Is it wrong to lie to your wife about how much a gun costs?

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Posted: 7/25/2014 9:51:11 AM EDT

So I have the money. I keep a good bit of money in savings, we do not have children or many expenses. Most of my firearms have been around 700 - 800 dollars. My wife does not track my accounts, but I do have to run it by her before I buy another gun. So is it wrong to buy a Tavor and tell her it was only 700 dollars?

Well its probably wrong, but should I do it anyway?

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:51:54 AM EDT

[#1]

what she doesn't know can't hurt them

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:52:07 AM EDT

[#2]

No, just know that when you die, she will sell your whole stash using that information.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:52:22 AM EDT

[#3]

Pic of wife? otherwise dont care

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:52:24 AM EDT

[#4]

I dont lie to my wife about anything. I dont like to be lied to, so I dont lie to others.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:52:32 AM EDT

[#5]

You shouldn't need to lie to your wife about what you spend your own money on.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:52:48 AM EDT

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question is useless without pics.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:52:59 AM EDT

[#7]

Is it wrong to lie...?

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:53:13 AM EDT

[#8]

Your wife already has 1 Vagina...dont be another one.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:53:21 AM EDT

[#9]

I don't lie to my wife about anything.

Though as needed I have at times withheld the truth.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:53:36 AM EDT

[#10]

I get to spend on guns what she gets to spend at the hairdresser... try it.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:53:49 AM EDT

[#11]

Question: Would you be upset if she lied to you about the amount of money she's been spending?

I suppose that answer depends on how you divide up your finances (if at all). If you both have your own discretionary/disposable spending money, then I guess it doesn't really matter all that much. If you two don't have that kind of dynamic with your finances, you should be honest.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:54:05 AM EDT

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This

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:54:08 AM EDT

[#13]

You think she really paid $25 for a pair of black shoes that match her new dress and purse

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:54:09 AM EDT

[#14]

I think so, but I also don't lie to her. I have friends that have to conceal stuff from their wives because their wives are special and will get pissed off. Do what you have to do, I guess.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:54:17 AM EDT

[#15]

MYOB that's it

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:54:33 AM EDT

[#16]

No.

She lies to you about where she goes late at night, so you can lie to her about what your guns cost.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:54:47 AM EDT

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Posted: 7/25/2014 9:54:57 AM EDT

[#18]

Trade her $700 for the balls that are in her purse?

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:55:20 AM EDT

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Question: Would you be upset if she lied to you about the amount of money she's been spending?

I suppose that answer depends on how you divide up your finances (if at all). If you both have your own discretionary/disposable spending money, then I guess it doesn't really matter all that much. If you two don't have that kind of dynamic with your finances, you should be honest.

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Ima go with this. Lying does not a healthy relationship create.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:55:32 AM EDT

[#20]

Honesty is always the best policy. If ample funds are available don't see why wife would have an issue with above mentioned purchase?

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:55:56 AM EDT

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+1

Regardless of faith, religion or lack of, this is sound advice.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:56:24 AM EDT

[#22]

Only if you don't mind here dropping a $1000 out shopping with the girls!

There is no my money and her money only our money. Once our money gets used for bills and kids the left over can be split into your money and her money.

(saddly in my case there is never any left)

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:57:21 AM EDT

[#23]

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I've been married for 8 years. At the rate my wife goes to a hairdresser, I'll still be able to count the trips on one hand 5 years from now. But she does have a not un-expensive photography habit

ETA: and no, you shouldn't lie to your wife. I'm not keen on lying to anyone, but your wife should be at the top of the list for people you're honest with.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:57:26 AM EDT

[#24]

If you have to lie to your wife about money there are only three possibilities:

1) She is unreasonable and you need to divorce her.
2) You are a coward and she needs to divorce you.
3) Maybe you can't afford the gun after all.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:58:09 AM EDT

[#25]

It is wrong to lie to your wife about how much a guns costs, yes.

Now, I will move aside so you can continue getting advice about how it is okay to lie to your spouse so that you can use that to rationalize your future bad behavior.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:58:22 AM EDT

[#26]

Yes.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:58:31 AM EDT

[#27]

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My poor husband would be stuck with a budget of $35 once or twice a year.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:58:48 AM EDT

[#28]

it's always wrong to lie to your wife.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:59:26 AM EDT

[#29]

The first fruits of my labor go to my wife and children. I get what is left over. I don't buy anything for me until the families needs are taken care of.

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:59:56 AM EDT

[#30]

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Yea, that's a fact. If you have to lie about what you buy, turn in your "MAN CARD"
That's just so sad, it's actually funny!

Posted: 7/25/2014 9:59:56 AM EDT

[#31]

Yup it's wrong.

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:00:19 AM EDT

[#32]

My biggest fear is that after I die, my wife will sell all my stuff for what I told her I paid for it

i don't have a wife

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:00:39 AM EDT

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This is "Real Men Of Genius" territory.

I only wish I had been told this before now.

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:00:46 AM EDT

[#34]

Gun? What gun?

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:01:03 AM EDT

[#35]

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I dont lie to my wife about anything. I dont like to be lied to, so I dont lie to others.

This is the correct answer.

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:01:58 AM EDT

[#36]

it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission...

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:02:05 AM EDT

[#37]

By asking the question you confirm you have no honor, so where's the conundrum?

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:02:13 AM EDT

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If you have to lie to your wife about money there are only three possibilities:

1) She is unreasonable and you need to divorce her.
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3) Maybe you can't afford the gun after all.

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Posted: 7/25/2014 10:14:06 AM EDT

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You shouldn't need to lie to your wife about what you spend your own money on.

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I came in here to post this.

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:16:44 AM EDT

[#40]

It's not a good sign, let's put it that way.

(At least, IMO.)

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:17:36 AM EDT

[#41]

I think it is not a good idea to lie to your wife about anything.

That said, she never questions my gun purchases.

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:18:55 AM EDT

[#42]

I don't have to lie to my wife, because I don't even have to tell her or ask her about buying guns.

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:22:17 AM EDT

[#43]

Yes, it is wrong ... but if you didn't already know that, you wouldn't have asked..

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:22:57 AM EDT

[#44]

Tell her it costs twice as much until she stops complaining. Or, you know, don't be married to someone you'd need to lie to.

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:23:50 AM EDT

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bingo

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:25:02 AM EDT

[#46]

I always undercut the cost of things by 20-40%.

It's not lying, it's peace keeping.

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:26:34 AM EDT

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me either

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:27:01 AM EDT

[#48]

It helps to set the right precedents from day one. I was very careful to NEVER to go tit for tat with my wife about money or act like there was "mine" and "yours" or that expenditures had to be even-steven.

It goes both ways. If you nit pick things your wife wants to spend money on, she's going to nit pick you. You've got to get the two of you on the same team early on so these kinds of things don't gain momentum.

It also helps to spend money on stuff for the two of you. I'm about 90%/10% on the stuff we buy for "us" as opposed to the stuff we buy for "ourselves".

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:28:24 AM EDT

[#49]

She already knows you're full of shit. May as well come clean.

I keep an updated list of what I paid and what each gun is worth so the old girl won't get raked over the coals
when I keel over.

She will be able to afford the best new husband money can buy PLUS the cruise of her choice when that happens and she sells my accumulation.

Posted: 7/25/2014 10:30:24 AM EDT

[#50]

It is always wrong to lie to your wife. She will probably find out anyways.

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