With us its really just am matter of budget. Being Military we don't live like kings but we dont struggle either. It is more of a priority thing, and she just doesnt want me buying a gun that is an impulse. She wants to know that it fills a need (real or imaginary for me...LOL) and that it won't be a shoot once, and then put it in the back of the closet. I guess you could say she is really more of a common sense filter than anything else. she doesnt let me buy on impulse.. LOL.