Wife Doesn’t Know

#142
BOOG said:
So, Friday night (Saturday early hours) after a long week and a few glasses of fine Kentucky (as if there were some other kind) bourbon I decided to give in to my urges of lust.

This sexy, long, lean and aggressive black beauty of a bass begged me to give her a home so, I put in the online order and now, I anxiously await her arrival.

I come to all of you, my trustworthy and experienced brothers and sisters of the bass world for advice. :unsure:

My challenge is:
A) should I tell her about this affair before my new love arrives or wait until she’s living under the same roof?
B) when she finds out should I be under the same roof or do it from afar (text, phone, snail mail)?
C) should I just not engage the topic and just hide her and only bring her out to play when the wife is away?

Ohhhh, how do I get myself into these situations?!:banghead:
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This requires at trinket or bauble of the same value or higher whenever you tell her.
 
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#143
bluesblaster said:
Depends.......how naughty were you ? as in $$$$$$ ? you didn't shoot the moon and buy a brand new Alembic or Fodera did you ? DID YOU ?
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Tell her you shot the moon and the bass out of the sky. Or, you could get radical and just tell her boldly with no hesitation in your voice. :)
 
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BOOG said:
So, Friday night (Saturday early hours) after a long week and a few glasses of fine Kentucky (as if there were some other kind) bourbon I decided to give in to my urges of lust.

This sexy, long, lean and aggressive black beauty of a bass begged me to give her a home so, I put in the online order and now, I anxiously await her arrival.

I come to all of you, my trustworthy and experienced brothers and sisters of the bass world for advice. :unsure:

My challenge is:
A) should I tell her about this affair before my new love arrives or wait until she’s living under the same roof?
B) when she finds out should I be under the same roof or do it from afar (text, phone, snail mail)?
C) should I just not engage the topic and just hide her and only bring her out to play when the wife is away?

Ohhhh, how do I get myself into these situations?!:banghead:
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This could go 3 different ways.
1:Up-Financially you are so well off she may gripe because you haven't bought her anything lately. (Remember, Valentines day is just around the corner. Dinner, flowers and a gift would be a wise investment.)
2Down-"The officer reported the victims wife stated "The gun went off accidentally officer." Yes, Ma'am but I don't think it went off accidentally 16 times!!!!"(Don't become a news story. Hide the weapons before you spill it)
3:Sideways-"The tourist was shot and killed while attempting to cross the border into North Korea, Yes that's right INTO North Korea. His last words were 'Don't let her get me!!!!'"(Before full disclosure be sure your passport is in order and up to date.)
Good luck my friend. I'll leave you with this.
 
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#146
two fingers said:
The only question to ask is how this affects you financially. If you guys are both pulling down over six figures and have no debt, then you should be able to buy a Fodera and not sweat it. If you guys struggle to pay the bills every month and have six figures in debt, then even buying a $100 Squier SHOULD get you in trouble.

The bubble is you guys are doing OK. Some months are better than others. You bought a $600-$1,000 bass. So you really don't have that kind of money but it shouldn't kill you either. In that case, fess up now before it arrives.

Here's what I do. First off, my wife doesn't give a crap what I buy to a certain extent. My rules are my own, not hers. But I also research the ever loving crap out of anything I buy. Just before I add it to my online cart I show the wife what I'm getting. She usually rolls her eyes and makes some smarty remark and then reminds me that she doesn't care. But I tell her anyway.

Edit: Fixed some silly typos.
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I couldn't have written this any better. This is pretty much the way it works at my house.

My wife rolls her eyes as well. Besides, I'm a horrible liar so I don't bother to try to hide anything.
 
#148
My wife and I have a mutually-agreed-upon budget line for Music Gear that I can spend however I want. It turns over every month and accumulates so I can save up for what I need/want. This works great because I don't need to consult her before jumping on a good deal. She's not really interested in my gear anyway. She just knows it makes me happy. She also has budget categories of her own that she can spend from without asking me. It works well!
 
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By the way..................I'm on your side. But...............................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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#151
me and the wife have a sort of mutually assured destruction situation. If i buy a bass, then she gets to buy an equal amount of frivilous stuff for her hobbies, and vice versa. It’s an uneasy truce. One of us could crack at any moment, buy something huge, and send us spiraling into financial chaos.
 
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Twice I've found a good deal on a bass I'd been keeping an eye out for and went and got clearance for the purchase only to go back and find it gone. In each case I found another within 12-18 months and pulled the trigger immediately and went with "I finally got that bass we agreed I should buy!"
 
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#157
BOOG said:
So, Friday night (Saturday early hours) after a long week and a few glasses of fine Kentucky (as if there were some other kind) bourbon I decided to give in to my urges of lust.

This sexy, long, lean and aggressive black beauty of a bass begged me to give her a home so, I put in the online order and now, I anxiously await her arrival.

I come to all of you, my trustworthy and experienced brothers and sisters of the bass world for advice. :unsure:

My challenge is:
A) should I tell her about this affair before my new love arrives or wait until she’s living under the same roof?
B) when she finds out should I be under the same roof or do it from afar (text, phone, snail mail)?
C) should I just not engage the topic and just hide her and only bring her out to play when the wife is away?

Ohhhh, how do I get myself into these situations?!:banghead:
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How many basses do you have? I think that the ultimate goal in bass acquisition is to eventually have so many, that your siginficant other is simply unable to keep track and gives up trying to manage your habit. It's a "loving" war of attrition of sorts brother. Live and let live I say, or in other words: "Don't tell the wife"........One technique is to always keep one or two extra empty bass cases in inventory with your other guitars, so that when a new addition is aquired, it may inconspicuously find a home without raising the ire of the lovely person in question. Let me ask you this: When was the last time you counted or even thought about the number of shoes and handbags in your misus' closet? ;) :D
(Note: I'm just generalizing about preferences here. A woman might also be found to enjoy collecting broadswords, fine Scotches, vintage rugby paraphernalia, and the taxidermied heads of animal's they have stalked and killed).....
 
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two fingers said:
The only question to ask is how this affects you financially. If you guys are both pulling down over six figures and have no debt, then you should be able to buy a Fodera and not sweat it. If you guys struggle to pay the bills every month and have six figures in debt, then even buying a $100 Squier SHOULD get you in trouble.
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In my experience, bad financial moves can be made at any income level. My recommendation to anyone who asks is that spending according to a budget is essential.
 
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