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dws1117 wrote:

KBCraig wrote:

j1132s wrote: Basically, I pointed out to my wife that a gun costs about the same as a decent purse. And once you add the cost of the wallet to the purse, that'll get you some accessories.

I'm glad my wife doesn't buy purses where yours does!

Either that, or I need to find out where you're getting the $15 guns!



Kevin

+1 on that!!

Hey, tell me about it. Before I started dating (post-college), I never knew how expensive purses can get! And unlike my wallet, there seems to be different purses for different seasons and occasions.

BTW, the above gun buying "method" no longer works for me. But wife and I have a good relationship where notification of any purchase is realy just a nice consideration and not necessary. That's why I just bought another gun :) I'll let her know when it comes.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:
So, what’s the moral of my rambling story? Only this; don’t try to make the ladies in your life avid, competitive shooters who won’t let you go to the range by yourself. If it works out that way, great; just don’t push it.

This is pretty much what happened w/ my wife. I think I nagged a little too much trying to get her to attend beginner pistol and CHL classes that she's sick of hearing anything about guns. Finally she told me that she's actually anti-guns and thinks they are dangerous. Now I can't even do my dry fire practice in the house w/o getting some complaints.

Previously I've used a very effective method to get wife's approval regarding gun purchaes. I'll shared that w/ you; although I'm not sure if it'll work for me any more.

Basically, I pointed out to my wife that a gun costs about the same as a decent purse. And once you add the cost of the wallet to the purse, that'll get you some accessories. This does not include any matching clothing/shoes costs. Now, I can sell my gun for a decent price but you can't do that w/ a purse since there's no used purse market and they go out of fashion. Having many guns is like having many purses in terms of cost and usage, but the guns can potentially be sold and recover much more $ than the purses. This worked so well for my last 3 guns purchased within a month (or was it just weeks) of each other.

Now she's not buying the above arguments any more. In fact she's asking me to sell some guns to decrease the danger of having so many.
Oh well.

Hi,

Thanks for all your support and helpful advices.

I'm officially licensed to carry. Actually, received my CHL last Tuesday or Wednesday and carried (concealed) first time this past Saturday while visiting some properties that I bought at a tax auction, which aren't located in very nice neighborhoods. Also went to HEB after.

The interesting thing is I kind of forgot I was carrying most of the time while driving and even in HEB. The only time I'm very conscious of that fact was when I decided to get out of my car to take some pictures of a particular property... due to some people hanging around a car on the street next door.

It was also very hot that day, so I only had a t shirt on. Like others have mentioned, initially I feel like it's printing a lot. But I got over it before leaving my front door when my wife couldn't tell I was carrying although I was purposely walking around her a lot.

Anyway, I'd like to thank you for bringing me up to speed so quickly w/ your posts.

BTW, I just found out a few days ago that my wife is an anti-gun person. And to think I was trying to get her to take a CHL class.. ah, I was so wrong (and we've been together for over 15 years and known each other to almost 20 years).