Rookie handgun buying mistake!

[2cool9031]

I have a good wife in that respect. She is not really into the gun stuff half the time if I buy something or make a trade, she isn't really that interested.
The Bad....she doesn't share my hobbie...The good she doesn't know if I had a gun for 10 years or 10 minutes.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Yeah, but it won't last. Soon she'll be whining about how you're destroying her feet. You bad person, you.
And don't get me started about wifey and guns. YESTERDAY she comes home and says "Didja see my pretty new wetsuit?" and I said "Yeah! It's really nice! Didja see my pretty new grips?" and got to hear about it for the next four hours. Sorta sucked all the fun out of THAT one.

 

[shootinghoosier]

I have a real sweetie...she likes to shoot and has told me several times that we need another pistol. Best part, I pick it out and she just has to put her seal of approval on. As long as it fits her hand and feels balanced, she'll sign onto anything.

 

[Cemetery-man]

And never, NEVER open you're gun safe until you've made sure the wife isn't passing by! OMG!! When did you get all THOSE ? !

 

[hodgej1843]

Been there...done that...felt like a moron

couldnt have said it better!!!!

 

[HandK]

Thanks for sharing Scott.....er.....uh....I meen ryninger!!! great story

 

[mandolin3]

I just try to stick with black guns,,,that way they all look the same to her.

 

[tradertator]

If my wife gave me grief over every gun I bought, she wouldn't have become my wife to begin with. I had a lot of guns before her, and I have even more now.

 

[WEB]

And I thought I was the only one hiding guns!!! Out of sight....out of mind.

 

[Jeffrey]

My mom was right when she told me to get all my toys before I got married. Now when I actually ask if I can get a new gun I get the "Do you need it?" from my wife. With two young daughters and plenty of toys that usually gets the purchase put on hold for a while. I have learned a little over the past five years and have a separate "acct". in the gun safe. Have had to use the "its not mine, I'm just borrowing it from ____" excuse though like someone else mentioned

 

[Ryninger]

Thanks for sharing Scott.....er.....uh....I meen ryninger!!! great story

LOL, I can honestly say that I'm not Scott in this instance.

 

[usaguy2006]

Haha Good story man, I can imagine his feeling when he turned around to see his wife standing there. I always tell my fiance, these guns i buy are all gonna be passed down to my son, and i want him to have nice things. (which is pretty much true).. And also as one other guy mentioned, i had to buy my fiance a gun as well, but i am glad she likes shooting. Though her gun of choice is the .22 LR... Bought her a nice Marlin Semi Auto..

We just got back from a weekend vacation to cedar point, i told her if im cool with going and spending all the money on the hotels and amusement parks for her entertainment, then next month when i get paid she has to be cool with me getting my AR 15 i want lol.. She agreed

 

[L-W-R-C]

I told my wife that the G17 I bought was "free"! "The police officers wanted to arm law abiding citizens that live in stressed areas" = Green light

Then came the G30SF I traded my used Ruger P90 payed extra... Told the wife it was a "straight" trade because I traded a metal gun for a plastic one... = Fail, I left the receipt on my dash.

If you ever want some fancy new part tell her it's a recall and this is what the company issued in recall!

I love my wife, but I can't stand hearing I waste money when I pay all the bills and put the turkey bacon on the table!

+1 for turkey bacon

 

[Joe Williams]

I can't imagine having to hide purchases from my wife, or lie to her about them. That would be an extreme irritant to me.

Heck, I got a new gun last night. Cathy came into the store while I was working and helped pick it out, then when I got stuck working overtime handled the sale of my old gun for me so I could get the new one.

Beats the boogers out of having to cringe in fear that she'll find out about my guns. Maybe it helps that she has more than me

 

[Suprtek]

Right there with you on that Joe. I'm not a marriage counselor nor am I criticizing anyone, but I just couldn't live like that. I'd rather my wife and I be able to trust each other not to do things that may cause a problem. I may be the "boss" in my family, but if I'm getting ready to do something stupid, I want and expect my wife to say something about it.

 

[jbombelli]

LOL, I can honestly say that I'm not Scott in this instance.

Are you Scott in OTHER instances?

 

[WLW]

Right there with you on that Joe. I'm not a marriage counselor nor am I criticizing anyone, but I just couldn't live like that. I'd rather my wife and I be able to trust each other not to do things that may cause a problem. I may be the "boss" in my family, but if I'm getting ready to do something stupid, I want and expect my wife to say something about it.

I think that is admirable of you two to live that way. We try too and my wife does know when I get a gun, I just sometimes don't talk to her about it in advance (as I indicated in an earlier post). I do get questioned a lot about "why another?" and frankly that is a good question to pose. It makes me think hard and not compulsively buy a gun and I usually end up buying quality guns, not a quantity of guns that I'll end up getting rid of...

Good post!

 

[G McBride]

Guns and Guitars do not bother my wife any more. Last year she got me a very large gun safe for Christmas because she was worried I had far too much temptation laying around in drawers and closets.

If you buy quality stuff it is really an investment and you can always trade guns for food when the money goes bad.

 

[MacMan]

yep, a buddy of mine, we have a lil "agreement". If our wives ask who's gun it is its the other buddys' gun!!! Just borrowing it to see if I like it kinda thing!! Works out pretty good!!

Yes Sir. That's what my brother and I tell our wives.

 

[hntrdav]

Once you have a few that look like the others, you can say honey I've had this forever and they quit asking.