I haven't done it yet and technically she's the fiance, but I was pretty close to buying a Beretta PX4 SC Friday at the local gun show but didn't... I have a couple other purchases higher on my list, I'm waiting for some paper work before I buy a Glock 22 and I'd really like to get a deer barrel for my pheasant gun although I don't think I'll make it in time for this season.
How many of you have bought rifles w/o telling your wife...?
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c.latrans
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TRUE STORY HERE.............there was a preacher who lived in our town for a while who was into guns. His wife couldnt tell one from another, but she could count, and knew that his gun cabinet held 9 long guns..................the others he kept in the trunk of his car, usually a dozen or so! We used to give him untold grief about such behavior from a man of the cloth, but he simply refered to the whole deal as a slight sin of omission.......LMAO when I think about it again!
mgregg85
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I have definitely never done that, especially not with a mini-14.
Though this is a fiance.
Though this is a fiance.
JACK STEELE
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I tell my wife everything. reason being is that after 20 years together , she's still my reason for waking up every morning and drawing breath into my lungs.
I trust her with everything and she never tells me what to do even when she should.she also runs the household finances and will only ask me to wait a week if im wanting to get a new gun and the money isnt quite there.
I trust her with everything and she never tells me what to do even when she should.she also runs the household finances and will only ask me to wait a week if im wanting to get a new gun and the money isnt quite there.
expvideo
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where can I get a hat like that? It's so shiney!
hostilecrab
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What my friend has told his wife
Wife: Honey, what's this ?
Him: Huh,Huh (chuckling) - Oh this old thing, I've had this thing for years.
Wife: Hmmmmm.....
Later on the wife goes out and buys some really nice and expensive jewelry...
Him: (once getting the credit card bill/banking statement and seeing Wife wearing said jewelry) Honey, what's this ?
Wife: Huh,Huh (chuckling) - Oh this old thing, I've had this thing for years.
-HCrab
Wife: Honey, what's this ?
Him: Huh,Huh (chuckling) - Oh this old thing, I've had this thing for years.
Wife: Hmmmmm.....
Later on the wife goes out and buys some really nice and expensive jewelry...
Him: (once getting the credit card bill/banking statement and seeing Wife wearing said jewelry) Honey, what's this ?
Wife: Huh,Huh (chuckling) - Oh this old thing, I've had this thing for years.
-HCrab
Cover Dog
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I tell my wife about every gun I purchase. When I'm gone, I just hope she doesn't sell them for what I told her I paid.
theotherwaldo
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Wife?
Vas ist das, "wife"?
Vas ist das, "wife"?
Here's what I have done in the past:
I have bought a new rifle cash and stuck it in the safe once Ive gotten home. The only time I will take it out and go to the range is when we are off opposite days. One time she asked me: "Is that a new rifle, and I'm like: "No I had it for years in the safe, just dont shoot it that often." She knows the combination but NEVER goes into it. I think I've snuck two rifles past her without question, just remember to pay with cash.
I have bought a new rifle cash and stuck it in the safe once Ive gotten home. The only time I will take it out and go to the range is when we are off opposite days. One time she asked me: "Is that a new rifle, and I'm like: "No I had it for years in the safe, just dont shoot it that often." She knows the combination but NEVER goes into it. I think I've snuck two rifles past her without question, just remember to pay with cash.
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He must think she does, or why else would he make such an outlandish statement?
TexasRifleman
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Hmm. I am not sure if I have ever told my wife about gun purchases.
She simply doesn't care. I've nothing to hide but her interest in firearms is pretty much zero.
She simply doesn't care. I've nothing to hide but her interest in firearms is pretty much zero.
Heck
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nwilliams
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I'm so glad I'm not married so I don't have to justify my gun purchases to anyone but myself and I'm pretty easy to convince
Although, once I get the basement remodeled and my reloading/gun bench built and setup, she'll probably look at the M1 with bayonet hanging on the wall and say "what the hell is THAT, and where did it come from?"
Oh well......
Oh well......
Mike U.
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I bought a couple of firearms behind my wife's back before.
A S&W .357 and a Yugo SKS.
Then, my wife died rather suddenly in June of '05 about three months after I secretly bought the Yugo SKS.
Can you even imagine how I feel about that now that I have no way to make it right?
Now, my personal tragedy aside, let's look at this issue and it's possible consequences.
Doing things like making secret purchases behind your mate's back is a betrayal of trust. Plain and simple, there is no way to justify it even if your mate buys things behind your back. A betrayal of trust is a betrayal of trust regardless.
No matter how it is justified or who is to blame, (if one or both parties begin playing the blame-game,) it negatively impacts the relationship. It can eventually lead to divorce.
Any kind of betrayal, no matter what form it takes, is a type of relationship cancer. If ignored, it may just grow as time wears on and get worse. Little betrayals tend to add up and fester and get bigger as time goes by. It will never get better on it's own until it is exposed and excised.
Love and Trust is the glue that binds a happily married couple together.
And betrayal is the one solvent that can instantly dissolve one or both parts of that glue.
A happy marriage cannot be maintained when trust is betrayed.
It can only be repaired.
And that if, and only if, both parties are able and willing to forgive and forget with no more questions asked after all the dirty laundry is aired.
Then begins the oh-so-fun process of re-building the trust that was broken.
This post is not intended to guilt trip you, it's just something to consider before traveling down that road.
As kind of an after thought, I'd like to pose one simple little question, if I may:
If your better half was taken away from you permanently and suddenly, could you live with yourself knowing you had little secrets you were keeping from them?
A S&W .357 and a Yugo SKS.
Then, my wife died rather suddenly in June of '05 about three months after I secretly bought the Yugo SKS.
Can you even imagine how I feel about that now that I have no way to make it right?
Now, my personal tragedy aside, let's look at this issue and it's possible consequences.
Doing things like making secret purchases behind your mate's back is a betrayal of trust. Plain and simple, there is no way to justify it even if your mate buys things behind your back. A betrayal of trust is a betrayal of trust regardless.
No matter how it is justified or who is to blame, (if one or both parties begin playing the blame-game,) it negatively impacts the relationship. It can eventually lead to divorce.
Any kind of betrayal, no matter what form it takes, is a type of relationship cancer. If ignored, it may just grow as time wears on and get worse. Little betrayals tend to add up and fester and get bigger as time goes by. It will never get better on it's own until it is exposed and excised.
Love and Trust is the glue that binds a happily married couple together.
And betrayal is the one solvent that can instantly dissolve one or both parts of that glue.
A happy marriage cannot be maintained when trust is betrayed.
It can only be repaired.
And that if, and only if, both parties are able and willing to forgive and forget with no more questions asked after all the dirty laundry is aired.
Then begins the oh-so-fun process of re-building the trust that was broken.
This post is not intended to guilt trip you, it's just something to consider before traveling down that road.
As kind of an after thought, I'd like to pose one simple little question, if I may:
If your better half was taken away from you permanently and suddenly, could you live with yourself knowing you had little secrets you were keeping from them?
CoRoMo
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So far, I haven't made the purchase and brought one home without here knowing it was on it's way. I usually select my next gun through research and save up the cash (money that doesn't impact our budget). I'll usually tell her within a day of making the purchase, then I take her out to eat at her choice of restaurant to keep things copacetic.
Since I work and make the money and she doesn't, and since I mainly buy only one or two guns a year, and since I'm only using spare cash to save that doesn't affect our budget, all things work out.
Since I work and make the money and she doesn't, and since I mainly buy only one or two guns a year, and since I'm only using spare cash to save that doesn't affect our budget, all things work out.
benEzra
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No. And have never needed to.
On the contrary, I missed getting a pristine early 1950's Tula SKS for $99 back in the mid-1990's when my wife bought hers, and she suggested we buy two at that price. I said nah, let's not spend the extra money. :banghead:
Priced a nice Russian SKS with perfect wood lately? I've been kicking myself ever since...
On the contrary, I missed getting a pristine early 1950's Tula SKS for $99 back in the mid-1990's when my wife bought hers, and she suggested we buy two at that price. I said nah, let's not spend the extra money. :banghead:
Priced a nice Russian SKS with perfect wood lately? I've been kicking myself ever since...
I work 12 hours a day to make the money and feed the famliy, I am not going to ask permission for my toys.. No thanks. If I started selling the VCR, TV to buy more and more guns, well then I will enroll myself into Gunaholics Anonymous meeting; until then, I only have to ask my better self, do I really need this gun?
No thanks. If I started selling the VCR, TV to buy more and more guns, well then I will enroll myself into Gunaholics Anonymous meeting; until then, I only have to ask my better self, do I really need this gun?I've lived by this for a long time. I justify the cost by asking myself what she spends at Hobby Lobby, Michael's, Ben Franklin, the Avon catilogue, ect. (More than what I spend even when trap season is in full swing, shooting 50 shells a week minimum).
The best thing about my lady is that she (like many females I know) couldn't tell the difference between a Corvette and an Impala. The same goes for guns. As long as I have one already that is similar in any way she can't tell. The only problem is justifing why I need to buy a new $900 safe. I'm not sure she would buy the "they had babies" idea.
~Ubes
Shovelhead
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No need to lie to the Wifey.
Last one I bought I told her if Emperor Obama won, I was buying an EBR in the next month.
Actually it was two weeks........
Last year I found an EMP for a killer deal, she went into her "Stash" to front me $850 for the purchase.
I think I'll keep her.
Last one I bought I told her if Emperor Obama won, I was buying an EBR in the next month.
Actually it was two weeks........
Last year I found an EMP for a killer deal, she went into her "Stash" to front me $850 for the purchase.
I think I'll keep her.
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mgkdrgn
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I buy what I want, when I want. I bought the house we live in before she saw it. Same is true for my car, motorcycle, airplane, and most of my guns and computer equipment.
She also buys what she wants when she wants it.
I buy stuff for her to w/o asking. Sometimes I do ask, to make sure I get the right color.
She also buys what she wants when she wants it.
I buy stuff for her to w/o asking. Sometimes I do ask, to make sure I get the right color.
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