I just bought another bow and my wife says she's gonna leave me...I'm sure gonna miss her.
Sounds like that dispute was over before it started :D
LOL, TJ ya gotta learn to sneak them in the house when she ain't home, put em on the rack and she will never notice.
Danny
Well Tom, if you need a place to keep some of your bows while it all goes down I have a great place to hide them LOL!!!
Bummer, now you'll have a lot less money for new bows and will have too cook your own dinner.
Mike
My motto is..."it's easier to ask for forgiveness, than it is to ask for permission". :biglaugh:
So what kinda bow was it.... :D
sounds like your a brad paisley fan. "i'm gonna miss her" :) post some pics of your new love :)
TJ, Next time you buy a bow ( and there will be a next time) let me know before you tell her and I'll send you an email saying you won a bow in a raffle. :bigsmyl:
Dang, what bow was it? Gotta get me one.
dang tj....sorry about your loss....you'll get through it somehow,someway.perfect fit would be a hot mail lady. :D :biglaugh: :D
Hahaha funny stuff guys. The straw that broke the camels back was when I told her to stop and get me a money order from the post office. I had to back the phone away from my ear on that one. I do have to learn to be more sneaky. I'll be p.m.ing some of you bow buying/wife dodging pro's in the coming months.
Jacob, it was a 60" Crow Creek Mag long bow.
Wish bow companies sent roses with a new bow they would increase sales that way.
TJ, You can send me your Schafer and I will keep it nice for you for a year or so.
You can tell the wife you saw her way and now your getting rid of one. DO NOT say you sold it or she will ask for the money. LOL
Buddy,
Tim
Wow, all i can say for you is. And others who have this problem is. If your other half leaves you over something so trival like getting or doing something that makes you happy in life? Than she/or he doesn't really love you very much. Better walking your path alone than walking it for someone else. I know from experience. Just lucky i now found a women whos spirit is right in life.
She can hang out with my wife now and they talk about us all they want and heal together.
:biglaugh:
Long as the bills are paid and you are spending your own money, show us the dang bow!
Of course, if you are spending HER money, and can't get to the Post Office to do your own business, well, what can a body say?
Killdeer~ not so hot mailma'am.
Hang in there TJ,sounds like mine sometimes.
Shoot, he just had her get the money order! Bow won't be around for us to see for a week!
Oh, so what new furniture are you getting? lol
my guess is he hasnt actually received it yet as he just got the money order that broke the straw that broke the camels back.am i correct in my assumations tj? or are you just dangling the cheese in front of all of us meeces?
Hmmm I got a bow for my wife...best trade I ever made. LOL
Yeah bow won't be here for a week or so I'd guess. I'll post some photos when it arrives. I'm not a total rookie, having the seller send it to my office. Didn't want to come home and find it in the fireplace.
Killie, she is spoiled and knows it. It's all "Our" money. She doesn't work out of our home. Shes a wonderful housekeeper mother and wife. I wouldn't trade her for a dozen skinned out Morrisons (did I just say that)? I just like to have fun with her sometimes. Please don't take that from me.
Varmint101 has hit the nail on the head. It's costing me a new refrigerator. Nothing wrong with ours she just doesn't like the color. We have had the "Why do you need another purse/bow" conversation many many times.
I gotta say,
I ordered my wife a new longbow, and she is ordering me a new one shortly for my birthday.
Trade that woman in for one that shoots trad too. It cuts into your personal bow purchases, but if she shoots high enough poundage they make great target / off season / back up bows.
Mine cooks, cleans, and only gets pissy when I hunt without her. I ditched one like you mentioned a lot of years ago and spent a bunch of years dating until I found one that loves what I love. Never been happier.
I'm very careful at my house and encourage her to do things she likes and go her own way. The last three years she's told me she is sick of hearing about hunting so I'm real careful about saying much, but she still lets me go out of state once a year. Kind of supprised me at Christmas though, I was looking at an old bow for sale on line and she said if I wanted it to get it, so I did. Ben
Better not ask her to take the photos! :rolleyes:
I think a new refrigerator is worth at least two bows don't you? Back to negotiations.
Icemaker and water through the door?
Definitely a 2 bow fridge.
I guess I will have to step up and brag on my trophy wife. Her take on it is "Having too many bows is like trying to have too many flowers, it can't be done!" Man! I did good when I married this one about 27 yrs ago. She's nothing like the 1st two and there wasn't anything wrong with them. I was just living out what pop told me, "No point in being stupid if you don't show it!"
Live and learn I recon.
God bless,Mudd
"No point in being stupid if you don't show it!"
I love it Mudd. My first wife and I have been at it for 19 years.
Every time I'm preparing to go on an out of state hunt my wife is all for it.
About 2 weeks prior to leaving she starts bringing it up as if I'm running out on her while she's on her death bed.
I always invite her to go along.... but she answers with "If you go this time I'm filing for a Divorce".
My reply is always, "We'll talk about it when I get back". She never brings it up after I return.... Until time to leave for the next trip.
Also learned to take all new bows to storage after receiving them.( Have them delivered to a P.O. Box) Then I'll take one from the house and swap it out for one in storage. She has no idea what is in storage and believes most of my bows I owned before we were married.( No way I could ever have gone 25 years without buying another bow.) She probably will divorce me if she knew how many I really do own!
Gotta get her to start shooting again. I don't remember, but she says she use to shoot with me occasionally when we first started dating.
Maybe if she starts again she'll appreciate my little collection!
My wife will probably not let me back in the house after I get back from Kzoo the end of this month.
Maybe she will want a new refrigerator, that is what I will tell her your wife is getting TJ, she will go for it then.
See what your starting TJ, congrats on the new bow.
shoot her with a blunt!!! **DISCLAIMER** This post was made for entertainment purposes only. The previous post does not necessarily reflect the opinions of this poster, website or traditional archers who are married in any way.
I bought a bow yesterday; put it on the credit card, and the wife asked, "why didn't you just take it out of checking?" We've been married 44 years this past November so there's really nothing to hide.
Amen George,
Tell em the truth. If they sqwuak buy them something of equal value, if they threaten to leave, buy another bow. They will leave or decide your sorry hide is worth keeping around despite the bow spending and get off your back. Either way the truth works best for me.
Note : Easy for me to say when I get in trouble for buying my new bow first instead of hers.first.
QuoteOriginally posted by mjdglobal:
shoot her with a blunt!!! **DISCLAIMER** This post was made for entertainment purposes only. The previous post does not necessarily reflect the opinions of this poster, website or traditional archers who are married in any way.
Yeah right! :clapper:
lpcjon2, you are a marketing genius! LMAO!
Just tell her it's really just for her and you would like to use it some if she doesn't care for it.
Disclaimer: I don't think this has ever worked in the history of MAN......but is still worth a shot.
Makes me wish Terry would start a dating site on here?
Single Male (39) seeks single female (30-45). Must have job, be drug free, social drinker, prefer "d" shaped longbows and Black Widows T/d's....Eye color, hair color and draw length unimportant. Must be able to skin a squirrel and drag own deer. Also must not be named Illbeer.
Please email... Don't care if'n you super homelly if you have the right bows..
I think when you choose the third wife you'll do it in the wisest way.
:biglaugh: MUDD!
Flingclutter, you've been thirty-nine for how many years now?
Skilleddeer :confused:
I think my sixth wife hated bow hunten the most!
Its better to love and lost than to never bow at all :biglaugh:
Tom, maybe our wives can get together and start a support group!!
Can't wait to see how you like the new bow.
You guys are just killin' me,
QuoteOriginally posted by wingnut:
Bummer, now you'll have a lot less money for new bows and will have too cook your own dinner.
Mike
Uh OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! :scared: :scared:
Illdeer , you just mad cause I'm way way to young and pretty for ya. But you do have a nice Morrison and make some fine pies??
You could adopt me as you grandson? Provided I get the Morrison in the will??
:knothead:
QuoteOriginally posted by KentuckyTJ:
I just bought another bow and my wife says she's gonna leave me...I'm sure gonna miss her.
Like I tell my young guys when they are having a period of relationship disenchantment, "there's always another" (gal, not bow...)... :bigsmyl:
Well, I still have my first bow,a Bear Tigercat.
Cain't say the same thing about wives tho... :p
Got a good one now and plenty bows... :thumbsup:
QuoteOriginally posted by A.S.:
Tom, maybe our wives can get together and start a support group!!
Can't wait to see how you like the new bow.
Allen, I have brought your suggestion up with my better half and she was warm to the idea. She suggested Mr. Green starting a forumn for them entitled Brides Bashing Bowhunters. Hahaha aint she a gem.
So you get a new bow, the wife gets a new fridge in the house, and you get a garage/barn fridge for a meat cooler? What is the problem here?
TJ....I'll call Les and smooooooooth things over for ya. ;) you knoow how I just love "helping" you when your in trouble. Lemme think of what fuel I can add to the fire..LOL.
Thanks Mike you're also a Gem.
Todd, another garage fridge that's a wonderful idea thanks Brother.
Oh...yeah...stop sending me pics of that Morrison...If I buy it it'll surely cost me new countertops in the kitchen...
Bought another one monday. Wife:How many bows can you shoot? Answer:Don't know haven't got to that number yet. You would think after 38 years they would get acustomed to us. LOL.
QuoteOriginally posted by LoweBow:
Oh...yeah...stop sending me pics of that Morrison...If I buy it it'll surely cost me new countertops in the kitchen...
You need the Morrison and she deserves new counter tops.
ps. I'll help you put them in so she doesn't out spend you if that makes it any easier to swallow.
She wants granite...which means new cooktop, sink, stove, and microwave............
I'll have to go back to selling my body to half attractive women and my back can't handle that anymore.....
If mine gets new granit...yours will want new granite....vicious cycle that noone wants to start....
QuoteOriginally posted by Steelhead:
She can hang out with my wife now and they talk about us all they want and heal together.
You can add my ex wife as well.. I don't miss it one bit having to rush home from work so I don't have to explain why I have another package waiting at the door for me.. The ladies just don't understand but its ok when they come home with a 300$ coach purse that you unknowingly paid for! That's life I guess... Right????
:confused:
TJ,
you are an absolute disgrace to all respectable kentuckians!!! Any self respecting hillbilly knows you are supposed to grease the wheel "BEFORE" it starts squeeking!!! 8^) Now LOWEBOW and I will "hide" all those problem bows for you til she gets over it. ok?
Lowebow,
If your back is too sore to sell your BODY (makes me wonder about your market value anyway...) to "half attractive women," maybe you could raise the cash for granite et. al. by selling BODY PARTS to 'em. :eek:
There's value in "recycling," and you really need the Morrison more than a crummy ol' kidney anyway, don't you???? :saywhat:
QuoteOriginally posted by kybowman:
TJ,
you are an absolute disgrace to all respectable kentuckians!!! Any self respecting hillbilly knows you are supposed to grease the wheel "BEFORE" it starts squeeking!!! 8^) Now LOWEBOW and I will "hide" all those problem bows for you til she gets over it. ok?
Come on now David it's not like I asked her before I bought, give me a little credit. I may have lost some husband of the year points but that will be offset by the increase on my "MAN" card.
No TJ,
You are supposed to put her in a state of complete bliss "before" you do the deed. 8^)
KYBowman is right. You have to build up the credits before you start withdrawing them. Otherwise you wind up paying interest on the overdraft - in this case a refrigerator.
Hahaha, I appreciate the help. I'll give the Bliss deal a go. Oh yeah after 19 years you are gonna have to p.m. me and let me know what that entails in today's society...or maybe I don't wanna know.
Here is the bow that started all this by the way. I hope she's worth it (the bow that is).
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/kyTJ/Bows/full.jpg)
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/kyTJ/Bows/shelf.jpg)
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/kyTJ/Bows/riser2.jpg)
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/kyTJ/Bows/tip2.jpg)
She's definitely sexy.
Great, my first year in traditional archery and now I am going to get divorced too. Where's my checkbook. :) Beautiful bow!
I totally understand now. A bow this pretty would make any "normal" kentuckian do some irrational things!!!!!! 8^) Nice lines!! Shoots as good as she looks I hope.
I wouldn't get too used to her...she prob won't be around long if I know you....the bow either.. :knothead:
I'd sleep w/ her, carress her sexy lines, and tell her how much I love her....the bow....
Alas...I'm sure I'll never know as I can't afford her.....both...
LOL, I'm not telling her you called dibs Mike, she's sure to leave me then.
As far as the bow. I could foresee it in your future. Maybe we could work out a bow/wife swap deal. As you know they are both very good cooks and take good care of us. I think you will still have to come up with some money to offset the bow though.
you should tell your wife, like I tell my wife, that it is a present for her.
theres lots of single woman out there.
Tom, you need to go back an re-read my signature line. Letting the wife get the money order is where you went terribly, terribly wrong!! :biglaugh:
Just think how much more productive all these guys could have been at work today if you had just followed my simple, step by step instruction for being a true bow addict!!
LOL, no worries there Allen, when I die all my buddy's will be here telling my wife I paid $100 for that morrison and $75 for the Schafer and so forth and so on and then they will offer her what I paid. :help:
I got three places I keep my bows Tom. Move them around every so often rack to rack. Always move new ones in while shes either not home, asleep or in the shower. Never Never admit to buying, only trading...... Good Luck !!. Got a spare bed in Georgia if you ever need it. LOL.
Lanier
Hey matter of fact,,,,I need someone to email me saying that I won a bow on here!!!!!
I bought a bear kodiak magnum in 45# last week and the wife doesn't even know its coming. I was going to tell here I won it off of here.
Can someone help me out,,,,lol!
No Joke!
PM me your # and what time / date she will be home. Us bowaholic got to stick together... :D
You just need to know someone with a more expensive hobby. Find a Harley rider.
Any time I want to buy bowhunting stuff or canoeing stuff (my other hobby), I remind her of the cost of Harley like a friend of ours has. It'd take a lot of bows and boats to equal 20K.
Sad part is(or maybe I'm just jealous and its actually cool) there are some guys on here that actually top that 20k with bows alone! :saywhat:
QuoteOriginally posted by 1/4 away:
TJ, Next time you buy a bow ( and there will be a next time) let me know before you tell her and I'll send you an email saying you won a bow in a raffle. :bigsmyl:
You could sell this service. You could be a sponsor.
Someone's going to be rich when this is over I can just feel it.
they will just spend it on bows then pay someone to call their wife. lol.
QuoteOriginally posted by KentuckyTJ:
Hahaha funny stuff guys. The straw that broke the camels back was when I told her to stop and get me a money order from the post office. I had to back the phone away from my ear on that one. I do have to learn to be more sneaky. I'll be p.m.ing some of you bow buying/wife dodging pro's in the coming months.
Jacob, it was a 60" Crow Creek Mag long bow.
:biglaugh:
That bow just may be worth it...LOL
I have made the mistake of letting my wife keep track of our finances...(we would be broke otherwise) but it sure does make it hard to get bows through the door without her noticing...
QuoteOriginally posted by dragon rider:
KYBowman is right. You have to build up the credits before you start withdrawing them. Otherwise you wind up paying interest on the overdraft - in this case a refrigerator.
I'm sorry but you must be young and naive or just inexperienced. Everyone should know that any points earned this week are reset at the end of the month. They do not carry over. :eek:
Its probably our fault in the end; as we are always thinking about bows; and when we look for a beau - well being high strung is not so much an issue...
That's a sweet rig Kentucky.. I would say she is worth the fight.. Speaking of winning bows in a raffle I might need some help as well I gotta widow coming in like 2 weeks.. Anyone wanna help???
Alright, I think I have an idea. My wife as I'm sure most of yours are is a sucker for anything that says "SALE". Here's the deal. We set up a hotline that we can call in the heat of battle and let our better half hear the person on the other end of the line say that the bow was "On sale at 50% off". Most our wives being non bowaholics will have no idea how much any of them are worth and the 50% off sale is the language they are familiar with and use on us everytime they bring in a new pair of shoes (that they don't need hahaha).
What are yall's thoughts?
Now thats an absolutely BRILLIANT idea TJ!!!! You deserve another new bow for that one!! OH LORD. 8^)
LOL.....Great idea!
My wife was starting to get a little bitchy with me over buying bows, so I used a line I have heard on this forum or another. " If I can't have a new girlfriend, I might as well have a new bow." OMG she ate it up and said I was right and to go ahead and get another bow and that there are worst things I could be doing. I can't believe that actually worked.
I've gone mostly to buying takedowns. Not for the bowyer's marketing of different weighted or decorated limbs, but because they come in a smaller package and are easier to sneak in the house! Some TD's come in arrow boxes...which is just more arrows right? Also, always have 3 or 4 "on display" and others in storage. That way you can "rotate the new stock" and they won't notice. At least mine doesn't.
Good thought Kyle, these bowyers need to get on board and help the brothers out. If their buyers are able to sneak them by our home female detection systems the more we can purchase. Start shipping them in smaller boxes as Kyle states with labels like "CURING ARROWS DO NOT OPEN BOX FOR 10 DAYS OR THE OUTSIDE AIR WILL WARP THEM BEFORE DRYING"
I've been through so many different bows over the past 2 years (have to find "the one" as many of you know.) that I thought I had it down to a science with the wife. After all, to her, a bow is a bow and she didn't notice the different woods or even longbow/recurve.. so I thought.. that was until about a month ago. I was stringing a Zipper I had just picked up when I hear from accross the room "when did you get that one?!".. shivers down my spine.. I knew the jig was up. Since it was a trade deal, she didn't care, so now all my bows are "trades"! In all actuality, most bows I have were traded for, but I'm thinking for you guys buying most of your bows and are in the dog house, tell 'em it's a trade.. then it only cost what, $25 -$30 for shipping?
Interesting. I am of the you got to be 100% honest with them philosophy. Then again, I'm blessed with a wife who wants me to be happy and pursue my hobbies. She trusts my judgment and I try not to abuse that trust. We both have a "what's the point in life if you don't have a little fun now and then" attitude. I don't complain about shoes, dresses, and cooking supplies (my wife LOVES to cook) and she doesn't say a word about the bows, guns, fly rods, reels, custom balsa crankbaits, etc.....
We do have a policy of discussing "larger" purchases just to make sure we are meeting out financial goals, but it always ends up being a good discussion. Now that we have our first child we're both less spendy (hey, our expenses went UP)!
I will say having an understanding wife makes all the difference in the world when it comes to these things. Before I met my wife I dated some girls who turned out to be real b__tchy and it didnt last long. I am sure they are nagging some poor guy somewhere... hope none of you guys ended up with them.
I had a guy tell me he puts his new bows n his barn for a few days.Then when they get dusty he takes it in and when asked he's say's."This old dusty thing,ive had it hang'n around for awhile"
Or you can tell them it is one of those try before you buy deals and you just wanted to see what it was like??? Then Oooops its scratched?? Limbs twisted??? tiller blow up and the brace got sturnbuckled?? Can't send it back .. Got to keep it?? Sorry Honey!!??
Danny - How many do you ned on the rack before she doens't notice anymore :D
I have only had two at a time EVER so I guess you need LOTS of'EM
Tom: do you spend tons of money DRINKING-SMOKING-EATING JUNK FOOD-EATING OUT etc.
I explained this to my wife and she saw the light. I also explained that we only live once (I think) and that we were put here to experience things. If we have to scrimp and save for everything we won't get to do ANYTHING.
I take on extra jobs etc to pay for my habits and that's how I do it...now I have some residual income coming in that has retired her and is paying for my habits - seems she is happier now tee hee
Jer Bear
It's not how many bows you have that count, it's the ones that you don't have.....YET.
Just have the bowyer word something real sweet on the bow about the Mrs's, that'll get yah off the couch. At least it worked for me. LOL
Tom, I think Wife Number One must be reading this behind my back.
We were just having a conversation over dinner about possibly getting a new Lab puppy in the future. We met a breeder the other day who get $1500 for a pup.
Anyway, wife nonchalantly says "That's a lot for a puppy, you've never even had a bow that cost that much have you?"
Me----start feeling sweat coming to my brow immediately, I recovered quickly though and spewed out a resounding "NO!"
I don't think she believed me. :banghead:
Hey TJ, notice my screen name. I'm in the business of getting and keeping guys like you out of trouble. AL :)
LOL, now that's funny. Yep Ms. Shafer's onto you brother.
Why is it when you "accquire, trade, borrow, buy, win,............etc" a new bow, after you shoot it, it becomes so hard to bring yourself to part with it to fund another one? Or is that just me?
QuoteOriginally posted by kybowman:
Why is it when you "accquire, trade, borrow, buy, win,............etc" a new bow, after you shoot it, it becomes so hard to bring yourself to part with it to fund another one? Or is that just me?
"Grass is always greener....."
Acuna, Does your wife have a sister JUST like her thinking?
Oh ya A guy can have TWO wives right. But who wants two. Guess I will keep mine She is just as good as Acunas.
A.S. a $1500 dog is A LOT. I have bread labs and can tell you you need to buy from a guy who has a nice mannered dog and handle it A LOT from the day you get it till???? I have did this from the day they are born and have seen some of the BEST labs come from it.
$150 or $1500 your choice but my vote is $150 hunting family/house dog.
You spent more than $1500 on a bow?
Tim
By the looks of that bow....Definatly Worth It!!! :D
Yea like they arnt spending your money. LOL
Sorry Deathmaster, they broke the mold when they made my sweet Erin!
QuoteOriginally posted by KentuckyTJ:
I just bought another bow and my wife says she's gonna leave me...I'm sure gonna miss her.
Who knew it was that easy to get rid of one?
15 bows ago and my wife feels the same. Sung to the tune of the 1968 vintage country song ...... "15 beers ago", by Ben Colder.
I have been out of traditional bow for about 5 years. I told my wife a few months back I was getting back in to traditional. She said there goes another $650 for a bow. I told here good thing about the recession is the price of bows has not went up since then.
Dave
Kimber's Daddy always said "I told her that was OK just leave a pan of biscuits in the oven cause I would have someone new here to take them out." when her momma threatened to leave him. LOL But Kimber would never threaten me over a bow. Maybe a hunt, but not a bow. LOL
Donald, aren't you glad we speak kind of the same language- bows=purses :)
and Donald it would have to be a Expensive hunt.... you know I keep a mental calculator in my mind... and you are always in the red...