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Don't ask, don't tell. I am however very tricky about sneaking'em in the house!...Geo The late Gene Hill wrote the book on that special op- chapter and verse--My kinda guy- didn't take any crap from Mrs. Hill, went hunting or shooting whenever the spirit moved him-- Hey guys it's a gun, not a mistress!...Geo
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Found a gun I wanted but was reluctant to spend the money. The wife and I took a trip to Kansas City to look at a cheaper alternative and while I was thinking about it she said "why don't you just buy the one you really want?" Gotta love a woman like that.
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. - Albert Einstein
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Marry the right woman to begin with and all this is someone else's problem.
SRH 'Nuf said. JR
Be strong, be of good courage.
God bless America, long live the Republic.
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I've always kept my gun/hunting account separate from the family accounts, and when I have to borrow from family savings to buy something I just have to have NOW, I pay it back ASAP from the gun account, and show both the borrowing and the payback in the check register for my "accountant." Kept the peace for 49+ years and many guns and hunting trips.
Now, how the money gets INTO the gun account, THAT is where some "don't ask, don't tell" comes in....
My wife, completely uninterested in the details of guns, is an excellent shot with a shotgun and .22 handguns. She has come to accept that she's married to a gun nut. When/where we were raised, it was common, if not actually normal, to possess, use, and carry firearms.
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Many a gun she has commented, " I haven't seen that one before".
My standard reply is that I traded some parts for it and it needed work.
I don't do any explaining past that. none of her business.
never leave the house with a gun in a case without another case with a broomstick in it. they count the cases coming back, not what's in them.
having gun cabinets with opaque doors prevents any inquiring eyes from seeing what's in there.
Last edited by Brian; 01/11/15 06:21 PM.
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Bet he used the wife as an excuse not to buy it. Just wanted more pics/info.
'Oh the wife said I can't buy it.....'. just lurking.
D.
Life is too short to have a 'hate on' for so many things or people. Isn't it?
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My wife and I have a simple agreement - with her I am monogamous.
With fly rods and firearms I am permitted "serial affairs" - her words. She, on the other hand, is happy with 2 fly rods, 2 revolvers and 2 shotguns - especially her 20 gauge Beretta 471 SxS with which she yesterday killed quail and pheasant.
A wife who loves to break clays and quail hunt is easy to live with.
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I owned a gun shop when I was married the first time and she ws an avid shooter/hunter, no problem there, but I always had to ask for what ever I bought, we lasted 12 yrs.
The second one likes to shoot(Shot for the CSU small bore team) but is a bunny hugger, we're both on our second marriage so we have three account, hers, mine and ours. Ours gets a donation from each of us to cover bills and household expenses. Hers and mine are at our own discretion and neither of us has to ask or feel guilty, 26yrs now with never an argument over money, life is good.
Her only [censored] is what she is going to do with all the guns when I die. I have to keep an inventory for her with where they are to go or be sold for and by whom.
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After the first shot the rest are just noise.
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I owned a gun shop when I was married the first time and she ws an avid shooter/hunter, no problem there, but I always had to ask for what ever I bought, we lasted 12 yrs.
The second one likes to shoot(Shot for the CSU small bore team) but is a bunny hugger, we're both on our second marriage so we have three account, hers, mine and ours. Ours gets a donation from each of us to cover bills and household expenses. Hers and mine are at our own discretion and neither of us has to ask or feel guilty, 26yrs now with never an argument over money, life is good.
Her only [censored] is what she is going to do with all the guns when I die. I have to keep an inventory for her with where they are to go or be sold for and by whom. I think Gene Hill once also said that his only regret about dying is that he would miss his own estate sale--
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Years ago my wife said we had too many shotguns, so I sold hers...she has stayed out of my inventory ever since!
p.s. She now has a beautiful 20 Ga. Grulla
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