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I'm happily married but the last two shotguns bought in our house were bought by my wife - for herself.

No, I don't have to sneak guns into the house.

Yes James I do appreciate my friend. He actually mentioned jokingly, the fact that he might just keep it before he turned it over to me.

That was a few years ago and since then, any firearms I've purchased, I usually mention to her what a great deal it was and If I sell it I could make a decent profit on it (of course I rarely sell them). If that doesn't work, I usually use the "hair, purse and shoe card" where she spends more on her hair, purses and shoes over a 6-7 month period of time than what the gun cost.

My wife of 44 years and I have been doing what Skeettx does, with our own separate "do as we wish" funds. Guns have been known to go directly to the back of the safe when brought home with the explanation of being there for some time when they are brought out at a later date. Then there is the explanation that the finely engraved gun is actually cheaper than the blued one because they didn't take the time to polish the scatches out and blue it. Funny how we all get to the same destination.
Karl

My secret? The ubiquitous grey gunsock. In fact, if you were to open my safe, you would see a row of grey gunsocks. Every gun comes in and goes out in the same color sock. Honestly I have no secrets, but I am rarely asked. Once over dinner she mentioned a voicemail from our bank about confirming a wire transfer in British Pounds. I acknowledged it was mine and that I would take care of it, and we continued our pleasant meal.

I have been married twice. First time I had joint accounts and watched my first wife spend money like a mad person. Which she was or is, in a way. After ten years and a lot of psychological therapy for her we divorced. I was lucky to find my current wife a few years later. second time around I did things differently.

We have no joint accounts. All property is in my name alone, home, farms, cars, trucks you name it. Her SUV is in her name, I did get to buy it for her and I did get to pick out the color as well. Her income goes directly into her own account and she spends it as she wishes. Mine is the same way. We even had a prenuptial and an amended post-nuptial agreement just to make sure. If I die first she gets 1/3 of everything and the rest goes directly to the kids.

So money is nothing that she complains about. But she did get a bit mad when I bought a house a few years ago. It seemed my first wife could not get a mortgage on smaller house she wanted and since she was still living in a house I owned, I decided to buy the second house for her. I gave her lifetime rights to live in it and put that house in my kids name from the first marriage. Wife number two was not impressed with my largess. Even when I sold the old house and came out ahead she still was not happy with my buying my first wife anything like a house. Took her about six months to get over it and still is not a subject best brought up but that's only been five years or so.

When I pick up something, it's usually with cash. It's such a pain in the tail for me to go and get it that I just ask my wife if she would.

The hair purses and shoes card is a weak hand. That�s more for you. Unless you want your wife rockin� a 15 dollar high and tight and an old pair of combat boots when you go out. The purses if not too queer (odd) could work as a game or shell bag. Lookin� good ain�t cheap.


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Bring back yesterday. (love how Maxene pinches Patty to get her to talk)
((Col seemed a bit spooked))
https://youtu.be/4lmZiqrqXDw

She has her vise's and I have mine. No biggie

The only purchase that has ever caused big tension was that Honda Shadow Aero I bought. She has always been scared of motorcycles, and I knew she was afraid for me to have one. So, when that opportunity came along I just bought it, and told her about it a couple days later .......... after I had already transferred an equal amount of money into her checking account. That was to appease. Didn't work as well as I had hoped, but not a total bust either. Turns out that she wasn't upset over the bike as much as that I had bought it without telling her I was going to. She couldn't give a care about all my guns, but that bike got her "tore up".

So now, when the bike is back in perfect shape, after my wreck on it, I'm going to sell it and the proceeds will help out on the big 12 ga. hammergun that awaits me in Vegas. That's what I call "conversion of funds".

You gotta stay on your toes, guys. Where there's a will there's a way.

SRH

Never a problem with my dear wife and guns, she had her own.
I keep a gun account separate from our household finances.
Occasionally, the gun account has helped partially finance a new car or University tuition, when it was in better shape than our household monies.