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Location: Michigan | ;) It ain't like gettin a new gun in the safe.
Thats relatively simple. Its outta sight & when she see's it and asks "where'd you get that" you just reply, "oh I've had that for years"
A new guitar won't stay in the safe till huntin season.
Thought about having somebody call the house and tell announce that I was the winner in the contest I entered for a new guitar. :D
It isn't like I have 20 & #21 just blends in.
Any other creative lines out there ?
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Location: Tennessee | Use jewelry or other shiny objects as a distraction. Immediately playing and singing a love song with it goes a long long way too.
Sometimes you just gotta bite the bullet, put your big boy pants on and be done with it. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Take one to the office and tell her you sold it in order to buy the new one. Not that I would ever do something like that myself .... :cool: |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by stonebobbo:
put your big boy pants on and be done with it. My ex got those in the settlement. |
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Location: Glendale, AZ | Say your just babysitting it for a co-worker. He is having something re-modeled and there are workmen in and out of his place and he wants it some place safe. Then it will slowly just become a guitar that has always been there. Or maybe the co-worker will need some cash in a month or two and you can loan him a few bucks and hold the guitar until he pays you back. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Get her to think it's her idea.
Show her pictures of other members collections so she realizes that it's not you that has a problem.
Run so much techno-babble by her (like deep bowl, shallow bowl, textured, slothead, koa, LX neck features, cross-weave carbon graphite, etc), and wait until she throws up her hands in defeat.
If applicable, refference the number of shoes she has in her closet.
Make yourself sound reasonable by talking about all the money your buddys spend on booze, smokes, snowmobiles and boats.
If you haven't done so already, learn a few songs she likes and play them for her.
Bargain. If push comes to shove offer up jewelery, a weekend away, new washer & dryer, pots & pans, whatever it takes.
Somehow put her in touch with a couple OFC wives who are sympathic to your cause. Or, see if Karen or Alison would drop her a line.
Cry... cry like a baby.
But don't throw a tantrum. (They're on to that one)
Or, like bobbo said, grow a pair. |
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Location: GA USA | According to Gallerinski's method, you have a second Paypal account and when you sell stuff out of the garage, have it build that balance up for the guitar fund. At least I think that's it.
Sell stuff she won't miss, like the washing machine. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Make yourself sound reasonable by talking about all the money your buddys spend on booze, smokes, snowmobiles and boats.
EDIT:... Or, tell her you'll quit smokin' & drinkin' and sell off the snowmobile and the boat. |
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Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming | I usually say that I'll sell another one, but that rarely happens after a half-hearted effort on my part. After a while she just forgets about it. They're investments anyway, and are doing better than my 401K. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | I use the front door, it's wide enough to walk through really easily whilst carrying a guitar case.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I've tried everything. Stonebobbo's methods are the only ones that have sort of worked. Sneaking them in only works till she sees the bill and then you just have to face whatever wrath you will face.
I've tried reciprocity and learned that the wife's payback is always more. Women can outspend men by large margins.
Techno babble only prompts the glazed look, which clears up immediately when dollars are mentioned.
Pointing out other larger collections only points out that there are even sicker bastards on this board than you are and how much time you waste here.
Some tricks that might only work once:
"Which do you like better, the red one or the blue one?"
Wife asking, "What do you want for your birthday? (or Christmas or anniversary)" should prompt an immediate response of "do you want me to show you so that you can buy it for me or should I just buy it myself?"
"Look, they make a 30th anniversary edition just in time for our 30th anniversary" worked a couple times for me, but it didn't work on the 25th anniversary. I don't know why. It wasn't a weak moment, because she has none. She must have lost track of the techno babble I gave her about the Ute by the time I bought the 30th CL.
Talking about getting the latest new driver, but buying a guitar instead, worked until my tastes in guitars surpassed the most expensive drivers. Then I still wanted a new driver anyway.
Don't ever promise that this will be the last one for awhile, even a week. As soon as you get it you will find a great deal on a better one.
Wear her down. You might have to wait until the kids have left home, she has a new house and car, you've been to all the places she wants to go and you have nothing left to buy. I hope you live that long.
Finally, tell her that they aren't having the factory tour this fall, so you decided to use the money you saved to buy a new guitar. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Any woman who'll give you shit over buying a guitar ain't worth having around in the first place.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'll tell her you said that. It'll save me the price of a dinner the next time you're in town. |
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Location: CA | My beloved and I made a deal: Every time I get another guitar (or fixer upper car), she gets to get another horse. This is probably the main reason I don't have 20 or 30 guitars like some of you sickos. Of course, even with GAS in regression at the moment, I'm still insanely envious. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Lie. Tell her one of your friends gave it to you. Make sure your friend is in on it. Pick one she's unlikely to meet. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Lie. Tell her one of your friends wants to sell you a guitar cheap. Let her stew on it, and then just bring it home. Lie about the price. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Keep it in plain sight. When she notices, say I've had that for a year now. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Be real nice to her for a week, then tell her what you're going to do, and then tell her your in love with the guitar and bring it home. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Just bring it home, and take the flack. If she loves you, it won't matter. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I've found the easiest one, is the be nice to her for a week one. I don't like the lying one but if you gotta ya gotta. |
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Location: GA USA | I've got one of Crimson's guitars now on loan, and Richard is having two sent to me for safekeeping. I had the wooden roundback for a while... There's the "on loan" angle to consider. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | ... another 'home'? 
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Yes... when I told SWMBO about the temporary trade, she gave me a brief quizzical look and then moved on. As long as the number of guitars stayed the same.
My biggest problem is the kids:
"DAD!! You got a new guitar???" I'm working on Nicky since he will be in the same position someday soon. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Get some paperwork with the MSRP for the guitar on it...
Then you can tell her what a great deal you got!
[If you didn't get a great deal... LIE!] |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Explain that you are a grown man, that you deserve to have things that make you happy, and that if she objects, it only goes to prove that she doesn't love you for who you ARE.
Honestly, Gallerinski has it right. Why would any of you marry a woman who would object to you getting a new guitar? I once knew a guy who was a great bluegrass musician. His fiance LOVED his music, and went to all the festivals with him. But after they were married, no more festivals, and she even told him she didn't want him going to all our jam sessions anymore! He stayed with her, but eventually she came around. Myself, I wouldn't have put up with it. ALL of my husbands have been musicians. Sometimes it was "his turn" to get a new guitar, sometimes it was mine.
Maybe you ought to teach them to play. Once they get the bug, you won't have any money for food, but you'll both be happy. |
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