RE: Your Wife and Your Obsession
 

I do what I want!!! I spend what I want!!! Wait I second, I gotta go I think I here her coming and I have got to burn these reciepts from Bass-Pro!!

RE: Your Wife and Your Obsession
 

Almost laughed out loud when I saw this thread! I actually just bought a bow from a guy on AT, then I sold my old bows and a sstand to "pay" for it, only then did I tell her about it. Her comment was, "So, you know where our money is, if we can afford it go ahead." So all is good at my household. Of course, she is into horses and wants to show this summer, so I'm sure I'll hear about it again, lol ;).
dandbuck

RE: Your Wife and Your Obsession
 

I'm lucky; no hiding here.

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I don't have a wife.....yet, but my girlfriend sure gives me some grief sometimes about my purchases.

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I figured out that the key time to tell or ask about purchases is when she is already screaming yes, yes, yes. Sans the Bag.

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You forgot a choice: My wife/girlfriend knows what I buy and wants one too!

RE: Your Wife and Your Obsession
 

She's usually there with me, to decide on what to pick out. She's loves archery as much as I and understands the obsession :D

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My wife doesn't care as long as I pay for it with money I earned from a side job.

Hey BobCo I got me one of them there red heads, too. When we started dateing back in high school I had an old boy tell me that no one gets as mad as a red head. Now after 8 years of marraige all I can say is, HE WAS RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;)

RE: Your Wife and Your Obsession
 

i have bought things before without telling the wife she buys all kinds of clothes and stuff and i don't ask what she got or how much so when i see something i want i just buy it






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I am extremely blessed, my wife was raised by a hunter/fisherman. When I would like something, we talk about and settle how we will afford it. I try to keep major purchases, over $200, to once a year; but things that are at least somewhat expensive $50-150 we work it all out. If it's less than $50 I probably won't talk with her about it first but I won't hide it from her either. She takes care of the books in our family so even if I wanted to sneak something by her, I couldn't.

It all comes down to trust. Do I trust her to understand the things I find important? If my purchases will hurt the family monetarily, what am I placing first? When I place them first, provide her with the financial security she desires first, I get everything I want.