Trying to convince the wife to play pb with me, and suggestions?!?

[Miscue]

Lunchbox, are you trying to give him advice to get his wife to play paintball... or to get himself divorced?

Originally posted by lunchbox
try reverse psycology
honney you probably dont want to go play paintball cause you probably wouldnt be that good at it.
or jelousy psycology
honney i know you dont want to go play paintball so im going with (insert friends name here) and his friend (insert obvious female names here).
or insult her feminin sidein hopes that she will seek revenge on the field and prove you wrong.
honney im going to go play paintball i dont know if you want to go or not cause your a girl and we all know girls dont play violent games.(***warning this one may be very very very very hazordous to your health use with extreem caution****)
or use em all
honney you probably dont want to go play paintball cause you probably wouldnt be that good at it so im going with (insert friends name here) and his friend jill i know shes a female but shes rare and can play real good so enjoy your day.
and if that didnt get her to go the the field with ya you can look for a female player at the feild to hook up with cause after using that line your sure to be single again and marry her and there ya go a wife that plays paintball you win...

[aaron_mag]

Had the same problem with my wife. She is into to martial arts and is in good shape so you'd think it would be a natural. Finally convinced her to go because one of her friends wanted to go. She had a good time and will now come out occasionally.

Notice I said occasionally. For whatever reason she didn't fall in love with it. She even had one game where she was outnumbered badly and ended up taking us all out (including her poor husband!). She still described it as "okay". Sheesh.

At the same time, however, I am kind of glad she is not too into it. Her independence forces me to do other recreational activities other than paintball (balance is good). Also when I go to the field without her I can truly paintball geek out without worrying about her wanting to leave after a couple of games

[magsRus]

Make her a promise if she does this then you take her out to eat or a nice candle light dinner and a 3pack of our friend Trojan

[subbeh]

Originally posted by magsRus
Make her a promise if she does this then you take her out to eat or a nice candle light dinner and a 3pack of our friend Trojan

Dude... no.

[Doobie]

My wife plays almost everytime I go. I got her started on a pump day like someone suggested above. She did get shot in the neck, but that just pissed her off! She was already a fireball so I guess that helps. I really stressed the social interaction with other players by finding nice people to play with that were not always in "T" mode when they played. She now can ramp up to "T" mode just like anyone. I usually play a mid slot and she plays back for me. I couldn't ask for a better partner. If you want, have your wife pm doobieschick with ???. She will answer. She says the field having few "Tourny" players helps a lot.
Good refs help also.

[Hemlock86]

I have a good plan now. My wife's good friend from work,Nicole, said she wanted to go paintballing. This is when my wife seems a little interested but they havent brought it up in a few months. Next time they hang out, Im going to make a deal with Nicole to have her convince my wife to go. Whats the deal? Nicole is a lush and likes to drink, so I'll just buy her a few rounds and Im set, LOL!

peace

[Omicron]

"But honey, You get to SHOOT me!"

That might change her mind

I know some girls that play paintball when they're pissed off at something, so maybe you should try pissing her off...hehe...