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If your wife is having mood swings, I'd hide those razors.

Sounds like a classic case of fear of the unknown. My wife had the same reaction (not as intense), but I just rubbed the razor down with alcohol to make her happy.

Educated people don't know everything, even if it's in their expertise . Here's an example. When in college, we had an electricity class (our 3rd, so you'd think everyone had a good feeling of how thing's worked). Anyways, after one of the classes, we went out for lunch & I had to put some motor oil in my car before going. One of my fellow student's told me to be careful around the battery. I asked him if he was serious, to which he said yes. He was genuinely frightened by that 12V battery. So I immediately grabbed both terminals in each hand to show him it was completely harmless. He had a strange look on his face, as if he couldn't understand why I hadn't died on the spot or burst into flames after touching the battery.

Everyone's common sense is different. I knew from experience (and from being a total geek and actually calculating to see at which voltages things start getting dangerous) that that battery was harmless, but his common sense told him to stay away from anything electrical, even if he had knowledge in that field.

So all this to say that I understand your wife's reaction, even if she's a doctor.

Buy some Barbicide Wipes and let your wife read the brochure about what Barbicide kills, then give your razors a good wiping and all should be well.

Originally Posted by ace

If your wife is having mood swings, I'd hide those razors.

+1. Really.

Originally Posted by Joed

+1. hide those razors.

i say you shup them to me for safekeeping till things cool down say in 18 yrs or so .

If they are black handled, and they probably are, merely buy one new black handeled razor. She will see the "new" razor and all will be fine. Ocassionally swap the new one for the older ones that are honed and shave ready. She probably won't know any difference, since a razor is a razor. Reminds me of a story that a guy was working on his car and his new Guns & Ammo mag came in. It had a new (not yet released to the public yet) pistol on the front of it from SIG Sauer, a new model. She asked him" Isn't that the one you have in your safe?" To which he was quick to respond, "Why, yes you are right." So when it IS out and about it won't come as a surprise if he is out shooting it.. *smile*