Some of you are doomed to misery.
We were cleaning out the garage (more like shifting material around) just this week when my wife told me that there was a gun in a gun case I had on a shelf that we were putting empty knife and gun cases on.
"N'uhn", I intelligently responded.
"Uh'huh", she rejoined.
"Gotta be parts", I said with unfounded certainty.
"All together in one piece?", she asked with well-founded certainty.
"Lemme see!", me.
Grinning down at me she popped open the hard case and handed a rifle to me.
"Well, lookee there.", me.
"Looks like something worth keeping or is it something we should sell to pay for
significant optional household expense?" she inquired.
"Ummm, hmmmm, uhhhh. It's an "X" and it is worth "Y" right now and it would be a good time to sell, but it uses "Z" so..."
"Nope, that's a keeper. Let's see if there are any other "Christmas Presents" that you don't know about that are worth getting rid of.", she said teasing my absent mindedness.
Honesty is the best policy in maintaining a relationship, especially over issues of finance.