Ask her how many pairs of shoes she has.

That happened with my pistol safe, she ask if they had babies, the ARs are easy, they all look alike to her.

We should have a FAQ on how to handle that situation....
Here are a few quick ones for ya..

1) They were on sale
2) oh, those are my brothers. He just wants me to hold them for him.
3) Those Leupold scopes are only $40-50 new.
4) How many pairs of shoes do you have? (Thanks SR)
5) I paid $XXX for this rifle and I can sell it for $XXXX!
6) If the soldiers in WWII didn't have M1 Garands like this, we might be speaking German right now.
7) All those pistol cases are empty.
8) That AR was part of a "matched set", kinda like a P with P (every woman knows that term...purchase with purchase) and was a Limited time offer...How much?...um....$350 with all the extra uppers and scopes.

To be continued

That's pretty good, FrankSquid, I like it!

Um, I'd sure be curious to know how you know about that "P with P" thing.  Makes me just a little nervous.  If "every woman knows that term...purchase with purchase", then that means NO man should know about it--right?  LOL  You got anything you want to tell us?   Just kidding.  Thanks for the intel.

Ha Ha Ha!  I had a similar "incident" today.

The girlfriend comes home from work with you, and you pick up a package at the front desk.  You open it, and it has 2 30rd USGI mags & 1 20rd magazine in it.  They were a gift to you from a friend (who is also a federal agent), for helping track down a possible criminal.

Girlfriend says, "What are those for?  You don't have a gun that shoots bullets that big!"  [:O]  She's only seen my .22 LR, and doesn't know about the 16" olympic arms hidden in my walk-in closet!

Then the person behind the front desk says, "The maintenance man said he saw an assault rifle on the bar when he went to fix the sliding screen door."

OH SH!T  [:O]

[thinking] Duh... [thinking]

Finally you say, "It's my friend [name here]'s, I'm hanging onto it until he moves out of the dorm at the end of next year.  They don't allow guns on campus, remember?"

Then I just heard, "You shouldn't have done that!  You don't know what history that gun has!  Oh well, at least he's letting you use it, right?"  --- PHWEW!!!

All my friends can say is, "WHIPPED!" [spank]

-inuhbadnayburhood

aaaaaaaaahhhh, jim, if only we all could have your life (and wife!)...

me personally, i dont realy tell her when i get new mags and stuff- its the guns and tac vests that are hard to hide!

and right now, without a large safe and only three guns, the appearance of a fourth, fifth, sixth, etc. would be little conspicuous...

but, i do like to at least tell my girl how to use each and every one that i have ever had (even some i dont) so that she knows how to use one if she ever had to...

heeheehee... oh, and by the way- my walther p99 has earned the nickname "christine", because everytime my girlfriend shoots it, every other ejected case hits her in the forehead...

heeheehee- good girl!

OK, here it goes.....My name is Frank and I like long walks in the park, candle light dinners and I enjoy curling up on the couch with a good novel. Sound interesting? Call me.
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BTW, I also like machine guns, muff diving, Burger King and  making jokes. And if you really have to know, my wife is one of those cosmetic girls at Bloomies, so I know about all the P w/ Ps and free gifts. squid out.

Mine walked into my sanctuary this past weekend too. ( I've got to put that damn chest freezer in the garage)I had the safe open, she looked in and all she said was "that things full, don't you think? "  I told her yes it was and that I needed another safe.
 

I keep a running list dated by model,serial#, and value.Also I list all mags and accs. the list is kept in the safe where my wife can find it in the event of my demise. I also have told her who to go to for help in selling them.

I agree, keeping your gun collection secret is something that I do not like.  I'm certain that all of those who do keep their toys secret would agree with me when I say we have our reasons.

For example: I'm dating a girl who is anti-gun.  I have taken her shooting once now, and will definitely take her shooting again in the future.  However, I'm certain many of the nice men on this forum are in a different situation.  One such situation is marriage.  If you tell your wife where to sell them (your guns), how much they're worth, how many guns you have, and what type they are, you may be giving them too much information.  You say that you'd tell them this information for reference when you're deceased.  I, personally, DO NOT CONDONE THIS.

If you want to give your wife/GF this information for your demise, PUT IT IN YOUR WILL!  I'm certain that if a woman knew this, and you did something really bad to p!ss her off, she just might sell some of them to get back at you.

I know relationships where it's one getting back at another isn't good, but my GF hasn't earned the trust to know about my guns after dating for over 2 years.  I still don't trust her!  I may never trust her for various reasons: such as I once heard this: "I'd break up with you if I found someone better.  Wouldn't you do the same?"  Sorry, but this was very troubling to me.  I will probably not wind up marrying her, so I will not tell her the value of my guns, and most DEFINITELY NOT where and how to sell them!

Wives & Girlfriends have been known to do some VERY irrational things when they have mood swings or anger, and I would not want to suffer the consequences of their "periodical" emotional instability (PMS).

Also, the issue of what to do with your gun collection in the event of a divorce.  Personally, I would NOT want my wife to know how much the guns are worth, because she could fight for their dollar value as an asset worth fighting for.

If you keep your guns hidden, don't tell of new purchases, and keep it low key, you are doing yourself a favor in this situation when trust is lacking.

I TRULY WISH that I could have a completely trusting, and trustworthy wife.  I do NOT like this hiding, but in some cases it is necessary.  I hope that you see this the same way that I do.  My prayers go out to all of you members dealing with a divorce right now.  I've been carpped on by many women, and have been safeguarding myself since.

What are your thoughts/feelings on such things?  I'd love to hear Miss Magnum's input on this.

-inuhbadnayburhood

My wife IS my best friend (20yrs.)I trust her not only with my weapons but with my life. I review my list with her whenever there is an addition. She teases me about my pistols having babies ect. and that she can't tell the ARs apart but I don't buy what I can't afford and she understands the investment value. I personally would not handle it any other way.

I can't hardly look at a gun too hard at a gun show or in a store before the wife is telling me to get it. She's blown some deals with gun show dealers who I know I could have talked down somemore.

Now if I could just get her to let me start bringing home some of the tall good looking women with me...