Who's fault??

[irishwalleye]

Ok, so the Mrs and I were sitting on the lake today and a disagreement came up about how much money has been spent on new ice fishing stuff this winter.

I blamed her -- she blamed me.

After 15-20 minutes of back and forth, we finally came to an agreement.

ITS ALL YOUR GUYS FAULT!!!

After spending the better part of every day at work reading through every forum, I can honestly say, I would have a lot more money today if it wasn't for Fishing Minnesota!!

Thanks for nothing!! LOL

Keep up the good work guys -- eventually I will run out of money.

[Ice Ranger]

Recently bought a new Vexilar. Told the mrs. I bought it for her.

[efgh]

I am thinking that didn;t work/

[rockman]

How'd that work out for you? Ask me why I ask you that question.

[Ice Ranger]

I've always thought all fishermen think alike.

[Sandmannd]

That's a good approach. Told my mrs that and she said to stop reading the site. Right!!! Now I have to feel like I'm cheating to be on here. Hehehehehehehe

[rockman]

As the old saying goes: It is better to ask for forgiveness, than to ask for permission.

[boatfixer]

I'm gonna test that one more time tomorrow on a new auger. HEY, they just went on sale! What am I supposed to do? Besides, it's been awhile since I did something stupid.

[Jarrod32]

By the way...using the phrase "But honey, it's been a while since I've done anything stupid" usually doesn't work very well.

In fact, it can even turn out to be somewhat counter-productive.

[David Kasten]

being young and not maried is great!

[Ryan_V]

your time will come too young man, we were all in your shoes at one time as well!!!

[cliffy]

You gotta get smart about this stuff. Many years ago, I set up a savings account at a separate bank. My secret toy account is what I like to call it. 250.00 dollars a month gets transferred from my check prior to get it going into the main bank account. My wife never even sees it and to this day, she does not even know about it. Its a perfect little account to dip into for fishing, hunting or whatever. I would recommend it to anyone....helps keep the marriage smooth.

[jwhjr]

Vex, portable, heater etc. etc. etc... All stuff I've purchased from, or because of this site. I just can't pass up a deal!

[ice_it_06]

I say buy more stuff and get her all mad, she'll buy stuff and you will be mad as well.

You both get what you want, vent a little, and the "make up" will be incredible.

[Phred52]

Just want to say "Thanks"! It upholds my theroy that I now hold a Very responsible position. That being ANYTHING that happens, I'm responsible! Somebodys gotta shoulder the burden. Phred52

[anyfishwilldo]

 Originally Posted By: rockman

As the old saying goes: It is better to ask for forgiveness, than to ask for permission.

In my 12 years of marraige, this has seemed to be my motto. I buy a $25000 boat, park it in the driveway, ask for forgiveness. I buy a new 4 wheeler, park it in the garage, ask for forgiveness. The list is too long. It seems to work for me.

[dougger222]

My wife doesn't enjoy my ice fishing expenses. In the past 8 years I've bought 5 vexilars which I still have, 4 aqua vu's still have two, 4 power augers have them all, 5 flip overs which two got stolen, a custom built fish house, a LOTW fish house, and a camper turned fish house.

Besides the FL20 and X2 all the other things were bought on discount.

She doesn't complain about not having to pay for one bill though!!! She's got a good job and her spending is insane at time. Last year I bet she spent $1,500+ on plants and flowers for her garden on top of about $5-6K per year for landscape materials.

She has her accounts and I've got my accounts, it works great this way. She does get me about $50K a year in work so I can't complain!!! She manages a steak house and she not only knows how to sell steaks but also to sell my company to her customers, of course without overselling.

[skee0025]

My wife says I can get what I want, I just have to buy one for her too. Which presents it's own problems...It gets really expensive.

[sjburnt]

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[bgreen82]

make the wife hand drill holes in 22" of ice if you want a new power auger. thats what i did yesterday and she said i could start looking. after she felt my pain of drilling those holes it is like for better or worse.

[Wanderer]

What??? That auger? I've had that for yeeaarrss!

[mltjanderson]

My wife and I have a very nice agreement. What ever she epends on her hobbies(scrapbooking stamping etc.) I can spend on mine. We don't keep real close track or argue about it. In fact, She bought my jason mitchell crappie rod for me and it wasn't a present! I think I might be ahead Full gunsafe,boat,atv I love that Woman.

[Grant Pearson]

Mrs. Kingifsher1 can't complain too much about how much I spend on fishing gear the next couple weeks 'cuz I just went out and spent a nice, large amount of $$ on a "rock" for her, plus paid expenses forward for a few months. Now, if/when she tries complaining, I'll just tell her that I spent a lot of money on her and made sure that things were taken care of for a while, and now I get to splurge on me. So far, it's worked. Just remember, give her something, then she won't complain. especially if it's jewelry.

"Diamonds: that'll shut her up....... For a minute" Ron White

[cold one sd]

In the first year and a half after I retired I spent $78,000 on toys. My wife didn't say anything because she gets to go with me.

[muc33]

What do they say on Garage Logic? The 24 hour rule.... Buy something, put it in open view where it would normally be stored, if it takes more than 24 hours to notice, you have every right to say...... Honey, that old thing, I bought that quite some time ago!!!!!

My wife really does have a nice 20 guage Beretta that she has never shot. It REALLY is nice!!!!!