pester her about it until she gives in so she doesnt have to hear about it any more.
a good one; She has her money she makes and her financial responsibilites, I have mine. I dont give her crap about where her money goes and usually she returns the favor. it is a good thingnto keep her in the loop, though I dont always..
I am benevolent sometimes and fill her gas tank up for her...score some points and they add up. when gun buying time comes around this is a good time to bring that up.
little thoughtful gifts and jewelry to make her feel special go a long way as well. timing is everything.
I also drive a beat up old truck and haven't had a vehicle payment for many years. she drives around an expensive new SUV. thats my ace in the hole.if all else fails.
you gotta rotate through these methods regularly or she gets wise to it.
she doesnt know a bolt action from a break open, so its easy to keep it under wraps when she sees in the safe. I have to wonder though, she must realise there are way more than there were a few years ago..
Show her pics and prices of a gun I "really want" that would have some random use i invent. this gun is not my end goal, but a distraction. this one will usually cost 2 to 3 times what the one I am really after. I try to find the most expensive offering I can to show her. then after I get the "where in the hell are you getting all this money from?" is when I say, "you know, your right hun. its kind of out of my budget isnt it? let me see if I can find something else that might work.."
then I show her an expensive price on the gun I am really after. she warms up to it since this is "obviously a better deal, much more reasonable" then I say you know let me see if I can find a sale...then hit her with the good price, the one I intended to buy all along and explain what a smoking deal I found, "i would be crazy not to pounce on this one" she always agrees.
another; pester her about it until she gives in so she doesnt have to hear about it any more.
a good one; She has her money she makes and her financial responsibilites, I have mine. I dont give her crap about where her money goes and usually she returns the favor. it is a good thingnto keep her in the loop, though I dont always..
I am benevolent sometimes and fill her gas tank up for her...score some points and they add up. when gun buying time comes around this is a good time to bring that up.
little thoughtful gifts and jewelry to make her feel special go a long way as well. timing is everything.
I also drive a beat up old truck and haven't had a vehicle payment for many years. she drives around an expensive new SUV. thats my ace in the hole.if all else fails.
you gotta rotate through these methods regularly or she gets wise to it.
George Dickel
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My wife said "why do you need another gun, you can only shoot one at a time" and I replied that you have at least 25 pairs of shoes and you can only wear one pair at a time. End of discussion. My wife is really good about my buying guns, I just don't go crazy and spend foolishly.
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"I need this to protect you from hooligans." Always works for me
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