Trouble:

I was 35 when I got married, thought I was old and mature enought to know what I was doing. Before I was married I always had money at the end of the month. I was married for 6 years and never had any money left at the end of the month. I bought one gun and went on one trip out of the country hunting during my marriage.
After being married for 6 years I had to pay my now "X" wife $50,000.00 in owner equity in our house that I paid for to begin with. I love my son but I am paying dearly for him. I now have money at the end of the month, travel on hunting trips several times a year. I have several ladies who love me being single and available at their call to spend quality time with them but the option to send me home when they or I have had enought of each other.

The old saying: If it Flys, Floats or the other F word, it is cheaper to rent. This is just as true as the laws of gravity, etc.

A great marrige is wonderful. But not all people are made to be married. Successful married people learn to give and take as needed. Relationships that are one sided are not good relationships.

I'll never get married again. Period
Longshot

Guess I'm blessed...a couple of weeks ago my wife insisted that we book a combo elk/deer in Montana this fall...and along with the new hunting wardrobe she'll need, she wanted another rifle of her own for the hunt. She already has a Browning A-Bolt Varmint in 22-250(she bought it 'cause it was "pretty"...lol). Last night she primed 150 rounds of brass for me. And yes, I was fully awake while all this happened!

Zupspoon:

It just goes to say it is better to be lucky than smart.
Longshot

My wife was a little upset when I spent a bit more on my Ruger than I first estimated. I made it up when she asked me how much reloading equipment I was going to need. "Just the caliber specific stuff. I already have the presses and everything else I need." Made her feel good and I got what I wanted. Give and take! It'll be 35 years on tax day.

You guys want to win the "reloading is saving us money" argument?

....then just buy a .416 Rigby, .470NE or something similar and then let the little lady do the maths on factory vs reloads!

Back when I was married, whenever she spotted what she thought was a new rifle I just trotted out the same old reply "No, I've had this one for ages, you were there when I bought it back in 19xx, remember?"

It's a hobby! You aren't supposed to save any money!

So my career in IT has taught me a lot. When estimating budgeting/time for a systems project, go with best guess x 40%. Therefore, I adopted this principle with my shooting hobbies when talking to my wife. So my wife asks me, how much is this initial reloading setup gonna run? My answer, $1200. Then , when I come in at $900 for all of it, my wife is happy and I'm happy that I got what I wanted without any mouth.

Oh yeah, her take on shopping is, "Look how much I saved." rather than my take which is "How much did you spend?"

It's easier to ask forgivness than permission.

Just do what your gonna do. When the bitchin starts just tune it out like everything else she says that doesn't pertain to:

Guns
Hunting
Fishing
and the trips involved in the above.

So she says: "how much did that cost?"
Me: "$250"
she: "Do you know how long it would take me to spend $250?"
Me: "Well, you don't own any guns.
You don't drink.
You don't fish.
And you own your own pussy.
Shit, $250 should last you forever!"