Lying to the girlfriend about new marker.

[BiNumber3]

u might try the route of "It's worth more than i paid, honest"

[Whee McGee]

u might try the route of "It's worth more than i paid, honest"

After all, $1201 is more than $1200, right? :rofl:

[punkncat]

Once you give up your manhood there's no taking it back. She now owns you.

Look at it how you want I suppose....

I don't know if outright lieing about it is the right thing, but a lie of omission is a whole different animal if it keeps the peace. Not saying it is right, just saying.

I rarely tell the wife about any of my paintball purchases. Now we have a rule that if I want something, I sell something. Most of the time I stick to that. On the occasion that I find something before I have the funds to cover it that way, I will just do it and leave well enough alone. My gear changes out often enough that she lost track of what I do and do not have long ago.

[Ruler_Mark]

Why not get a girl who understands the need to have over 4grand in pb stuff and want to have more.

[gimp]

Why not get a girl who understands the need to have over 4grand in pb stuff and want to have more.

I make sure it's pretty clear to my girlfriend that I spend a lot of money on paintball (and guitars, video games, motorcycles, etc). She understands my unhealthy lust for toys. She still likes me. She's a keeper.

[skife]

I knew a guy that bought a newer truck and his wife didn't know, it was 6 months later.

He just bought the same color/interior color and she never noticed.

[Watcher]

With my mom I went through a piranha, to an ION, to a 'Mag and she never knew it.

She was just like: Is that a new gun?

And I said, No, it's an old one (the 'mag )

I don't remember that grip on the front, that's different.

No it's not. (it really wasn't, I was using the bike-grip on a piranha)

Yes it is, I don't remember that.

Mom, I've had that grip on it since I've had the gun.

Are you sure?

Positive.

(same thing with the sightrail and warp but the piranha had a rail and warp as well so...)

... I don't remember that silver bit on the front (the crownpoint).

I got a few things for it.

Don't be spending more money on upgrades.

I'll try not to.



I only have like 3 paintball guns I regularly have out anyway... I have an ION that I got cheap from a friend, and the 'Mag became the piranha in my mom's eyes.

Really the piranha traded for the ION and I bought the 'Mag. The ION was the pivot point for the piranha and 'Mag to rotate around...

What I try to do is have all my lies have at least some truth to them, that way they can't be blatantly discovered. If they can't have some truth, bend the truth:

Instead of saying "No, that's not a new gun" say "It is a new setup, I got a different body and barrel" or whatever...

[Weber]

i used to do the smoothice thing, but i would also hide it for a while and see if she would notice and if she did i would tell her its an older one that ive had for a while.

looking back on it i shouldnt be as much of a whore to guns...

[trevorjk]

I just ask nicely, and if she asks why I need it, I just look sad until she tells me I can get it and I get what I want 100% of the time.

you looking sad, oh gawd the pouting face! hahahaha

[Sundown]

Well I usually tell her the truth.. lying would not be a good idea.. and trust is important

Plus, I tell her that I spend a lot on paintball. its better than drugs or something like that

But She does not always know the price of what I have
I don't lie to her.. she just does not want to know how much I spend.. haha smart cookie haha

[Empyreal Rogue]

Just do what I did. Tell her the truth.

I told my wife that I traded my rare classic mag for a unrare mag. End of story.

rare mag:



unrare mag:



its like trading a classic car for a honda right?

I'd say it's like trading an original Acura Legend for an Acura NSX.

[luke]

Look at it how you want I suppose....

I don't know if outright lieing about it is the right thing, but a lie of omission is a whole different animal if it keeps the peace. Not saying it is right, just saying.

I rarely tell the wife about any of my paintball purchases. Now we have a rule that if I want something, I sell something. Most of the time I stick to that. On the occasion that I find something before I have the funds to cover it that way, I will just do it and leave well enough alone. My gear changes out often enough that she lost track of what I do and do not have long ago.

[maniacmechanic]

I'm straight up with my girl about my markers , she has even surprised me by asking " is there a gun you want to buy " at the time I was lusting over a 1k marker & she let me buy it , on my other large ( $ ) markers i've allways asked & allways recieved
Sound's like at this point she is your mealticket & your girlfriend , i've found that it is easier to be honest & take the beetin , then it's forgot about ( at least put in the background until she can use it against me )

[punkncat]

Now, if we are talking about giving up your manhood and letting her call the shots, my statement stands.

There is a saying that goes "if momma ain't happy, no one is happy". If it is giving up my manhood to keep the appearance that momma is getting her way, well....I can live with that.

[warbeak2099]

I rationalize like it's going out of style. I was originally told that "2 guns was the limit" and the acquisition of a third would end the relationship lol. The latter half was half joke half truth.

The Sniper II kind of broke the rule but I told her, "it's a pump honey! I traded it for some old thing I had laying around!" I traded it for a Classic valve plus cash lol. I should stop, she reads this forum sometimes to see what I'm up to.