Spousal Satisfaction

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Has anyone here ever had to do something to keep their spouse from getting upset about a gun purchase? I don't mean just not telling her. ;-) Here is my best example:

I fell in love with a stainless Mini-14 at the local pawn shop. I knew my girlfriend wanted a Super Nintendo real bad. I talked the gun down a bit in price. I got a high cap mag thrown in with it. Then I got him to throw in a Super Nintendo with her choice of two games. She was happy.

WARNING! Sometimes this is just a temporary fix! Sometimes I still hear, "I can't believe you spent over $400 on a gun." Good thing I didn't tell her what the Beretta cost.
 
PreserveFreedom--

Wow--great solution and a fine act of diplomacy. Thumbs up!

As far as my spousal situation is concerned, when I got married my gun budget necessarily became tied to the household budget and has therefore shrunk due to rising housing costs in my area and probably also due to spin-offs from marriage itself (for instance, my wife likes the house to be cooler in the summer than I do, so up goes the electric bill). She knows that I buy one gun over the same span of time that I used to buy maybe three. But I still feel uneasy bringing a new gun home. I used to show off all my new acquistions to her. Now it's every other one. Not that she says anything adverse. But I have noticed a certain "look," because she knows (and so do I) that there are household expenditures that the money could go to. It's too bad, too.

[This message has been edited by jimmy (edited July 16, 2000).]
 
That's why I want to get a safe. It's not for the burglars, you see, it's to keep her prying eyes away from any new acquisitions. :) Seriously though, she is pretty good about it. Afterall, I just bought HER(me to) a new townhouse.
 
My wife is not to crazy about guns and my collection :( But she tolerates it,Because I'm not going to give it up and she knows that. I show and tell maybe every other piece I buy, I still get to hear"I can't believe you paid so much for that". I just let it go in one ear and out the other. All mine are kept in the gun safe and she really doesn't know whats been accumulating ;) She got started in collecting Boyds Bears so she gets to now spend money on those things,which I don't mind at all. And she doesn't even have to hear me say "I don't believe you spent that much on that stuffed rag". I keep telling her though I'm going to line them up one day for a Bear hunt :D. Anyway as long as all the bills are paid,the kids eat,have new clothes and shoes and she gets her Bears,Guess what the new gun is commin home with papa :D

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PreserveFreedom:
WARNING! Sometimes this is just a temporary fix! Sometimes I still hear, "I can't believe you spent over $400 on a gun."[/quote]

I've found the best response to this is, "I can't believe a grown woman plays Nintendo."

Can you tell I'm single? ;)
 
It depends on the purchase. My last was a .357 snubbie revolver with Uncle Mike combat grips that my wife thought was "just what a gun should be." No problem.

Before that, though, I bought two 9mm pistols and had my 1911 worked on all in the same month, and I bought my wife a new computer, just in time to avoid trouble.

Good luck,

Ledbetter
 
Yeah, "why do you need more than one gun?" or "I can't believe you spent $600 on a pistol!" (my stainless para-ordnance P14-45) or "You already have two guns, why do you need more?" are some of the things I've heard from my wife of one year. I agree with VictorLouis about the safe. Although I only own two firearms (rifle and pistol) I WILL be buying more in the future and she's going to have to get used to it. I try to appease her with a balancing act. She seemed to be more accepting when I told here I'd buy her jewelry of approximately equal value when I buy my next gun. All women, even my wife who doesn't wear a lot of jewelry, can be bribed with diamonds and gold! :D

Also, does anyone have stats on links that show you're more likely to defend yourself with a firearm than have a family member die as a result of a firearm accident? I keep hearing about how she doesn't want firearms around when we have children, I told her that's what a safe is for!


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You poor bastards.

CindyH was musing last night, "Should I get a cheap shotgun now and wait a while to get a really nice one, or get the nice one first?"

That's my honey! :D
 
My lovely wife was aware of my hobby prior to our getting married and I've not heard a single word of negativity.. Actually I may have to buy another full size 1911 as she has pretty much laid claim to my Kimber. She can also handle and shoot my CAR-15 like a pro.

AHHHHH marital bliss :-)

Mark / FL
 
My wife doesnt shoot, but I think I am going to buy her a gun I really like, and she probably wont want it. This way I can buy myself something, and have good intentions. I mentioned this to her and she said she would buy me a nice sewing machine.

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--Ayn Rand, in "The Nature of Government"
 
I never had problems with "pretty" guns like my Python, Diamondback, SS Beretta 92FS, Browning HP, SS Kimber Ultra Carry, etc. She actually likes these. I did have problems with "ugly" guns like my Glock, Sig 220, P7M8, etc. As long as they are pretty she likes them all and don't care but I get an ugly guns and she doesn't understand. She gave me hell for getting MAC90 several years ago but she liked my Remington Wingmaster 870. I wonder what she is going to say when I bring home a Remington PSS?
 
First, how many of you have seen your wife buy something and you haven't a clue as to why she would buy that _____?

My policy is that I must sell a gun everytime I buy one, two, or three guns. I emphasize the one that is leaving. I'm selling a nice nickle Kahr K-9, which I purchased for her, but she can't readily load, or clean it. I am purchasing a Ruger SP101 for her. Of course, I don't have any other revolvers, so I'll need to find one for myself. We can't have me shooting a semi-auto and her shooting a wheel gun. It seems to be working with little resistance.

I must say that this is a girlfriend. If she follows true to my friend's wives, she will save the strong opposition for after I make the legal plunge and she can take me to the cleaners if I don't obey. Your guns are useless against the real threat in life..THE ATTORNEYS! Modern day gunslingers! Best mind your P's and Q's. What I dislike about women the most is that, in my experience, they are usually right and I usually find myself to be in the wrong. That's another discussion board. Not so serious about most of this post, but I do sell when I buy.
 
Yeah, Gary. "Sell a gun?" Sounds like of vulgar and perverted to me. Moderators, please remind everyone that this is a family oriented board.

I, fortunately, don't have to worry about such issues. My former fiance claimed to tolerate my "hobbies" but actually looked down upon it. Hmmm? Wonder if that's one of the reasons why she's my former fiance. My girlfriend (who came after the fiance was out of the picture . . . perverts) told me in one of our first conversations that she wanted me to help her find a carry weapon. And she's already asking what I want for my birthday - a 226 or Glock 20 with hi-caps or a SA Squad Scout. :)

No, she doesn't have a sister and no, you can't have her phonenumber.
 
One of the reasons I've managed to stay marrried to the same woman for 26 years is that we discuss any purchase that costs more than, oh, say dinner for two at Red Lobster. Neither of us always gets they toys we want, but we don't wind up arguing because there's no money left for the car payment, either.

We've also quit trying to figure out what the other wants for birthdays, Xmas, and so on. Her last birthday she got a humongous quilting frame, my birthday I got a CPU upgrade for my PC. My next birthday I'm planning to hint for the All-Weather Mini-14.

OTOH, I don't have the collection-building jones that affects some TFLers. :)
 
Single nothing :) ... When I was single, I had a .357, a .303 brit and 12 gauge. Since I've been married, I bought myself a beautiful pair of Brownings (BLR in .308 and lever .22), a mini-14 I had to have, and a CZ-52. But the best part is the pristine Garand she got me for my last birthday and the USP40 that she had here for X-mas. She complains ... but obviously not TOO much :)
saands
ps ... my safe is now full, though, so anything new might have to displace something old :(
 
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