Thread: Court's in Session

The honorable Judge Bigspendur is on the bench today to judge your transgressions.

So you just bought that beautiful Livi for a grand and you were sneaking it in the house and your wife caught you and what did you tell her about the price?

Maybe you put the beautiful razor in an old beat-up box making her assume its cheap.
Maybe you took the Plisson HMW size 20 in horn and put a label "made in China on it"

Maybe you get all your shaving gear at work and you just scored it big on Eboy but your wife's best friend works in your office and saw you opening the box and..oh no she's calling her right now.

Maybe you talked Lynn into sending that new Chandler with a phony invoice.

So how do you do it? Do you wear the pants in the family and YOU do what you please or are you a worm needing permission from your wife to get anything even a puck of Williams Soap? Whats your technique? Maybe your just honest and truthful about purchases and intended purchases.

Maybe this will give the rookies some good ideas. Maybe some of the veterans here have some novel approaches.

I promise not to throw the book at anyone.

I'll start, see in my house I'm the boss not to be trifled with. My wife knows her place, um err whats that shadow behind me... no, no, not the rolling pin again dear arrgh who put the lights out, where am I...

I wear the pants....Whenever the wife lets me

In my case I rarely use household money (money spemt is ussually from razor and other shaving related sales) so I feel no need to disclose 'exact' prices. As everything is bought through the internet and billing is all online disclosure is not an issue.

But if I am expecting a number a packages all at once I may have them delivered to the office or I may mention in passing I am expecting a few boxes in the mail. 'Yes it is shaving stuff.'

When it arrives I open it right in front of her because my kids love to see what papa got next. I look in the box and say 'Look in all of these free samples!! You want to smell the yada yada?" My kids love it (my wife thinks I am crazy) and it covers up the $500 Joe Chandler in the bottom of the box.

But honestly she is happy that I am happy and the excitement that comes with a package is always nice to have in the home.

Well, my wife handles the finances in our house, being a bookkeeper by trade she is frankly better at it than I am. So, I can't exactly go behind her back to buy a razor; I wouldn't anyway. I think it would be a pretty good sign it's time for a divorce, if you need a razor more than your wife's trust.

The way it works is, I find something I want, I say "Dear, I'd like to buy this." She say "Really?" (this is a good question--I can be impulsive...) If I say "Yes, really." then she says "OK."

And not too long after, it comes in the mail.

Originally Posted by ZethLent

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But honestly she is happy that I am happy and the excitement that comes with a package is always nice to have in the home.

There's that, too.

Obviously,you guys need to CUT THE DEAL! Just say,YOU GIVE UP YOUR TRIPS TO THE HAIRDRESSER AND NAIL SALONS AND ILL QUIT BUYING RAZORs!! One more important thing,make sure you have a GOOD LAWYER.

well, I don't have a wife looking over my shoulder, but as long as the shaves are snuggle smooth, my girlfriend lets it go. of course there is the matter of saving for plane tickets, diamond, wedding, and such, so that keeps my habit more in check than she does, unfortunately i can't justify shaving stuff as work related... oh well.

Originally Posted by ZethLent

When it arrives I open it right in front of her because my kids love to see what papa got next. I look in the box and say 'Look in all of these free samples!! You want to smell the yada yada?" My kids love it (my wife thinks I am crazy) and it covers up the $500 Joe Chandler in the bottom of the box.

But honestly she is happy that I am happy and the excitement that comes with a package is always nice to have in the home.

Priceless!

Aint paypal great! Your own account, with your own password. I wear the pants, but discretion is the greater part of valor. Also I have a display case with the current rotation in the budiour, but in the gunroom......(insert evil laugh here)

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Aint paypal great! Your own account, with your own password. I wear the pants, but discretion is the greater part of valor. Also I have a display case with the current rotation in the budiour, but in the gunroom......(insert evil laugh here)

Actually, I always take out the razor or brush and show it. But after all of the 'smelling of the samples' my wife's interest is a bare minimum and to her they all look the same anyways.