Decisions, decisions...

This is a tough one. Having had four of them (wifes, the last one 25 years and counting) I can tell you devorce is not a pleasent trip to take.

Here's a suggestion, pick up a newspaper and start looking at classic cars to rebuild, then start taking her around to look at some and let her get an idea of the cost of rebuilding a car. Tell her you are starting a new hobby. In about four weeks she should be telling you to stick with your current hobby of gun collecting (it's cheaper). Or tell her you are taking up golf and take her with to checkout and price golf clubs. Let her think that the next gun purchase is her idea.

Just a suggestion.
Jim
 
Here's how I do it.....I brought a mini-14 home last year and placed it in the living room floor. She come in from her late night and didn't say a thing. It now hangs out in my safe and she has no idea I haven't owned it for years.

Squirrel away cash every chance you get, when you get a couple of grand stashed away then buy a gun here and there.

On the flip side this happened this year;

Earlier this year I was "building" a AR I'd bought a ar upper and was waiting for my lower to arrive. I'd told my BIL to BOL for an AR in his travels a month or so earlier, so one day while out of cell range he called my wife about a NIB AR, and she told him to go ahead and pick it up for her. So I ended up with his and her AR's...

Last weekend we made a deal whatever I spent at the gunshow she spent shopping. Lucky for me she ended up buying mostly kids school clothes and some work clothes for herself so I come out ahead anyway. :)

Life is good.
 
Another lurker here, although I've posted a time or two in the distant past. One thing to point out to your wife is that guns don't lose their value and some will even increase in value. What else can you say that about? Back in the early '90s, just a few years after I got married, I got the bug to buy a nice set of camera gear. In order to do so I sold a Winchester model 70, a Ruger #1 and an M1 Carbine. While I thoroughly enjoy photography, the camera gear today is worth a couple bills at most. On the other hand, the combined value of the guns I sold is over $2,000. I sincerely regret selling the Ruger and the M1 Carabine. So does my wife. Any time you can buy a gun for less than its value, it is an investment.
 
+1 on the "Investment" argument.

Only works for used sales/trades, but it does work for me.

I show her what I paid for my latest "investment" and then show her a short list of "asking" prices on GB and the percentage of increase that represents on investment ;).

Then, "Where else can you get that rate of return?"

Good luck.

Best,

Will
 
Next time she wants a piece of jewelry, tell her that she can't buy one, until she gets rid of one that she has already
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+1. And that goes for shoes, purses, blouses, skirts, whatever et cetera.

My fiance has over forty pairs of shoes and she still tries to tell me that, "(You) don't need another gun, they all do the same thing anyway."

Hypocrisy, thy name is (most) women.

Still love 'em, though.
 
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