Never underestimate an understanding wife! (1 Viewer)

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Well i just placed my order for the forthcoming Rommel set,so it looks like i'm taking the wife out to dinner tonight.How can i say over romantic candlelight"By the way sweetie, i've just dropped 115 quid on an armoured car"

Do you think it might make any difference if i say "But darling...its got Rommel in it"!!

Rob.
 
I think it's best if you wouldn't say it at all... Or if you offer her a diamond, she might get very enthoustiatic about it...;) :rolleyes:
 
Truth be told, I do not envy my fellow collectors with partners. Being single, I was married for 10 years, I only have to answer to my guilt for buying too much. But, with a personality disorder, who's worried about guilt.

Coming from someone who can not understand women in general and has given up, my advice would be keep talking to them and perhaps, as perviously mentioned, bribe the heck out of them with shinny objects.:eek: Michael
 
Hi,
Amid all the romance, why not point out to her that you are making a super sound investment?

Best of luck...
Paulo
 
My wife always says "Not more toy soldiers!!!!" when a shipment arrives. So I usually say, these are not for me, I am going to sell them at the West Coaster. When she askes me how much I spent on them, I usually tell her half of what I really paid. Yikes, she thinks that is a lot! When she inquires about all the boxes in our closets, I tell her they are empty. Boy, if she ever picks one up, I am going to be in big trouble.

She really did try though. About 10 years I got her to go with me to the Saturday pre-show room sales before the Sunday West Coaster. After about an hour, she asked me when are we going home? I said in about 10 hours. She called her girl friend, who picked her up, and she now refuses to ever set foot at a toy soldier show again.
 
I advocate a "don't ask, don't tell policy". However, if they insist on pushing the issue, I always say to my wife, "I could be spending my time and money on drinking, gambling and sex." She has still not come up with a come back to that.
 
That's an excellent policy. I use to say to my wife "Toy soldiers or a mistress,which would you prefer?'' She answered, "Let me think about it." I don't ask the question anymore.
 
I just don't tell her how much it all costs. She'd go absolutely crazy if she knew how much i'd spent in the last 12 months.

Her main problem is the untidyness. She hates coming into my room with tanks and figures of various scales all over the place and boxes scattered around.

Louis, I too have used that excuse. "Would you rather i smoked or went out drinking all the time?"
 
Eazy said:
I just don't tell her how much it all costs. She'd go absolutely crazy if she knew how much i'd spent in the last 12 months.

Her main problem is the untidyness. She hates coming into my room with tanks and figures of various scales all over the place and boxes scattered around.

Louis, I too have used that excuse. "Would you rather i smoked or went out drinking all the time?"
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You forgot the gambling and sex part. :)
 
Years ago my wife kinda made fun of me for collecting baseball cards, well when I sold them, and she seen the checks, she did a turn around. Now with soldiers she don,t say a word.
If she would, I would just point to numerous tubs of beenie babies in the basement that are totally worthless.
Gary
 
Ok.....i've Always Been An Honest Guy And Told My Wife The Truth...but...recently All That I Have Been Honest About For The Past 14yrs Is Now Being Thrown In My Face.....my Suggestion Is Plead The 5th And Say Nothing They Don't Respect You Either Way.....:)

Wellington

Sorry Shannon Not You Of Course You Are Different....Peter Tells Us...
 
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My wife always says "Not more toy soldiers!!!!" when a shipment arrives. So I usually say, these are not for me, I am going to sell them at the West Coaster. When she askes me how much I spent on them, I usually tell her half of what I really paid. Yikes, she thinks that is a lot! When she inquires about all the boxes in our closets, I tell her they are empty. Boy, if she ever picks one up, I am going to be in big trouble.
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I've known women long enough to guess that Mike's wife has opened at least one of those boxes, if not all. There's one thing that all women have in common and that's curiosity - they just have to know what their partner, and pretty well everyone else, is up to :)
 
I follow the don't show or tell policy. She has no clue the true value of my K&C collection. During our current home remodeling project, I was forced to vacate dozens of boxes hidden in strategic areas throughout the house. I was even taken back by the volume, but I kept my chin up and.....kept silent :eek: . Its the best defense.
 
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Sounds like I am one of the lucky ones.:D I both show and tell. My wife is very supportive of my toy soldier hobby and thinks of them as art. Recently, she told me we should start storing away some of my son's old toys in order to put in more curios for displaying my toy soldiers. My wife knows how much I spend each month because I tell her, and she usually tells me to spend more (especially after she buys a new designer handbag). I think she instinctively understands the line that Louis uses.;)
 
Steven you are one of the lucky ones. My wife only tolerates this as one of my many faults. But secretly I suspect that she knows how much I enjoy it so she doesn't make a big deal out of it. However, I am lucky in another regard since she has put up with me for more than 38 years of marriage! I am not sure how many other women would have been willing to do so.
 
Actually it should be:

Lucky = K&C + designer handbag
Unlucky = toy soldiers + more toy soldiers
 
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