A lighter note.

[wcasey755]

With all the Snyder drama coming to surface. Let’s go on a simple fun topic. How y’all break the news to your spouse that you’re about to spend a lot of money on a new piece of gear or hunt? My wife took the 1200 dollars worth of Idaho licenses and tags pretty well. So I’m thinking of pressing my luck on a new horizon rifle. I’m thinking I’m gonna go for the ol “I’ve worked a lot of OT” or the “my tikka is getting kinda old”.

 

[Billy Goat]

Gear/Hunting is easy.


Equipment, well....

 

[43.6N]

We set up a separate savings account.
I feed the account all year long. Auto deposit after each paycheck.
She has one for her hobbies too.
Mine is specifically for shooting/hunting purchases.
Keeps the financial heartburn of large purchases down since we both know that it won’t be coming from the main account.

 

[hunterjmj]

Offer her cash in the same amount or a trip or something along those lines.
If I tell my wife to go to Target and the kids will stay with me, she'd do about anything.

 

[Mike Islander]

When she notices my new boat, dirt bike, rifle, I say something like "Yeah, I really like this new boat, dirt bike, rifle." We have our own mad money and we mind our own business. It's worked well for 41 years.

 

[Joel/AK]

I just do it. After 29 years, she knows me and she knows if we cant afford it, I won't do it.
If its high dollar then I let her know but a grand or less, I just pull the trigger.

I also do things for her also. Last year I set up a vacation in Florida where the wife and daughter can stay and visit with her cousin for a week. Paid for everything then surprised them.

Give and take

 

[wcasey755]

Loving all the responses! I just got done buying her a new EV and putting in a charger at home, built her a goat enclosure and fence, as well as three goats she’s been wanting for years. Think I qualify for a new rifle, scope, and suppresser? Haha

 

[signing off]

My easiest way to keep the peace is explaining that another item is being sold to keep the new money low.
For a motorcycle, I have to stick to the plan. Smaller items like guns can be fudged a little.

 

[RockAndSage]

We set up a separate savings account.
I feed the account all year long. Auto deposit after each paycheck.
She has one for her hobbies too.
Mine is specifically for shooting/hunting purchases.
Keeps the financial heartburn of large purchases down since we both know that it won’t be coming from the main account.

Very similar. After household spending, investments, and the general & emergency funds are taken care of, some gets put into each of our personal accounts for our own discretionary spending on mostly hobbies. Most of mine goes to guns and ammo. I try to fund new hardware by cycling out items I haven't been using, keeping something of a cap on what's in the gun safe.

Hunting expenses though...early on I negotiated that one as part of household spending, as the whole family benefits from the game meat and adventures. I'd brag about being a master negotiator, but she flipped the script and used the same argument to stipulate occasional solid-copper cookware purchases over the years. It's worked out beautifully.