Hiding your purchases

bmw5541

bmw5541

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I was just wondering if any of you hide your purchases from your spouce. If so, what are some of the cleaver ways that you do it?:devil:
 
Oh boy, "what's mine is yours and what's yours is mine". If you have to hide it from the spouse, then maybe you shouldn't get it? Who's the bread winner?

In any event, if you preface the purchase by saying, I'm lining up this detail and will make money on this new hobby of mine, then maybe she'll be more willing. Good luck. What are you planning to buy?
 
I joke about doing this all the time but its a no win deal. Got a speeding ticket in Ohio years back and later the wife ask if I had got any tickets lately. I proceeded to tell her no , not lately. She then told me a officer from Ohio called and that my court date had been changed. Had hell to psy for months after that. Learned its not worth it. It's easier to just say its a sale you can't pass up. :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

Paul S
 
I was reading through a thread on another forum, and somehow it turned into this discussion, and I thought it was funny.
 
Some tips that have helped some friends of mine (I'm single):

- Have your purchases sent to some other address, such as the office. Then just drop the items in your detailing cabinet one by one, and leaving some time between them, so that she won't immediately notice that you've bought all that stuff.

- Tell her that detailing products are also good for cleaning the house.

- Wash, polish and wax her car! Nothing will make her accept your new hobby more than seeing that she can benefit from it.

- Explain to her that detailing is not an expensive hobby by any means (and that's very true if you keep a cool head when shopping). Talk to her about other people's more expensive hobbies: hunting, boating, motorbikes, photography...

Hope that helps!
 
MB Fan said:
My friend there is nothing but glass and barbed wire at the end of that trail :Innocent:
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Years ago, my wife and I set up the 25-dollar-rule. It was OK to make purchases under $25 without notifying the spouse (as long as it didn't get out of control)...

After 3 decades of marriage, now I just tell her whenever I buy anything. She usually expects the UPS truck at least twice a week!:redface:
 
I can't say that I hide my purchases. More accurately, I just don't mention them. The delivery gets dropped-off in the garage, I unpack the box next to all my other supplies, and no one sees a difference.
 
Luster said:
Years ago, my wife and I set up the 25-dollar-rule. It was OK to make purchases under $25 without notifying the spouse (as long as it didn't get out of control)...

After 3 decades of marriage, now I just tell her whenever I buy anything. She usually expects the UPS truck at least twice a week!:redface:
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i agree, my wife and i had the 50 dollar rule, now its whenever i want something i run it by her first, after 16 yrs seldom does she say no...
 
The only thing I hide from her is Christmas gifts... usually from Tiffany's that I hide in an old subwoofer box in the garage... she always cries when I get her stuff like that... haha.

as for detailing stuff I don't hide it and she actually bought me my rolling chair to save my back and knees.
 
I don't have to hid anything b/c I'm not married so no worried here :D. My g/f doesn't comment on what I get since I'm the bread winner in the household. Although she did like my last purchase of customer retrofitted headlights and foglights :drooling:
 
dschribs said:
Hiding purchases?????????????? Crazy.

Do you guys that have to do that not work???

That's nuts.
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I don't actually do that. As I stated earlier in this thread, I was reading through a thread on another forum, and it somehow turned into this discussion. I thought it was really funny, and thought that everyone here at TID would get a kick out of it.:thumbup:
 
I think its a great thread and I also don't believe that anyone who is married has NOT done it-or at least delayed coming clean on at least one occasion.

I was a few years late on my mid life crisis and had been lusting after a BMW R100GS motorcycle, well one day I went to the dealer and signed the paperwork thinking I had at least three weeks to think of a good story.

As luck would have it a week later I walk in and the wife says that there is message on the answering machine, so not thinking anything about it I go in and push the button. After three words I say oh s---t and delete the message, when I turn around the dw is there silently laughing herself silly she says, "you don't chase women, you come straight home from work everyday, you don't gamble and when you drink its at home, I am one of the luckiest girls alive!":w00t:

I could have done it YEARS earlier-wasted alot of time :mad:
 
Tom said:
I think its a great thread and I also don't believe that anyone who is married has NOT done it-or at least delayed coming clean on at least one occasion.

I was a few years late on my mid life crisis and had been lusting after a BMW R100GS motorcycle, well one day I went to the dealer and signed the paperwork thinking I had at least three weeks to think of a good story.

As luck would have it a week later I walk in and the wife says that there is message on the answering machine, so not thinking anything about it I go in and push the button. After three words I say oh s---t and delete the message, when I turn around the dw is there silently laughing herself silly she says, "you don't chase women, you come straight home from work everyday, you don't gamble and when you drink its at home, I am one of the luckiest girls alive!":w00t:

I could have done it YEARS earlier-wasted alot of time :mad:
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Finally, someone gets it:clap:
 
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