Hey there soarkrebel. Advice from red strobes' better half...
with it being so close to Christmas and all, I say tell her how much you'd really like this as a Christmas gift, BUUUTTT you really NEEED it now for hunting and you found it on a great sale! (we women just can't resist a great sale)<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> Then do something that men have a real problem with and listen! Listen to what she has been wanting that may not really be necessary and she will put off buying for herself. Go out, be a darling and buy it for her. Tah dah... no skillet torpedo.

red strobes( you a fire man?) thats a good one ! let me tell a little story.
OH back in 1988 we were on our first christmas married. so old bubba rebel me was out in k mart just shopping . i wanted a rem 870 to shoot skeet with the guys in my unit in the army. so kmart had a great deal on a rem 870 wingmaster. like 300 bucks. so old dummy me goes and puts it on layaway.
think i have done something great , got her a gift to give me i would really want. so i go home and break this enlightening thought to her.
MAN SMOKE WAS ROLLING!!! she blew up like a ton of c4.
it wasn't right to pick out your own gift thats something the giving party does. it went on for hours . i said a few choice words and told her i would just go get the gun . i could have paid for it on the spot no problem . but i just thought.( thats what i got for thinking)
well the next day she went and got the gun while i was at work. i didnt know this and went there after work and was shocked when they told me it had been picked up.
Dummy mistake #2 . i asked her about it. here we went again . i got the gun that night but didn't do that again.
Now i just say i bought MYSELF a present!
OH and nice gifts for her. last year i bought her a pair of diamond ear rings set in white gold . very nice ! worth oh about 1500 bucks. i got a deal on them, trust me . she lost one of them!
Dummy mistake #3 i made the statement i never lost a gun. whoa the fires on!!
I am going to learn someday to keep my mouth shut! but it's fun to spice up a marriage. you know making up??
And if she knew i was writing this on cyber world ...SHAZAM mistake #4 BOOM!!!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

SOUTH ARKANSAS REBEL

I'm a paramedic. That was my better half who wrote that last one.

Get her a handle and get her started. some people on here could use some female advise!
She has some very good points. i got the jest she has heard some good ones from you red strobes. you must be a smoothie!<img src=icon_smile_kisses.gif border=0 align=middle>
She sounded like my wife with that listen thing. (deep sigh)
When is the big date? marriage isn't really all that bad i have absolutely no regrets. and tell your better half i said that. i let my better half know it everyday. it's just the look i get when i tell her i bought more gun stuff! like this <img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_angry.gif border=0 align=middle>!


SOUTH ARKANSAS REBEL

We were just talking about getting her logged on. She does enjoy going hunting. In fact she sold her 30/06 to pay off her wedding dress. April 26 2003 is the big day. We just got back from Arkansas. The in-laws have 400 acres between Fayetteville and Harrison. Lots of turkey and deer up there. White tails are alot bigger than the antlered poodles we have in California.

The fiance' says thank you for the warm welcome.

I think she'll find most folks on here are pretty decent.
Is she from harrison? nice country up there. i live outside hot springs but my blood is from ouachita county.
My wife is from colorado and it took me 10 years to get her to eat deer. won't hunt them. i guess thats best cause if she did i would have to stay home with the kids.
you know you have good reason to buy a gun later to replace her's. now we men must be concerned about our wives armament.just a thought.
good luck and always take her advice ,or at least act like you did!
i think i will take my place on my half of the bed.later.

SOUTH ARKANSAS REBEL

soarkrebel: funny you should say it took you 10 years to get your wife to eat venision...Thats about what it took for me also to get my wife to eat deer! And NOW all the CWD crap in Wisconsin has her so bent, that she wont eat it again nor wants the kids to eat it! And I hunt 4 hours north of where the CWD is(for now!??) I doubt there will be any hope of &quot;retraining&quot; my wife to eat venision again!

IF MAN WERE TO THINK AROUND WOMEN........WE'D NEVER BE MARRIED!<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>i SAY THAT IN RESPECT...I'VE BEEN MARRIED TO THE MOST FANTASTIC LADY IN MY WORLD FOR OVER 21 YEARS. TELL HER THE TRASHCO SCOPE BROKE AND YOU HAD TO REPLACE IT.

Hurry up and wait.

Soarkrebel, Ha Ha Ha, don't take my advise, You'll end up in my shoes.Of course they are pretty comfortable if I do say so myself.Actually honesty is the best policy.Trust and respect helps make a marriage work.If I decide to get rid of one of my Treelounges ,you'll be the first to know about it.I wasn't trying to get you deeper in trouble. I just like stirring the pot a little bit.LOL.Red Strobes sounds like you have a good woman there.I wish you both the best with your wedding plans.Ruger Redhawk

Support the NRA...Protecting our Gun Rights and Freedoms is everybody's responsibility. Ruger Redhawk A proud NRA Life Member since 1977.

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