Wife found out how many guns i own

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Be up front. As was stated, she is (or should be) your best friend. Over Christmas break, my sons were home, we did a complete inventory, serial numbers, etc, to get up to date on insurance. Big number. She saw it. Raised one eyebrow. "Are we OK on ammo, too?" I've never lied to her about purchases. Although, there HAVE been times that I was careful choosing when to tell her.

34 years. Yep, she's still the one.....

Steve
 
> Wife found out how many guns i own

This is a recurring nightmare of mine.
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So tell her, and sleep easier at night.

Generally speaking, of one's S.O. doesn't want the whole package that is you you are, then as others have said, there may be trust issues there that need to be addressed, and sooner is usually better than later.

To the OP, she may also be wondering what else you've been hiding from her. Be open; distrust is like compound interest on a debt, and tends to snowball with time.
 
Mine has "seen" all my guns at one point ....except my AK....but she thinks I have 4 -5fewer than I do. She has never seen them all at once in 1 place.

Kinda "hiding" kinda not
 
My wife has a pretty good idea how many. There is a list and approximate values in the safe with them. She could know exactly if she wanted to.
 
I have never, and will never use money from my paycheck for something as frivolous as firearms. That money is for bills, retirement and college funds
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We have a heretic in the house!
 
Im honest with my wife. We trade off, she gets new appliances or furniture and I get guns.


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Well ... I want to make one go away so to make room for a different one.

Wife or gun??????????
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Lolz.
 
Oh boy, I'm in this boat right now! :eek:

Only for me it's my girlfriend, not my wife (got rid of her a long time ago). My g/f is totally into guns and loves to shoot which is awesome, but she is also my voice of reason. She knows I own 3 pistols, but doesn't exactly know about the SP101 or new Glades Custom 1911 I bought in the past month... :eek:.

I am waiting for opportune times to ease those aquisitions in... Hehehe...
 
Brian Williams said,

Any guy here that thinks the way some of you think should be temp banned until they tell and show their wives exactly how many guns they have and how much they are worth.

Quit lying to your best friend or at least they were at one time, now is the time to make it right.

And that said my wife knows how many guns I have and where they are.
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I agree, and will add that I can honestly say that in 41 yrs of being married I know lying is the the kiss of death to a marriage. Of course I made the right choice. A redneck, gun loving woman who shares my interests, and on the other side of the coin I share hers. Take a guess who taught me to sew leather knife sheaths and cook venison.

For better or worse the man said, for us it has been mostly better.

I wish you all the same.
 
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frivolous? Did you log into the wrong forum or something? Sheesh!

To the OP. My wife has a general idea. She really doesn't care enough to go investigating or anything. I just ordered a .45 Blackhawk and she said she'll be glad when it arrives so I'll stop talking about it 24/7. Little does she know as soon as I get it I'll be talking about a Glock 20SF 24/7 instead. It really is a beautiful cycle.

That being said, I wouldn't spend money out of our paychecks for guns without running it by her. She handles most of the finances and she knows when we can afford it and when we can't. She would never tell me not to when she knows it wouldn't hurt us. I try to to odd jobs and sell scrap metal, things like that to fund the addiction.
 
My girlfriend wasnt too into guns when I first met her. She was on our side of the fence but didnt have a big interest. After 2 years with me she has "aquired" the Glock 23 I bought for myself, as a new carry gun, and my AR. I finally got her to go shooting with me and after she shot the 23 and my Bushmaster Carbon she said "I like these 2, I'll take them." :confused: my reply of "I didnt buy those for you," was quickly responded with "thats ok, you've got plenty of others.":scrutiny: She couldnt give you a figure of how many I have, but she knows she has 2.
 
So you own a lot of guns, so what? Everyone has hobbies, you are not bankrupting the family pursuing yours. Like another poster said, how many shoes, handbags, dresses and other nonsense items does she have? Do you not have an equal right to pursue your hobby?

If you pay $500 for a gun, you can sell it easy (most of the time) for $300. If you have a $500 pair of shoes you are lucky if you can sell them for any price.


skidooman:

hahahaha that is so true!!

My wife did the same thing with my Glock 19 and sks paratrooper. I have an sks from every country that made sks's and of course had to get a paratrooper too, because they are a slightly different version of the regular norinco. Anyway, she took them and a .38 snub...
 
frivolous? Did you log into the wrong forum or something? Sheesh!
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Ok... Ok... some of it was for effect, but you get the point. I could never justify just going to the store and buying a gun with my hard earned money. It is my HARDLY earned money that I use :)

I do allow myself an ammo (Or, reloading supplies) budget bi-weekly though.
 
My wife doesn't ask and I normally don't tell. If she were to ask how many guns I have, I would be honest and she would be shocked and I am not saying she would be shocked because I was honest. ;)

My wife is not materialistic at all and very seldom asks for anything. I have to say that I do spend more money than she does, but when she makes the comment "I would like one of such and such", I make sure she gets it even if I had other ideas for the money.
 
My wife knows how many guns I have and how much I spend on my hobby since she pays all the bills. She looks at the credit card bill every month. When I buy a new gun, parts or loading components I let her know, heck I even let her know when I do a trade that cost nothing.
Does she like my hobby? well no, actually she thinks I blow way too much money on it but she is a smart enough woman to realize we live very well and my shooting hobby makes me happy; the alternative to me not being happy may not be a good prospect. I was into guns before Im met her and the job that pays for our cushy lifestyle as well as my hobby will always be with me if you catch my drift!
 
Great quote I saw elsewhere: "My greatest fear is that I'll pass away and my wife will sell my guns for what I said I paid for them."

Anyway, my solution was to find a wife whose hobby is even more expensive than mine, and to take good care of her. She is amused at each new arrival but doesn't complain.
 
well you have x number pairs of shoes...... Like that is anywhere near the same cost wise anyway.
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haven't been shopping with a women lately, ehh?

shoes can be rather pricey and they do not go it alone..... in good company they will be found with a matching handbag--material and metal work! and matching do-dads upon the wrists and possibly in the ears.

but to even bring up what she has, is to reduce the 'discussion' to a " i said, you said" level of which you have already soo lost--and you don't even know it yet.


face it; you have been caught

its gonna cost ya, be gracious about it and perhaps it wont cost to dearly
 
Niel4 said, "She has never seen them all at once in 1 place"

That was my BIG mistake.
I had ALL my guns out to take photos (digital images actually) for my records.

You know, filling in the serial numbers with baby powder so they show up in the photo, and in a weak moment I asked her to "come in here and help".

That did not go well, was a long time ago, and I still hear about it.

I suspect this thread will become one of the longest ever.

Tilos

Note to my critics: I know how to use a camera but prefer the newer DIGITAL thing:D
 
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you have already soo lost-
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Claude you are 100% correct, in 1969 my father in law told me that any time we had an argument that it was a given that I was wrong even if I was right. Boy did that man know what he was talking about. I am lucky my first wife was not as understanding but still let me think I was getting away with collecting my toys. My wife now is really great and will for the most part give me whatever I want and a lot of what I don't even need. I don't hide anything from her just had a few that came in the house that she was not really aware of or at least that's story and I'm sticking to it.:D Now after thinking about her statement "DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD THAT MANY" was just a round the end play because I saw her looking at ads in paper for a new car, wonder what that will cost me?
 
No wife yet, but I have a girlfriend who I've been with for a while. She didn't like it when I told her I was going to buy a Kimber and started getting after my for it. I straight-up told her "Don't tell me how to spend my money, I'm doing just fine. If I want this, then I'm going to get it." At that point she understood I'm going to do what I want in the end. But she is just a girlfriend at this point and not a wife.

As for your situation, I would have replied with "well you should've asked." That probably would have ended it right there. Unless she actually did ask and you lied to her.
 
That was my BIG mistake.
I had ALL my guns out to take photos (digital images actually) for my records.

You know, filling in the serial numbers with baby powder so they show up in the photo, and in a weak moment I asked her to "come in here and help".

That did not go well, was a long time ago, and I still hear about it.
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I bet. Does insanity run in your family sir? Have we learned to think before we act?

More importantly, you fondle your guns with her IN the house? I usually only fondle when she's gone:evil:
 
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