Always best if the Wife does not know....
- Thread starter Dave Diefenderfer
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Brian Moyse
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Too funny!!
Last fall my wife came into the kennel and I was transferring items from one blind bag to another one I have. She asked me how many blind bags I have, and why I need so many. I asked her how many purses she owns and she walked out without saying a word...
John C. Hancock
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The UPS man makes it hard on me. Hard to get home in time to intercept him. So sometimes I send decoys of mine to another members house and he does the same as well. Until our wives called this "pathologic." My wife doesn't know the first thing about decoys. But even she knew that there was some serious coin tied up in my recent Sean Sutton purchase when she saw them next to my other birds.
That's so funny. At one time I had 6...no 7 boats in the yard, basement and garage. A few years back a member here bought 2 Aquapods from me. When he had left my wife with a perplexed look on her face asked where did the other boat come from. To this day she's bound and determined I sneaked a boat in on her. I had bought both boats from the same guy on the same day but they were never together around the house. One was outside on Saw horses and the other was in the garage (where she never goes). Boy I hope she never opens the gun safe and counts how many 870's I own!
Mark W
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One must learn the 3 day rule. Buy something new, hide it 90% of the way in the garage. After 3 days, unhide it. When the wife see's it and asks about it, you just say "that old thing - I've had that for awhile". Heard from the radio dude who know these things. He also has the 3 price rule. 1. Actual price of the product. 2. Price you tell your wife you paid for the product. 3. Price you're going to pay when you wife finds out how much you really paid for the product.
Also heard a good one from my neighbor yesterday. I asked him when he is going to retire and he responded - "As soon as my Jo (JoAnne) stops saving me all this money at the store sales".
Works both ways.
Mark W
Also heard a good one from my neighbor yesterday. I asked him when he is going to retire and he responded - "As soon as my Jo (JoAnne) stops saving me all this money at the store sales".
Works both ways.
Mark W
Chuck, retired at 50? Any children? Not on family money? I am impressed... and very jealous! I turn 50 this year.... when I started working for IBM in 1982... I though humm, I will have 30 years in when I am 49 and can retire then! Well, that pension is not what it was when I started! Not with IBM anymore either, but probably looking at another 10 minimum, and 15 more than likely before I can really retire....unless I start buying lottery tickets perhaps.....
don novicki
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Pretty easy to get guns, and decoys past the old battle axe but I have one problem..........I need a dog. Do you think there's any chance she might not notice a CBR in the mudroom? Maybe I could get her to use the front door from now on.
MLBob Furia
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This thread reminds me of the story about the guy whose greatest fear was that he would die before his wife .....and that she would then sell off all his "stuff" for what he told her he paid for it!
I think Phil is just on his first wife yet and has much to learn. :>)
Chuck J
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Dave,
One kid, she'll be out of the house (or at least school) by the then. Been debt free for a while, just stocking it away. Biggest uncertanity is health insurance. As much as I'd love to have an armada of boats and a closet full of guns, quitting the rat race at an early age is a huge incentative.
Chuck
PS Lottery is a poor tax
Eric Dellamater
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John, John, John.....have the boxes delievered to WORK. (often the shipping is less too)
This way you can gradually "introduce them" into the family at the right times....
Andrew L.
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Classic thread. Now if I only I knew more of your wives so I could send them the link to this thread 
Before I started seeing the girlfriend I made it very clear I was obsessed with ducks. She laughed and said ok. Come that first Fall she had no idea what she had gotten herself into and couldnt believe how much time I spent "chasing stupid birds". Since then she has begun to grow accustom to it, although being gone for 17 days over a span of 23 in January over her birthday this year did not help, oops.
She knows everything that I have although I must admit to the price lowering of some items. She really enjoys going to the DU banquets and helping me sell raffles tickets, the ducks also enjoy this as she can sell 10x more than I can! She now understands the full time commintment in the Fall and plans on joining me this year, at least a few times.
Before I started seeing the girlfriend I made it very clear I was obsessed with ducks. She laughed and said ok. Come that first Fall she had no idea what she had gotten herself into and couldnt believe how much time I spent "chasing stupid birds". Since then she has begun to grow accustom to it, although being gone for 17 days over a span of 23 in January over her birthday this year did not help, oops.
She knows everything that I have although I must admit to the price lowering of some items
. She really enjoys going to the DU banquets and helping me sell raffles tickets, the ducks also enjoy this as she can sell 10x more than I can! She now understands the full time commintment in the Fall and plans on joining me this year, at least a few times.
Andrew, andrew, Andrew you are but just a pup..... you have a girlfriend, she has not yet become a wife. You maybe one of the rare that has a girlfriend that does not become a wife, even if you marry her.... but right now, you think you have it figured out
In case this link does make it to my wife... I am only joking honey, honest, just messing with the guys, you know that!
In case this link does make it to my wife... I am only joking honey, honest, just messing with the guys, you know that!
Andrew, andrew, Andrew you are but just a pup..... you have a girlfriend, she has not yet become a wife. You maybe one of the rare that has a girlfriend that does not become a wife, even if you marry her.... but right now, you think you have it figured out
In case this link does make it to my wife... I am only joking honey, honest, just messing with the guys, you know that!
Andrew put this up on your wall and read it each morning. LOL
Mark W
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Classic thread. Now if I only I knew more of your wives so I could send them the link to this thread
Before I started seeing the girlfriend I made it very clear I was obsessed with ducks. She laughed and said ok. Come that first Fall she had no idea what she had gotten herself into and couldnt believe how much time I spent "chasing stupid birds". Since then she has begun to grow accustom to it, although being gone for 17 days over a span of 23 in January over her birthday this year did not help, oops.
She knows everything that I have although I must admit to the price lowering of some items
My my. You have so much to learn. Luckily you are still young. We take up these hobbies to get away from the wife. Why on earth would you want her to come along? Why totally and completely ruin "your" time.
Naturally, as with all the other posts, I'm just jokin should the lovely wifey read any of this.
Now seriously. Before we got married, I did make it clear that nothing will interfere with duck opener and in 23 years of marriage, she has been very acceptable/understanding of this addiction. Thanks Diane.
Mark W