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07-02-2016, 09:44 AM
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07-02-2016, 09:46 AM
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I never hid guitar buys from my ex-wife. But, she kept count and would use that against me in unrelated discussions. My new wife (married less than a year) is a real enabler! Whenever I show her a cool guitar for sale (especially quilty electrics or blinged out acoustics), she'll say "You should get that!" She'll even bring it up days later, "Did you get that guitar you showed me last week? You should get it!" I'm on a 1 and 1/2 year moratorium on guitar purchases, so it's often tempting. I've been strong so far.
Speaking of other less desirable things we could be purchasing instead of guitars, about 12 years ago I bought a Bourgeois Vintage D. Left the receipt on the kitchen counter. My middle daughter saw the receipt and said, "Dad! You bought another guitar?" I said, "Yes. It could be worse - I could be addicted to heroin or cocaine." She said, "It would be cheaper!!"
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07-02-2016, 10:18 AM
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I've never felt I needed to lie about or to hide my acquisitions to my significant other, but I know a few who do... What's interesting to me is their wives are incredibly detail oriented when it comes to almost everything, but they never notice the different guitars... I have thought that maybe this is because in this case the ladies take an observant interest in the things they like and ignore the things they dislike... Early on the relationship she probably would have noticed if they had a different guitar because it was a cute novelty that added to a long list of things that made them interesting. But in marriage it's a hobby consuming time away from them so it becomes a thing they tolerate on good days and disdane on those days when they'd rather their hubby take a handy man project from the queue and work on it but instead they are off working on learning a new song.... It is just a theory.
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07-02-2016, 10:37 AM
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I make extra money. What I spend it on is my business. Congratulations on your new guitar!
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07-02-2016, 11:25 AM
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07-02-2016, 11:26 AM
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07-02-2016, 11:28 AM
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07-02-2016, 11:55 AM
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Love the light heated, I mean hearted, responses here!
My wife and I have long lived on a fairly tight budget. We're not poor, necessarily, we just enjoy making our money go as far as it can, so we can give as much as we can to the things we think are worthwhile. Because of this, we almost always discuss major purchases ahead of time. We don't actually try to "keep score," but over the course of a year or two things seem to balance out nicely between her interests, mine, and ours. Not every marriage works this way, I know, but this works for us. At least it has so far. Coming up on our 44th anniversary. cotten
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07-02-2016, 12:19 PM
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funny story Vtexan
oh yea, your wife signed up here as a registered user around 2 weeks ago, we are not privy to give out that sort of info and I can't tell you her user name, but in this case I thought it might be prudent to just let you know................... have a great weekend and enjoy that Taylor d **and I just checked and she has been active on the forum today...........
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07-02-2016, 12:23 PM
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Thirty six years this year. I've never lied, cheated, bought, sold, snuck in anything. She knows more about guitars than most young guitar players do. She can point at the cases and tell you what is in it, she'll put them away if I'm not home and company is coming.
The upside to that is the Explorer christmas present, the EJRW 55th birthday present, countless guitars she's bought me over the decades. Sure, they haven't all been keepers and the most she can do is strum them three times open before she starts laughing, but we're in it together. Explorer is going out tonight and she is very happy! rct
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07-02-2016, 01:08 PM
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Lots of funny responses here
...and a few disdainful ones. That's okay; we're not all coming from the same place. I essentially don't drink. Don't do drugs. Don't fool around. Don't gamble. We both are the best friends we each have.
About 5 or 6 years ago she was into watching one of those shows about dressing better. I think she was taking notes the whole time because she's become about as hip in the fashion department that a 55 year-old aspires to. She has 3 or 4 pairs of boots, LOTS of dresses, all kinds of blouses and sweaters. She probably spends on clothing every year what I do in 5. And last week she replaced her dead fit bit with an upgrade, to the tune of nearly $200. She's got the new ipad; I've got the one she replaced. So if it sounds like I'm steeling myself up to just go ahead and tell her...I may just be. Not too comfortable about doing the deception tango. But it kinda makes me think I ought to sell the Takamine first, so that I'm only having to explain ONE guitar purchase instead of two... Ain't no thang, I'll work it out.
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