I'll let YOU decide...

Should I let my wife kick in half?

  • Yes

    Votes: 90 90.0%

  • No

    Votes: 10 10.0%
  • Total voters
    100
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280PLUS

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For any of you that don't know, My lovely wife bought me a nice RRA Custom Wadcutter 1911 for Christmas last year. I told her ok, BUT no more expensive gifts for 3 YEARS :p

Well, sadly enough, I am already outshooting my Ruger MKII .22 with it which means, :rolleyes: I need to upgrade on the .22 side. Which means ANOTHER four figures on ANOTHER gun. :eek:

My birthday is coming up and I know my wife and she knows I need a better .22 so I say to her, "No buying me another gun for my birthday!"

SHE said, "I know but I was thinking I could pay for half." I told her no, I wanted to do it myself!

Now she's cranky...

:rolleyes:
 
She is upset because she wants to spend money on something you want? Why is this a tough call? Do you need the number for a good shrink? :scrutiny: :neener:
 
Pardini, Hamerli, the S&W 41 is $700+ then theres the scope... :barf:

I see the yesses(sp?) have taken a strong early lead. :p

:)

Oh, it's a tough call cause I'd rather see her SAVE her $ and not spend too much of it on me, that's all.
 
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You work and save money for one reason: To spend it!!!!

E-mail WildAlaska and get a good deal from him.

Tell her she can throw in 50% for a purchase for ME if your ego is getting in the way. :neener:
 
With the way most guys' wives are about spending on guns, I think you're being quite rude coming on here taunting everyone with stories like this. :)
 
I think you're being quite rude coming on here taunting everyone with stories like this.
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Imagine, a poor guy whose wife gets mad at him for not letting her buy a gun for him. :(

Not many of those around. :p

Exit polls indicate a resounding vote for the affirmative. You guys win...

a cranky woman is never a good thing to have around!
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That statement was the deciding factor :D

GunsAmerica has S&W 41 running about $850
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You're right they HAVE gone up! :eek:

Slap a good Ultra Dot on there and VOILA! Four figures, plus tax :barf:

and thats the CHEAP one...
 
I'm curious about the guys that voted against.

What was the reasoning, guys?

pax
 
Imagine, a poor guy whose wife gets mad at him for not letting her buy a gun for him
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I almost have that problem... she doesn't get mad. I can't help it if I buy stuff before she gets a chance to get it for me! :)
 
Maybe someone said this already but LOOK OUT :what: She's gonna want something expensive sooner or later :neener:
 
Dude, she just wants to get you something nice that you want for your birthday. Let her do it. If you've been saving that money up already, just keep it saved to/and spend it on her when she needs it.

What's so hard about that?

By pushin' her away and not letting her in on the gun purchase, you're making her feel useless and unappreciated. She just wants your bday to be happy for you and SHE wants to make it that way for YOU.

Oh yeah, food for thought, if you think she's cranky now, if you do end up getting the gun on your own, hording all the fun away by yourself, she's going to resent the gun and you for quite a while after. Basically it will be 'marked'.

If you let her buy you the gun, you two go to the range, set it all up, and offer her to shoot the first magazine/shot/whatever. That's the way to keep her on board.
 
Don't get me wrong, I'm not pushing her away. I know she spent a boatload on that RRA with Ultra Dot and I don't want her to go overboard. I was just going to throw it on the card and keep on gnawing away at that nut till it's gone.

We just talked about it and her story is, "I'd rather buy you something nice that I know you want and will use instead of some piece of crap."

I guess I'll keep her...

:D

I think it's interesting that it's been 5:1 "Yes" right from the get go on this poll. :)
 
No, you shouldn't let her buy half! Let her have the joy of buying the whole thing. Don't be selfish! :D
 
280, you dumb ass, you don't deserve her!!!!

Now listen up, and learn.

She loves you. She wants to please you.
She needs to be a part of your life.
She needs to know she is important to you.
She wants to give you something that you will take pleasure in, and that will cause you to think of her when you are.

All the above applies when you are alone with your new toy or if you were smart enough (I can already tell you aren't, you clot) to offer "TOGETHERNESS" in it's usage.

Instead, you smacked her in the face.
You pulled that juvenile "Boys only -- girls keep out", "I wanna do it MYSELF" crud on her.

You've poisoned the event.
Let's see if we can't keep you from poisoning your relationship.

First, Do NOT --- repeat NOT -- buy that gun!

Do NOT, NOT NOT --- Grandly decide to "LET" her buy half. At this point, that would even be worse.

DO apologize for your crassness.
It would help if you thought about from her viewpoint for awhile and understand what really happened, so the apology is genuine, there is some hope you will have learned something and won't repeat the gaff in the future.

The good news is that women are incredibly forgiving and eternally optimistic.
This means even a clumsy apology and only a partial comprehension are really needed. As long as it is sincere. (Don't worry, she'll be happy to spell it out in full detail. Enduring the explanation is proof of sincerity.)

Do that and you will have a happy marriage that will last a lifetime.

Oh, one more word of advice.
Ignore most of your advisors, especially on a public forum.
Most of what you got came straight from either Beavis or his buddy.

Fud
 
Just for the RECORD :D

I offered her the first shots outta the RRA and she WOULDN"T TAKE THEM!

:what:

She did take a few with it after the first though, did mighty darn good too!

You may have missed how I agreed to accept the fairly expensive RRA with the stipulation that no more expensive gifts be bought for a while, 3 YEARS to be exact. I'ts not a "boy" vs "girl" thing it's a "Gee thats a lotta dough and you shouldn't spend so much" thing. As well as a, "Gee, there's no way I can spend any dough like that on you for a while" thing. As another missing piece of info is the fact that I spent twice as much as that RRA on a diamond ring for her last Christmas and it set me back a few years. LIKE THREE or so. Hence said agreement. :p

Benelli, that was the other name I was trying to think of, THANX!
 
280PLUS,
How do you like the RRA? I have started to get serious in bullseye competition and am stronly considering geting one of these pistols. I just have never actually held or shot one. I have a hard time spending that much money on a pistol I have never even seen. Thanks
 
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