Who else does this?

[Seabee John]

I gotta say, I've experimented a little. I was spending a bit here and there and she caught wind of my "plans" and she blew a small gasket.... then she started paying attention to the "time" I spend. Poof there goes a medium gasket. It was about that time I had an ebay purchase mailed to my brew partner - her brother. Well it didn't take long and she found I was sneaking behind her back and that's when the big gasket went POW!

I can tell you all of my packages get delivered to the house now, and she knows about all my purchases before I enter the card number. Not only is she more agreeable now that I'm upfront, but I feel better about the whole thing as well.

If your SWMBO is still with you, chances are she wants to see you happy. If brewing makes you happy, she'll see that and want that for you, even if she hates the whole idea of home brewing.

 

[Ize]

I ship to work because someone is here to receive it. My wife is VERY supportive of my habit. Besides, she pays the bills, so there is no hiding it. The other thing is that I love raising people's eye brows when a bunch of boxes from some brew supply outfit arrives at work.

I rarely have anything shipped to my house, I always ship it to work. I just don't want my stuff sitting outside all day since UselessPS is usually by around 10:30 or 11 in my neighborhood. And in all honesty, SWMBO doesn't really give a damn what I spend. I pay all the bills by default, and since she knows what a tightass I am I guess she figures if I'm buying stuff for beer, everything else must be paid for as well. (and it is)

BP, I too love the questions that a box from NB raises tho at work.

Ize

 

[RickWG]

Heck no. I just have it shipped to my house. I don't care if she finds out or not. Unlike some of the guys around here, I wear the pants in my family.

She can get happy in the same pants she gets pissed off in. When you've been married as long as I have you stop worrying about making her mad or not. If she gets mad about buying beer stuff so what ? If it wasn't that, she'd be mad about something else anyway.

You gotta get em trained, once they know what to expect they stop getting temporarily wildly angry and stay in a more stable state of permanent mild annoyance.

I LOVE this reply. Hah! Been married a while haven't you. Yep, doesn't matter they have to come home to the same place every night just like you. She ain't leaving you for some beer stuff so...........HAH! Makes me smile. yeah, she knows what you're doing. Just don't hide it from her. Happy wife, happy life.
( Can't get anything by a woman. )

 

[RickWG]

If your SWMBO is still with you, chances are she wants to see you happy. If brewing makes you happy, she'll see that and want that for you, even if she hates the whole idea of home brewing.

Bingo! takes a while for guys to learn this.

 

[bigjohnmilford]

I'm lucky, my swmbo loves to brew and spends more money on brewing supplies than I do.

 

[Sherpa FE]

When I would spend $1000.00 on an electric RC Helicopter some conversations went something like this........

Her: Why are you spending soooo much money on that stupid thing?
Me: Honey, I need an outlet, a hobby. Besides I am the one that makes the money.
Her: Well I just think you need to take that back right now.
Me getting a little upset now: I dont think so, I am the man in the house, I make the money, and therefore I wear the pants and make the decisions of this household.
Her, raising an eyebrow, and putting the hands on the hip: OH I agree, you make the money and you are the head of the house, and you do wear the pant in this family.
Me with a satisfied manly grin of victory: Thank you.
Her: And if you EVER want in my pants again, it goes back.
Me sheepsihly like a scolded dog: Yes Dear.


LOL, not quite this bad, but somedays, might as well be.

 

[Seabee John]

Her: And if you EVER want in my pants again, it goes back.
Me sheepsihly like a scolded dog: Yes Dear.

SHHHH!! There are SWMBO's out there that do read this forum from time to time.... we don't need to give them ideas....

Isn't that WHY we call them SWMBO's in the first place?

 

[Sherpa FE]

SHHHH!! There are SWMBO's out there that do read this forum from time to time.... we don't need to give them ideas....

Isn't that WHY we call them SWMBO's in the first place?

DOH!!! I forgot...


" waving hands wildly" Nothing to see here..move along, move along.

 

[kram]

All my stuff goes comes to the house (or i buy it at the local shop). SWMBO doesn't really care (too much) because (as others have mentioned) I could be blowing way more money on other crap/hobbies. Homebrewing is a cheap hobby in comparision to most, and one gets beer out of it in the end.

I do get the occasional eye-roll when examining random items in a store for brewing tool potential (ooh look hon, that cooler would make a great mlt!), but she's very supportive, especially since she doesn't like beer and really doesn't like the smell of a brewery in her kitchen.

No matter what, she's screwed because she bought me the first kit and started me on this hobby/obsession so she only has herself to blame! Which I happily remind her whenever possible.

 

[doubleb]

I'm lucky cause the wife knows how much I enjoy brewing. I don't hide anything. There are limits cause we are now barely fitting in our condo. Definitely need more space. I have my stuff shipped to work because I am a UPS man so I get it right in the morning and put the yeast and hops in my cooler.