Don't Brag (Advise for all married men)

[B/W lvr]

Man oh Man my heart bleeds for you guys. I traded my wife for a longbow years ago and it was the best trade I ever made!!Girl friends are much better than wives!!! You can have lots  of them, they can never question anything you  buy and if they do object to anything at all goodbye baby. Lots more at the next busstop. I'm a free man and happy for it. Frank

[stickbowguy]

I like to use the......oh I had this old thing for a long time.....dont you remember???? I showed it to you dear....im sure she knows but hey! what else can you do??

[Ragnarok Forge]

B/W lvr.  

I did that for a while myself after the first wife.  Your right it is fun, but not cheap, and you can boot em if they get saucy.  Then a few years later I found Tricia and I am a blessed man.  We never fight or argue, she loves to do the things I do.  I is very nice to have a loving wife around all the time.  The first wife on the other hand I was very happy to get rid of.  That woman was simply impossible to live with.

[Ratatat]

With my wife I live by one simple rule:
It is always better for me to sit there and look stupid rather than open my mouth and prove it.

[RC]

You gotta lay the charm on them. My Wife bought my last two bows for me. I thank the Good Lord often for a great Woman.RC

[mrpenguin]

I am working on the 6th year of marriage to my wife. We often disagree about my 'hobby', bowhunting... but I see her embrace it in several other ways... as far as the toys go... well, I sold all my toys after the birth of my son.  I found that my family was simply more important than a bow... now that is not to say I don't miss any of them (a Robertson Vision Falcon IV and Black Widow PSR III to be precise), but she respects the fact that I did.  I also am a big fan of writers like John Eldregde and his ministry Ransomed Heart.  His recent book about marriage was a real eye-opener to me.  I used to sneak around, a lot, and buy stuff.  Sometimes with very small purchases, I just don't get her involved, but when it comes to bows, I am up front now.  Someday, she and I will decide its time to order a nice bow or book a hunt/vaca someplace... I think its more important, for me, to be as honest with my wife as I can be.  In fact, we made a deal recently so that I can buy a hunting recurve for the fall...  

[Sean Butler]

my dad gave me some really good advice when i was very young "buy all the toys you're going to want, then get married."

I'm working on it.  So far this year i've bought a kayak, and two bows, saving up for a third and fourth  

[Ragnarok Forge]

Sean,

Don't bother getting married until your in your thirties.  Then marry a young (trainable) girl. That gives you lots of time to buy toys.  By the time she has had two or three kids and gets into her thirties she will have mellowed out a bit.  Prior to that the kids will keep her and you busy.

[Sean Butler]

lol, nice Ragnarok.  My GF thinks i'm crazy for needing more bows but here are several reasons for buying more:

1. supporting economic recovery
2. home defense - no one comes back to the house where the guy pulled a long bow on them
3. hunting is more fun than grocery shopping
4. who ever dies with the most toys wins  :p

[Teancum]

Bowwild,

My favorite Pat McManus story is when he bought his wife a fur coat for Christmas because she complained he was always buying her things HE wanted. He hid the coat in the closet until Christmas Eve. Somehow, while sitting in the closet for a few months, it turned into a shotgun!    

 

Originally posted by Bowwild:
Pat McManus was a comedic writer for Field and Stream or Outdoor Life (sorry I can't remember which).  The funniest article (and great advice)I remember him writing was about buying a new gun. He bought the new gun, took it apart, and brough a piece or two in every week or so from his car trunk. His wife didn't think highly of more new guns but she didn't mind "parts". I guess she figured parts helped keep the old guns working and the new ones at bay?  I would think the same would work for takedown bows?

[L. E. Carroll]

You guys have never "Seen My Wife"!!! Ocassionally I do however.... Thats when the swelling comes down and I can SEE again    

[Ragnarok Forge]

Gene,

Is that the " Wife Unseen Who Was Loved Most Effect"?  

I absolutely refused to go on a cruise with mine a few months ago.  BORING!  Plus, they wouldn't let me marlin fish off the fantail while running from port to port.  She said FINE! then your taking me bow hunting somewhere exotic!  

And....  I got lucky and we were invited to Australia to hunt with a fellow Trad Ganger.  I have this hunting season to get her seasoned on killing deer and elk with her longbow. Next summer the Chital Deer and Hogs in Queensland are in serious trouble.  

The only problem is that she is starting to shoot as well as I do and if she ever beats me out I am never gonna hear the end of it.  That smack talking is going to bite me hard here soon.

[vernon]

The hardest thing with my wife is when she asks "do you really need that?".  Cuz most of the time I don't "need" it I just "WANT" it.  Thats when its time to get creative and start selling the idea:)

[IndianaBowman]

You guys are allowed to go hunting and buy new bows?  Dang, I'm going to have ask my wife really nice to read this post.  Oh wait, I hear something... be right back, I have to go clean the toilets!

[Mint]

I got married 3 years ago, my anniversary was yesterday. The year I was getting married I hunted hogs in Fl, turkey in Co and deer in Kansas just so she would know how serious I was about hunting. LOL  As all woman she likes shoes and pocket books so it is a trade off.

A friend of mind took to hiding new bows in travel tubes to keep them from his wife since she knew how many he had on his bow rack, I think around 10. Well one day she found them in the tube and got pissed and through out the tube bows and all....man I wish I wasa kid garbage picking that day.

[brinkwolf]

Originally posted by Sam McMichael:
Kajon, how long you been married? I learned many years ago to:

1.don't ever let her know about any money you have put away to buy new toys

2.don't let her know what you have ordered - sneak it in the house

3. pray you don't get caught...

4. If you do get caught, remember it is easier to get forgiveness than it is to get permission

5. no, it really doesn't work that well at my house, either.

6.you probably should have let her beat you in the back yard game.

That doesn't work if UPS delivers late in the evening. I beat my wife home the day my new BW PLX Tulipwood arrived and had here go shopping,tan and even pic-up dinner and UPS still delivered it after she got home. The door rang and she answered the door with me. Now I luv my new bow and she luvs her new living room decorations she got the next day. Oh well maybe next year if a bow catches my fancy......

[brinkwolf]

Originally posted by Mint:
I got married 3 years ago, my anniversary was yesterday. The year I was getting married I hunted hogs in Fl, turkey in Co and deer in Kansas just so she would know how serious I was about hunting. LOL  As all woman she likes shoes and pocket books so it is a trade off.

A friend of mind took to hiding new bows in travel tubes to keep them from his wife since she knew how many he had on his bow rack, I think around 10. Well one day she found them in the tube and got pissed and through out the tube bows and all....man I wish I wasa kid garbage picking that day.

Oh man, that would have sucked big time. Guess the wife buying stuff isn't so bad after all.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Terry,

Just tell her you are only spending a fraction of the money you saved by building the Deck yourself.

I tell my wife about my purchases but make hem sound as boring as possible and insert the price after i know she isn't listening. I record the conversation and bring it out if further questioning comes into play down the road.

Ok maybe I don't but I should. The telling the wife when she isn't listening doesn't work to my advantage. I only spend money I earn on the side anyhow. Recycling cans and picking up occasional side work.

I don't buy bows often.

[Benha]

Geez you guys! I ALWAYS have the last word with my wife Fang....Yes ma'am.

[bayoulongbowman]

Bless you my son ,    just there is  know heaven is there for you ..marco...")..