Got a new gun!

[longbow]

I gave a friend his first gun. It was a 91/30. He has been married for more than 10 years and he never had anything more than a BB gun in his life He showed it to her, she would not touch it and covered her head with a blanket while I showed him how it worked.

That was Monday. I'm picking it up on Friday since his wife said "me or the gun". It is sitting in the trunk of his car since she does not want it in the house. She will not even let him park the car in the garage.

Not only do I get another gun, but I'm taking his man card.

 

[CountryBoy19]

WOW, #1, I can't believe that somebody could be so ignorant and closed-minded about firearms (well, actually I could), and #2 I can't believe the number of people that don't know what true love is anymore. When she accepted his hand in marriage she pledged to take him good and bad, blah, blah, blah, and then she threatens to leave him because of a gun? What about loving that person for who they are and not who you want them to be.

Sorry Longbow, this isn't aimed at you... just stating the facts.

 

[longbow]

WOW, #1, I can't believe that somebody could be so ignorant and closed-minded about firearms (well, actually I could), and #2 I can't believe the number of people that don't know what true love is anymore. When she accepted his hand in marriage she pledged to take him good and bad, blah, blah, blah, and then she threatens to leave him because of a gun? What about loving that person for who they are and not who you want them to be.

Sorry Longbow, this isn't aimed at you... just stating the facts.

I called last night and he told me to come take it back. You can tell he has been through hell. She told me thanks for taking it back and was so kind to me knowing it would be "gone" soon.

The worst I ever got from my wife is "why do you need 4 of the same guns?" and rolled eyes.

 

[The Keymaster]

Makes me appreciate just how lucky I am to have a wife that loves guns.

 

[Que]

Wow! I guess every marriage has issues.

 

[shibumiseeker]

I called last night and he told me to come take it back. You can tell he has been through hell. She told me thanks for taking it back and was so kind to me knowing it would be "gone" soon.

The worst I ever got from my wife is "why do you need 4 of the same guns?" and rolled eyes.

Heh. My problem is when I get something new about half the time the GFs want one of their own. Luckily they haven't caught the 10mm fever yet . I did catch my gf eyeing my new Walther PPS though (and she shoots it better than I do...)

 

[Joe Williams]

His answer should have been "fine, start packing."

Not because of the gun, but because she places such a low value on the marriage in the first place. If she's willing to end the marriage because of an inanimate object, she's got zero dedication to it in the first place.

 

[Indyhd]

His answer should have been "fine, start packing."

Not because of the gun, but because she places such a low value on the marriage in the first place. If she's willing to end the marriage because of an inanimate object, she's got zero dedication to it in the first place.

He just needs to remember her remark when she wants a new sewing machine or vacuum cleaner so he can use it back on her.

 

[caddywhompus]

Grrrr.....My wife doesn't like my gun buying but at least she knows better than to say "me or the guns." She knows how tough it would be to live on her own.

 

[Josh Ward]

After 10yrs of marrige she'd leave him over a gun?? I doubt it, unless there are other "issues"

He should have called her bluff....

 

[leftsock]

He just needs to remember her remark when she wants a new sewing machine or vacuum cleaner so he can use it back on her.

Sometimes when my wife wants a ridiculously expensive item, I pull the AK 47 ratio out. "You want a $2000 camera! I could buy four or five AK 47s for that amount!" That sometimes disarms the urge to have the pricey item, or it offers me some leverage to make a purchase for myself, though not necessarily an AK

 

[JDonhardt]

How does he expect to protect the family if he cannot even stand up to a woman?

 

[CSK22]

Tell him to say "its either me or the shoes" or "its either me or the purses" or "its either me or the make up" she will leave him for being controlling.

Life aint fair, if she wants to leave him for it then I say so be it. Let her go, she must not really love him if she can't appreciate or tollerate his wants and desires.

 

[longbow]

After 10yrs of marrige she'd leave him over a gun?? I doubt it, unless there are other "issues"

He should have called her bluff....

He called me instead..............

Background on her, she has never worked a job....period!

 

[LPMan59]

she must be a demon in the sack

 

[mms]

this ^^^^

but really 10 years and end it over a inanimate object ... call the bluff
it just makes me appreciate the girl friend that i have even more

 

[LEaSH]

If there is something that I have that I don't want found, I simply hide it amongst the tools in the basement. But it won't be firearms because she's ok with all that stuff.

 

[techres]

Well, that could have gone more smoothly. I had to approach this with my wife carefully. And to her credit, she is not the kind to hide under a blanket. Trust me on that.

Fear is powerful.

Techres

P.S. Remember, if your place gets to full there longbow, I could loan you a hand...

 

[musclecarr]

Grrrr.....My wife doesn't like my gun buying but at least she knows better than to say "me or the guns." She knows how tough it would be to live on her own.

same here! My wife would be on the street, she knows who has the :bigballs:

 

[ihateiraq]

she put a blanket over her head while you showed him how to use it?

is your friend married to an 8 year old?