What do I do now.

d_blades
d_blades Posts: 4,672 ✭✭✭✭✭

So it finally happened this morning, the wife asks, how many pipes do you have? I just said several but I don't think that's gonna hold up for long. What tactic should I take next time?

Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.

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  • peter4jc
    peter4jc Posts: 18,459 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    It all depends on your desired level of marital harmony.

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  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 32,547 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Deflect with purses, shoes, earrings, whatever helps, but not by questioning her collection but by finding a way to achieve parity with her collection somehow.

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  • Hawks
    Hawks Posts: 2,564 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    "This household is egalitarian, yes?"

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  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 10,082 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Hawks said:
    "This household is egalitarian, yes?"

    🤣

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  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 10,082 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Hawks, that's great. You know full well equality means she gets to have whatever you have, and you get to have whatever, you know, YOU have. Thus it has ever been.

    "If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed.  If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." --  Mark Twain
  • Hawks
    Hawks Posts: 2,564 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Amos_Umwhat said:
    Hawks, that's great. You know full well equality means she gets to have whatever you have, and you get to have whatever, you know, YOU have. Thus it has ever been.

    Lol, so, would she like to try a nice Virginia? Perhaps a mild vanilla aromatic? Mi casa es su casa.
    If our standard of living is maintained and our hobbies don't cause any detriment, let's let sleeping dogs lay. YMMV. 🤷‍♂️

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  • Cheapsmoke
    Cheapsmoke Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Hawks said:

    @Amos_Umwhat said:
    Hawks, that's great. You know full well equality means she gets to have whatever you have, and you get to have whatever, you know, YOU have. Thus it has ever been.

    Lol, so, would she like to try a nice Virginia? Perhaps a mild vanilla aromatic? Mi casa es su casa.
    If our standard of living is maintained and our hobbies don't cause any detriment, let's let sleeping dogs lay. YMMV. 🤷‍♂️

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    Less pipes = more shoe $$

  • memento_mori
    memento_mori Posts: 5,926 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Develop a hearing and memory impairment. All else fails deflect and deny. Last resort new wife. However, cheaper to keep her. 😜🤪😂

  • d_blades
    d_blades Posts: 4,672 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Thinking back, I remember my second wife, couldn't count fishing rods as long as they were black. Only problem was a new color rod inevitably lead to "conversation". Considering the pipe she commented about liking, was a Country Gentleman, new but identical to the one Ive been smoking for months. Think I'll just consider it as something that won't require her to inquire further. That and her closet is basically two bedrooms.

    Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.

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  • TRayB
    TRayB Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Rdp77 said:
    I got asked a similar question about cigars a few years ago. I asked her to take a walk with me. We went to HER closet and without saying anything I looked at shoes, purses, clothes, then we went to HER bathroom, where I looked at all the makeup and hair care products, then I motioned her outside where I looked at HER vehicle that was 10 years newer than mine.
    All this without saying a word.
    And I haven’t heard a word since.

    Like a Boss!

  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,546 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is it a vacation when you are retired Charlie

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  • OmgFrigginMike
    OmgFrigginMike Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @d_blades said:
    So it finally happened this morning, the wife asks, how many pipes do you have? I just said several but I don't think that's gonna hold up for long. What tactic should I take next time?

    Mail them to yourself and tell her you won the quarterly lottery! It won't hold up forever but it'll last awhile.

  • cbuck
    cbuck Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @dirtdude Not home=vacation Randy!

  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 14,438 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So, how many DO you have?

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  • Itsfine
    Itsfine Posts: 21,109 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited 5:12AM

    Grab your crotch and exclaim, "I have this 14-in one, and that's all you need." *

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  • d_blades
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    @ShawnOL said:
    So, how many DO you have?

    More than I need, less than want. :)

    Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.