Hiding purchases from the wife....

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Not that I've EVER done this myself :rolleyes:

But how many of you have bought something and had to sort of sneak it in to your collection without the wife finding out?

Do you ever round-down the price to make it more acceptable?

Do you sell something on Ebay for X dollars and then use that to justify the next Ebay purchase for 3X dollars?

How do you explain the large, guitar shaped box that got delivered today while you were at work?

Have you ever sold something and proudly proclaimed that you almost broke even on that very expensive piece of gear... Only to discover that you sort of forget to tell her about it when you first got it several years ago?

Just curious....
 
My stuff gets delivered to work

but my wife works where I do, so everybody has made sure she knows about it even before I get there. :D

Yeah, I've kind of forgotten to mention things a few times, but I have a different reason.

Anytime I get a new guitar or bass, she wants me to play it for her, even though we've been over this a hundred times. At this point, I play for no one but myself. Then she gets mad, not because I bought it, but because I won't play for her.

And of course, SHE wants to play with it. Note that I didn't say PLAY it, I said play WITH it. Kinda like having your average 8 year old play with your guitars. I don't have a problem with someone who knows what they're doing playing one of mine, but to have somebody just treat it pretty much like a monkey would bothers me.

As far as money goes, she spends way more on books than I do on guitars.
 
Fusioninspace said:
Not that I've EVER done this myself :rolleyes:

But how many of you have bought something and had to sort of sneak it in to your collection without the wife finding out?

Do you ever round-down the price to make it more acceptable?

Do you sell something on Ebay for X dollars and then use that to justify the next Ebay purchase for 3X dollars?

How do you explain the large, guitar shaped box that got delivered today while you were at work?

Have you ever sold something and proudly proclaimed that you almost broke even on that very expensive piece of gear... Only to discover that you sort of forget to tell her about it when you first got it several years ago?

Just curious....
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Your honor, I respectfully decline to anwer on the grounds of my rights against self-incrimination guaranteed to me under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America!
 
notCardio said:
As far as money goes, she spends way more on books than I do on guitars.
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What is this "books" that you speak of?

ggunn said:
Your honor, I respectfully decline to anwer on the grounds of my rights against self-incrimination guaranteed to me under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America!
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You don't read the fine print, do you? This doesn't apply to marriage.
 
Myriad_Rocker said:
What is this "books" that you speak of?
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I'm not really sure, but they sure do hurt when I whack my toe into them in the middle of the night, which I do quite often, because they're everywhere.
 
With the expensive stuff, I always clear it first. With the less expensive stuff, I'll just explain it if I have to. :D (Meaning if she says, "What is that thing? When did you get it?" And most importantly, "How much did it cost?" ) :eek:
 
Well, I never get the expensive stuff, so I guess that's why I don't have to worry about it too much.

She just gives me the old, 'You don't play what you have, why do you need more?' routine.

I just say 'You've already read them, why do you need to keep them?' and she shuts up.
 
I once bought a new guitar, left it sit out in the livingroom ect. About six months later the wife asks, "is that a new guitar"?
 
notCardio said:
Well, I never get the expensive stuff, so I guess that's why I don't have to worry about it too much.

She just gives me the old, 'You don't play what you have, why do you need more?' routine.

I just say 'You've already read them, why do you need to keep them?' and she shuts up.
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ask her how many pairs of shoes or coats she needs?
 
My wife never gives me a hard time over purchases...these are her own words..' you work hard for your money, spend it on what you want" that said, I do feel obligated to buy her stuff too, the upside of this is, she likes all the same things I do...fishing poles, bowling balls, guns, knives chain saws.....hell, she can skin a deer quicker than any man!
 
jpw23 said:
hell, she can skin a deer quicker than any man!
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And I'll bet she keeps the knife in plain sight to remind you of that... ;)
 
notCardio said:
And I'll bet she keeps the knife in plain sight to remind you of that... ;)
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She has her own knife and I am well aware of where she keeps it......did I mention that she is 50/50 Cherokee and Irish?
 
notCardio said:
And I'll bet she keeps the knife in plain sight to remind you of that... ;)
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Damn, you beat me to it. My wife has kept a large set of knives around ever since we first met. She will whip out two knives and use them to sharpen each other. It's very intimidating, so I just stick with the 'yes, ma'am', 'no ma'am's for a while afterwards...
 
notCardio said:
Are you kidding? I can't make her buy clothes.
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if you have a problem with that we can trade, you can keep the guitar and chinese mic
 
jpw23 said:
She has her own knife and I am well aware of where she keeps it......did I mention that she is 50/50 Cherokee and Irish?
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A volatile mix, indeed. :D

So you like the fishing jpw? It rocks - a very manly pursuit. Trout season is closed here at the moment, so I'm going after pike. You ever eaten one? Actually pretty good.

Back on topic, I don't have a wife, so the only thing that keeps me from buying guitars is the fact that I have no money.
 
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