Tips On Handling Upset Wives/husbands

[Big Poppa]

OK here it is...

Big Poppa's " What to do when your wife/husband blows a gasket over your GAS"

First one must recognize the cause. Simple. Poor training. If you train them right I wouldnt be dispensing these valuable tidbits to you knuckleheads. ( for an example of proper spousal training look no further that Robelinda..stacks of EB/MM's and a lovely wife to boot.)

So you botched your training phase in your love is blind stage. Now what? Simple. Ignore them. They eventually run out of steam. Secondly,where would they go? As each day passes they become less marketable. Period. Guys and Gals. Girls, do you really think that the skinny handsome daredevill musician you fell in love with has serious options now that he has reading glasses, pot belly, breath like your grandfathers, bad gas, and hair growing out his ears? Guys, How about that cheerleader you married? Where is she going to go? ( I am not touching the description of pre marriage and post marriage women as it is really hazardous to every part of my well being)

SHow him or her what the estate looks like cut in half. Half isnt half as good as the whole pie. Step two get a quote from two divorce lawyers.

We come to the crux....Honey if We split up it would cost us everything, by me buying this bass Im keeping the family together.

No charge...just another chapter in my book "New Money Burns Quick"

 

[azzy_wazzy]

The problem I have in my house is deciding which one of us gets a new instrument if we only have the cash for one.

Guitar, or bass?

6 strings, or 4?

Albert Lee or Bongo/Sterling?

Sooo many hard decisions

(And let the record show that I look exactly the same as I did when I got married 4 years ago)

The solution, is obviously to make sure we can get both!!!!

 

[bassmonkeee]

*bookmarks thread*


Yeah, that's all well and good, but what happens when your fiancee is a mix of Lithuanian, Italian, and Yugoslavian; a new lawyer; and a deadly aim with a shoe? It's not so much a division of assets I'm worried about so much as a division of my head from my shoulders? She beat up cheerleaders in high school...

 

[Dr Stankface]

I don't have to worry about an upset wife yet.

Got a few years to go on that. By then, i'll have every bass i'll ever need.

 

[Musicman Nut]

OK here it is...

Big Poppa's " What to do when your wife/husband blows a gasket over your GAS"

First one must recognize the cause. Simple. Poor training. If you train them right I wouldnt be dispensing these valuable tidbits to you knuckleheads. ( for an example of proper spousal training look no further that Robelinda..stacks of EB/MM's and a lovely wife to boot.)

So you botched your training phase in your love is blind stage. Now what? Simple. Ignore them. They eventually run out of steam. Secondly,where would they go? As each day passes they become less marketable. Period. Guys and Gals. Girls, do you really think that the skinny handsome daredevill musician you fell in love with has serious options now that he has reading glasses, pot belly, breath like your grandfathers, bad gas, and hair growing out his ears? Guys, How about that cheerleader you married? Where is she going to go? ( I am not touching the description of pre marriage and post marriage women as it is really hazardous to every part of my well being)

SHow him or her what the estate looks like cut in half. Half isnt half as good as the whole pie. Step two get a quote from two divorce lawyers.

We come to the crux....Honey if We split up it would cost us everything, by me buying this bass Im keeping the family together.

No charge...just another chapter in my book "New Money Burns Quick"

Big Poppa So true, In my house hold I Pay 98% of everything anyways and sometimes i go for 2 months and don't even buy a bass, other times i may buy 5 or 6, but household things always come first, the bass buying is second. She's just glad I've gone thru my Corvette Fedish, they we're more.

 

[bassmonkeee]

I don't have to worry about an upset wife yet.

Got a few years to go on that. By then, i'll have every bass i'll ever need.

I've got news for ya, junior. You've already got every bass you'll ever need.

Need isn't the problem. It's the want that will get you into trouble.

 

[muggsy]

Or, just make sure you have something to sell every time you want to buy a new bass. If the sale(s) come close to covering the new addition, you should be OK. That's worked for me. Two years ago, when I got married, I had five basses, one of which was an EBMM (fretless Sterling). I still have five basses, but the Bongo and the 30th SR4 have replaced a L*kland and a F*nder, and overall I netted a few bucks on those swaps.

It also helps to make the occasional sacrifice for the family. We had our first baby earlier this year, and right now I'm selling my dream car to pay for the wife's new minivan. I figure that'll be worth a new bass somewhere down the road.

 

[Big Poppa]

Or, just make sure you have something to sell every time you want to buy a new bass. If the sale(s) come close to covering the new addition, you should be OK. That's worked for me. Two years ago, when I got married, I had five basses, one of which was an EBMM (fretless Sterling). I still have five basses, but the Bongo and the 30th SR4 have replaced a L*kland and a F*nder, and overall I netted a few bucks on those swaps.

It also helps to make the occasional sacrifice for the family. We had our first baby earlier this year, and right now I'm selling my dream car to pay for the wife's new minivan. I figure that'll be worth a new bass somewhere down the road.

Mugsy,

That is a bandaid for poor training....But I ll post step two in a few days!

 

[Oldtoe]

I'm definitely regressing. I've gone back down to three basses in the interests of domestic tranquility. I hate myself. I have died inside.

 

[bovinehost]

....just make sure you have something to sell every time you want to buy a new bass. If the sale(s) come close to covering the new addition, you should be OK. That's worked for me.

This has worked well for me in the past, but of course you have to build the inventory up to nine or ten basses in order to keep the spousal unit in a state of confusion. This helps when you slip a new one in without first having sold an old one.

Wife: "There's a box here."
Husband: "Oh yeah, I forgot about that one."
Wife: "Just get it out of the entryway, will you?"
Husband: "Sure, babe."

I really don't get many questions anymore. She's just too accustomed to seeing the boxes come and go.

I am having some difficulty now with finding basses that can be sacrificed! (No, I'm not complaining.)

Jack

 

[bovinehost]

I'm definitely regressing. I've gone back down to three basses in the interests of domestic tranquility. I hate myself. I have died inside.

You should come by the house and take a couple of mine home for a while.

Then, in two weeks, trade them out for two others.

Bring me one or two of yours for a bit.

Just get her used to seeing basses coming and going again.

Then, we strike.

 

[muggsy]

Mugsy,

That is a bandaid for poor training....But I ll post step two in a few days!

Hey, don't knock band-aids. Whatever works.

It also helps if you don't have other expensive hobbies.

 

[Oldtoe]

I almost got caught a couple of days ago when she almost remembered the Geddy Lee. She has no idea about the Dargie Delight SR5HH. She did explicitly say that she would be very pissed off if another guitar came into the house. You know what? It might be time to start drinking.

 

[bovinehost]

She did explicitly say that she would be very pissed off if another guitar came into the house.

There are two ways to handle this.

1. "I am very sorry to hear that and I hope that you find some help with this."

2. See above suggestion about rotating basses in and out in order to make her numb to arrivals, departures, etc.

Jack

 

[AnthonyD]

Yeah, that's all well and good, but what happens when your fiancee is a mix of Lithuanian, Italian, and Yugoslavian; a new lawyer; and a deadly aim with a shoe? It's not so much a division of assets I'm worried about so much as a division of my head from my shoulders? She beat up cheerleaders in high school...

Funny! And scary, as my wife (italian) just remarked yesterday that she may need to brush-up on the whole "nailing you with a shoe from across the room" thing... Lucky for me she was talking to my son...


I've already took care of the spousal-groundwork for my next investment - an HS Sterling...

At this point though, only BP knows if it's in my future for 2007 or beyond...

 

[kaaikop]

Wife: "There's a box here."
Husband: "Oh yeah, I forgot about that one."
Wife: "Just get it out of the entryway, will you?"
Husband: "Sure, babe."

I really don't get many questions anymore. She's just too accustomed to seeing the boxes come and go.

+100000! I am slowly getting to that point....
sometimes I just go: Hon, just bought a new bass!...
She just smiles.... I say, was just a joke, honey LOL
I think she is trained!

But I sure do like your idea about trading basses around,
too bad you live so far!
But I agree, I think the more basses you got, the easier it gets....
I think after five, they stop counting, LOL

 

[Bill]

My problem is that I've finally run out of gear to sell to fund new stuff! Anytime I consider selling an instrument to fund a new MM bass, I just can't do it. And I've run out of amps & stuff to sell, too. The only ones I could sell wouldn't fetch half the money for a used 'Ray.

The most basses I ever had at one time was 3, I think. I've had 3 basses on a couple of different occasions over the past 12 or 13 years, most recently about a year ago. Right now I have 2 basses & 4 guitars...something ain't right......

I do have about a couple of thousand bucks tied up in telescopes & eyepieces, though. But that's not going anywhere!

 

[todd4ta]

My wife gave up trying to keep up with the coming and goings about 3 or 4 years ago. She doesn't even blink anymore.

A few years ago on the Dudepit, we came up with the "Bass to Home Furnishings Conversion Chart".

 

[nashman]

It's all about balance. I told my wife the other day, if the price of bass gear, beer and cigarettes keeps going up, we won't be able to afford food.

 

[ExLurker]

This has worked well for me in the past, but of course you have to build the inventory up to nine or ten basses in order to keep the spousal unit in a state of confusion. This helps when you slip a new one in without first having sold an old one.

Wife: "There's a box here."
Husband: "Oh yeah, I forgot about that one."
Wife: "Just get it out of the entryway, will you?"
Husband: "Sure, babe."

I really don't get many questions anymore. She's just too accustomed to seeing the boxes come and go.

I am having some difficulty now with finding basses that can be sacrificed! (No, I'm not complaining.)

Jack

LOL Thats so sounds like my house