Problems with Wife!
11-05-2005 | 06:02 AM
#61
Giant Nontypical
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From: Gambrills Md US
RE: Problems with Wife!
Hey Mike,
Sounds like you are in a situation similar to mine. My wife is a homemaker and I have two boys, and sometimes she gives me guilt trips about hunting. She knew I hunted when we met and even told me she'd never tell me I couldn't hunt. I think as long as you make her feel special and do things for her around the time of your trip, she'll be ok with it. God knows being around kids all day would drive ME nuts! Good luck and tell us how it goes. I could use advice on that topic too!
Sounds like you are in a situation similar to mine. My wife is a homemaker and I have two boys, and sometimes she gives me guilt trips about hunting. She knew I hunted when we met and even told me she'd never tell me I couldn't hunt. I think as long as you make her feel special and do things for her around the time of your trip, she'll be ok with it. God knows being around kids all day would drive ME nuts! Good luck and tell us how it goes. I could use advice on that topic too!
11-05-2005 | 06:04 AM
#62
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From: Tampa, FL
RE: Problems with Wife!
Well, Mike you can't die! If she loves you, she concur. I would recommend spending quality time with her at least 15 minutes a day w/ undivided attention. Before you go hunting, make sure she knows how much you'll miss her and that you love her. Send her a gift, flowers or little inexpensive things that she can admire about you when your gone.
JMHO
JMHO
11-05-2005 | 04:09 PM
#63
Nontypical Buck
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From: NW Montana / SW Alberta Rockies
RE: Problems with Wife!
ORIGINAL: bob d
dump her
dump her
Thats why shes an ex now.
Bobby
11-05-2005 | 07:06 PM
#64
Fork Horn
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From: Fairbanks, Alaska
RE: Problems with Wife!
Good grief, what a thread this is. Glad things have worked out for the time being Mike. I can relate. You guys that just advise to "dump her" are truly shallow. You are suggesting on a whim to just break upanother home just like that because of a womans fickle emotions. You should think about the advice you give before you give it and decide if you really want more absent loser dads out there that produce more absent loser sons and needy wounded daughters. As much as I love hunting, I love my wife and kids more, and if i just left because of a stupid fight over hunting, I'm not sure I could enjoy it anymoreknowing that I traded my kids for it.Good marriages don't usually just happen, they take years of perseverence. I'm just now in my third year and let me say, they have all 3 been very trying, most would have bailed. My wife came with ALOT of baggage from her incredibly screwed up family, but I made a committment, and it is now starting to pay off. We are getting along great most of the time and with patience on my part is working out some of her less than desireable traits. And I believe that as the leader of my family it will pay off in dividends for me to always try to work out our problems out instead of just telling her to screw off or leave. Like has been already said, its usually a deeper issue with women. I'm not suggesting however to bea pansy pushover husbandthat wears a shock collar whose wife zaps when outside the fence, I am the leader of my family and I don't take a bossy controlling wife too well. If she has an issue she is more than welcome to bring it to my attention.But a man should also hold his wife's opinionsin high esteem, not just boot her and the kids to the curb to go hunting. I'm sorry to ramble, but some of the thoughtless comments on this thread would have really offended me having this been my current situation.
11-05-2005 | 08:43 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: collin county, TX
RE: Problems with Wife!
ORIGINAL: Nathan67
Good grief, what a thread this is. Glad things have worked out for the time being Mike. I can relate. You guys that just advise to "dump her" are truly shallow. You are suggesting on a whim to just break upanother home just like that because of a womans fickle emotions. You should think about the advice you give before you give it and decide if you really want more absent loser dads out there that produce more absent loser sons and needy wounded daughters. As much as I love hunting, I love my wife and kids more, and if i just left because of a stupid fight over hunting, I'm not sure I could enjoy it anymoreknowing that I traded my kids for it.Good marriages don't usually just happen, they take years of perseverence. I'm just now in my third year and let me say, they have all 3 been very trying, most would have bailed. My wife came with ALOT of baggage from her incredibly screwed up family, but I made a committment, and it is now starting to pay off. We are getting along great most of the time and with patience on my part is working out some of her less than desireable traits. And I believe that as the leader of my family it will pay off in dividends for me to always try to work out our problems out instead of just telling her to screw off or leave. Like has been already said, its usually a deeper issue with women. I'm not suggesting however to bea pansy pushover husbandthat wears a shock collar whose wife zaps when outside the fence, I am the leader of my family and I don't take a bossy controlling wife too well. If she has an issue she is more than welcome to bring it to my attention.But a man should also hold his wife's opinionsin high esteem, not just boot her and the kids to the curb to go hunting. I'm sorry to ramble, but some of the thoughtless comments on this thread would have really offended me having this been my current situation.
Good grief, what a thread this is. Glad things have worked out for the time being Mike. I can relate. You guys that just advise to "dump her" are truly shallow. You are suggesting on a whim to just break upanother home just like that because of a womans fickle emotions. You should think about the advice you give before you give it and decide if you really want more absent loser dads out there that produce more absent loser sons and needy wounded daughters. As much as I love hunting, I love my wife and kids more, and if i just left because of a stupid fight over hunting, I'm not sure I could enjoy it anymoreknowing that I traded my kids for it.Good marriages don't usually just happen, they take years of perseverence. I'm just now in my third year and let me say, they have all 3 been very trying, most would have bailed. My wife came with ALOT of baggage from her incredibly screwed up family, but I made a committment, and it is now starting to pay off. We are getting along great most of the time and with patience on my part is working out some of her less than desireable traits. And I believe that as the leader of my family it will pay off in dividends for me to always try to work out our problems out instead of just telling her to screw off or leave. Like has been already said, its usually a deeper issue with women. I'm not suggesting however to bea pansy pushover husbandthat wears a shock collar whose wife zaps when outside the fence, I am the leader of my family and I don't take a bossy controlling wife too well. If she has an issue she is more than welcome to bring it to my attention.But a man should also hold his wife's opinionsin high esteem, not just boot her and the kids to the curb to go hunting. I'm sorry to ramble, but some of the thoughtless comments on this thread would have really offended me having this been my current situation.
Good ramblin'. Well put.
PK
11-06-2005 | 03:27 AM
#67
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Tampa, FL
RE: Problems with Wife!
I agree with Nathan & the others who said, Don't leave your wife & kiddos!
You just need to be nicely & gently creative to win her over. 
Good marriages don't usually just happen, they take years of perseverence.
11-06-2005 | 06:41 AM
#69
Boone & Crockett
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From: Wall SD USA & Jamestown ND
RE: Problems with Wife!
My wife hunts with me. She has been hunting since she was a kid. She hunted with her brothers and her dad and now me. This will be our 37th hunting season together.
11-06-2005 | 06:56 AM
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Dominant Buck
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From: WC FL
RE: Problems with Wife!
ORIGINAL: James B
My wife hunts with me. She has been hunting since she was a kid. She hunted with her brothers and her dad and now me. This will be our 37th hunting season together.
My wife hunts with me. She has been hunting since she was a kid. She hunted with her brothers and her dad and now me. This will be our 37th hunting season together.
Exactly like mind! She was raised with 7 older brothers in the Smoky Mountains, NC...We also have celebrated our 37th! 1968 was the year!