Tips On Handling Upset Wives/husbands

[SteveB]

Don't even go there.............
btw, I can still fit into my cheerleading uniform!

You know very well that all statements made on this forum must be qualified by posting pics...

[Evil laugh]

j/k

[Warg Master]

My Wife is properly trained!

[SharonG]

You know very well that all statements made on this forum must be qualified by posting pics...

[Evil laugh]

j/k

What I really need here is a pic of a grandmotherly type in a 1950's below the knee outfit! But I have to get my son to his LAX tourney.
No more hijiacking here!!

[Big Poppa]

good job sharon..

[eliot323]

Having dealt with my wife over many years, I've learned that there are a number of steps and strategies you need to adopt (tongue in cheek).

1. The "tendinitis" strategy: claim that your current guitar gives you severe pain on playing, due to its profile/width/action etc. etc. and that your new choice will be so much better because...works very well

2. The "trickle down" strategy: over the course of a few days, leave pictures of your new target around the house (magazines conveniently left open etc) or leave the web browser with a good picture of the new target. Then just ask if she likes the colour. Say no more. Then wait a few more days and gradually introduce the coming purchase with "did you like that guitar?"

3. The "financial" strategy: "this guitar will be a great investment because..." or "the prices are going up by 15% next month..."or "these guitars are so difficult to find in this condition and at this price..." or "I can get a really good p/ex deal or interest free credit etc." ...often works well with one of the other strategies.

For the heavy financial approach, I usually argue that I earn three times what my wife earns and thus I am entitled to spend more - this is a confrontational approach and should only be used in an emergency.

You may need to have a potential sacrificial lamb amongst your collection - either a guitar that you could do without or a whole bunch of FX that you can sell - this usually sweetens the deal and should be mentioned before introducing the target instrument.

The unannounced purchase is, however, very risky - I did this once and it was not pretty. However, by adopting a combination of approaches, you can usually work things to your advantage...

[surrealforreal]

I said this in another thread but it fits this one also. Just tell the salesguy to give you a dummy invoice with a higher retail price. She'll think you got a steal and couldn't pass it up. One time I even took a price tag from a different guitar altogether!!!

If the retail is $1,300 and you paid, say, $850 simply get a invoice with a retail price of $1,600...even ask the guy to put a buy price of $950 on it. You can say you talked them down an extra hundred bucks...

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Any purchase is automatically reduced by a third when telling a wife or partner how much it costs!

[edensdad]

We're building a small business right now, so I can only afford to have major G.A.S. about once every year or two.

That said . . . My wife has an expensive aquarium reef tank hobby. Every time she drops $100 on a metal halide bulb, I count that as a deposit in my future gear justification bank.

Seriously, though, my wife is my best friend and I am sooo spoiled it's not even funny. When I'm ready for my next big guitar purchase, she'll be as excited as me.

>^..^<

[fbecir]

My wife is not jealous (in fact she does not care ...)


But my Steve Morse Signature is VERY JEALOUS ! So what can I do Big Poppa ???

[Big Poppa]

ignore it it will get over it

[Sherry SK8]

After reading all this, I need to be more wise about leaving messages on voice mail for end users who phone with inquiries, especially when it's a female voice who is on the other end with the blurb-it could be the guy's wife.

Beeep "Yes it's Sherry SK8, there is oneof those high end, ultra deluxe, Ferrari of Guitar gear, expensive amps you're interested available at a store half way across Canada . . . " hohoho.

I'm starting to feel like I should talk in code or something but then I'd feel like I'm being secretive like I'm "the other women"

"Hi It's Sherry-y'know that um . . . thing you were asking about . . . well um . . . it could be available if you wanted to contact me again and I could tell you um . . . y'know . . . where you might be able to get it . . if you're really sure . . y'know . . "

[Beth]

I definitely think the second one sounds shadier, usually these Knuckleheads' wives know of their "affliction"...maybe just not exactly how much the Knucklehead in question had spent.

[slukather]

After reading all these posts, l am a much wiser man now, so once l do get married, she will be that trained, that all she will be saying "when are you gonna buy a new EBMM?" all the while she will be wearing a cheerleader outfit, that's while the French maid and teachers outfit are getting cleaned.

Thanks for all the advice guys and girls,

Scott.