In his immortal poem about the Wedding- "A million women like Maggie, are willing to bear the yoke- but a woman's only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke"
That poem is entitled
THE BETROTHED, and the quote is:
"A million surplus Maggies are willing to bear the yoke,
and a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke"
Great poem, but does not apply here. You are
already wed, the cigar smoker was not. If she is the love of your life, you do well to place that ahead of guns. Time will sort all the other stuff out. Once she realizes she is the most important thing to you, all this other stuff will pale in importance to her. A great, and lifelong, marriage is of far more import than the next used gun (hard as it may seem to believe at the time
) .
All my best, SRH I agree-being married to the right woman is a key to a long and happy life. And being the only son and grandson from a family of gun collecting and shooting/hunting with them males has its advantages, inheritance wise. I only buy used guns from private parties, mainly earlier Model 12's and pre-1913 LC Smiths, both primarily in 12 gauge. I have my gun and shooting fund, and she has her arts and crafts fund. Touche!!
