What are in those 6 boxes .... and an accepting spouse

[longbow]

Wife was in the basement looking for stuff. That is always bad news.

She says, what are in these six boxes and I just smiled and said don't open them. That got her very interested and then I broke the news. I said those are masks, gloves , respirators and supplies for any infectious diseases so we are protected.

She says OK and as she walks away wanting to know what I spent. I told her and she eventually found the basket liner she was looking for and didn't say a word for the cost As she went up the stairs she said, I thought you only had those supplies in the cabinet upstairs.

My answer was these are the spares.

She kept walking up the stairs and said to put better labels on them so she can find them if we ever need them.

 

[cosermann]

 

[kramer5702]

Mine just told me not to sell my backup glock...that we needed more than my firearm and hers in the house...and that I need a bigger safe! That's a go ahead for me lol. Are our wives great?!

 

[eldirector]

The "and" in your title is pretty important. I was worried for a moment.

 

[Dead Duck]

Hey Longbow -
Can I borrow that brainwashing dvd when you're done with it?
Thanks!

 

[foxxie02]

yep... all keepers/ mine just says "looks like the guns must be having babies again".. just smile

 

[The Bubba Effect]

I'm looking forward to longbow's upcoming post titled, "My wife just bought _________________, should I be worried?"

 

[lester]

She kept walking up the stairs and said to put better labels on them so she can find them if we ever need them.

That is a great lesson hidden in this thread. Make sure your spouses and older children know what you have and how to use it. I ran into this, just this week. I needed help with something, but didn't adequately have my 'team' trained on what/where it was. Could have been catastrophic. Great lesson!

 

[hopper68]

Whew, that was close. Had she opened one of the boxes and seen what you really had in there...................

Good thing you didn't tell her to wait until 9:30 or she might have opened a box or two.

 

[longbow]

I'm looking forward to longbow's upcoming post titled, "My wife just bought _________________, should I be worried?"

Funny thing happened today....more baskets showed up.

 

[Goodcat]

My wife will send me to the grocery instead of her (3 young ones to watch at home) because she knows I'll spend more. "Lots of canned soup, fruit and veggies" means I'm coming home with full boxes of many kinds. She just smiles. If she goes, she only gets a few.

 

[Leadeye]

You can always put stuff in baskets.

 

[dsol]

yep... all keepers/ mine just says "looks like the guns must be having babies again".. just smile

We were at a friends place and he was showing me his new Ruger when my wife said "I am not sure, but our safe seems to be awful full, I do not remember that many guns when we moved". I had small steel locking gun cabinets, not a proper safe in our old house.

 

[rhino]

This is a good reminder. "Don't ask; Don't tell" works for the short term, but could create new problems over the long haul (especially if you have a problem and someone needs to use the stuff).

 

[The Bubba Effect]

Funny thing happened today....more baskets showed up.

Better than a posthole digger. Nothing good in my life ever started with a posthole digger.

 

[in_betts]

^^^^^^ Ain't THAT the truth!!

Great thread though. It has taken quite a few years for my better half to come around, but I am glad I was patient. She is "on board" with anything I can make common sense of, as long as the budget isn't blown!!