Ok I admit I did it. If my wife finds out I might end up single

[formernuke]

A couple of weeks ago I was the one of my local shops checking on the status of Glock 21 they have on consignment for me.

As I'm BSing with one of the guys I look down and see a S&W M&P 40 on display. Biggest mistake..... I asked to see it.

After I held it I had to have it. Two days later I went back and put a deposit on it. Picked it up yesterday and left work early today just to go the range. 100 rounds later and I'm wondering why I didn't get one sooner

 

[ginzo]

My wife knows about the 1st one, but #2, or #3(that is on order) Not so much! (oops) This is in 13 months time.

NEVER, NEVER touch 1, sometimes just looking thru the glass is more than a man can handle..........

A couple of weeks ago I was the one of my local shops checking on the status of Glock 21 they have on consignment for me.

As I'm BSing with one of the guys I look down and see a S&W M&P 40 on display. Biggest mistake..... I asked to see it.

After I held it I had to have it. Two days later I went back and put a deposit on it. Picked it up yesterday and left work early today just to go the range. 100 rounds later and I'm wondering why I didn't get one sooner

 

[Rastoff]

I feel sorry for you guys. I have a safe full of guns and my wife has the combination. I come home and say, "Well, I bought another gun" and she just rolls her eyes at me. If I ask her if I should get one, she just says, "Why not? You know you'll just kick yourself if you don't."

I make sure there's food in the pantry, clothes on our backs, a roof over our heads and she doesn't care about what I buy. I love my wife and y'all can't have her.

 

[nuguy]

Tell the wife

My wife knows about all my purchases, but being married 45 years helps that situation. I've picked up 5 since 12/20/13, it really is an illness but boy is it fun. and I had a wonderful Christmas. Of course I don't order new ones I like the stuff up to around 1980.

 

[11e40]

I never asked my wife permission to do anything. maybe that's why I buy anything I want now. lol.

 

[Munsterf18]

I wouldn't end up single, but it would cost me dearly.........
Tit for tat.....

 

[Franklin]

I made that mistake, let the wife know........ now its hers, I had to go get another one for me!

 

[formernuke]

I made that mistake, let the wife know........ now its hers, I had to go get another one for me!

LOL

Mine hates guns period.... so I don't have to worry about that.

 

[Jagrmaister]

My fiance used to care, then I got so many She doesn't even know the difference anymore. Basically made it clear it wasnt going to stop.

 

[Fat B]

Don't ask, don't tell and everyone stays happy.

 

[Ranger514]

You guys ever read "Gun Running" by the great humorist writer Patrick F. McManus? It's a hoot, as are all his short stories.

 

[jimmib]

this is the reason I haven't picked up an M&P since December...I do buy my pistols with my own money and don't have any left...

 

[RobertJ.]

Forgiveness is easier to get than permission!

 

[N4KVE]

To my gal, all guns look the same so she thinks I've owned them for years. GARY

 

[lowriderfxr]

I have a buddy that I often see at the gun shop. I saw him two days in a row and he asked me what was up, was I following him? We laughed and I said "Yeah, your wife paid me to follow you." He said, " Whatever you do, tell her you saw me checking into a motel with a woman or something, just don't tell her you saw me at the gunshop!!" We got a good laugh about that.

 

[ginzo]

Same here. I had mine in the parking lot of the range I go to yesterday and asked, "wanna just go in and see what the range looks like"? NO! LOL

LOL

Mine hates guns period.... so I don't have to worry about that.

 

[TheMystro]

Don't tell your wife.......women are not people like us.
Seriously I have been happily married long enough that my wife knows I am going to always buy guns out of enjoyment and not out of necessity. I rat hole money and buy them that way. I tend to buy a gun one a month and she will roll her eyes but knows she can shoot them and its a lifestyle. The big ticket guns over $2k she knows about because they are insured. For what the M&P guns are selling at, they are a great value. I am told their prices are going up ALOT this next year.

 

[ditto1958]

To my gal, all guns look the same so she thinks I've owned them for years. GARY

LOL. I learned all about that some years ago with cameras and lenses. They all were black, so, to her they all looked pretty much the same. When you get a new one, you just sorta keep it on the down low for awhile. If she happens to ask about one- "Oh, did you get a new such-and-such," you say "this old thing? I've had this for awhile."

So, I buy rifles with wood stocks and blue barrels, and black semi-auto pistols. She doesn't need to know many I have.

 

[158Grain]

Congrats on the 40. They are great guns and feel much better than a Glock, at least to me. Buy her a M&P9 and she will probably forgive you. My wife has supported my gun hobby from the beginning and will even point out firearms she thinks I might be interested in. She has even bought my 9 Pro 5" for me and my Walther PPQ M1!

 

[vipermd]

I generally buy 2 of every thing, saves me time, and I always have a fallback annv, B-day,I love you day, Christmas, New years , Easter, 4 of July.