Wife sabotaged beers

[drainbamage]

The Op's profile says she's a single woman. So either he's lying there, or this thread is a hoax. Since crawfman posted about a rye lavender, coriander, rose hip saison here, wouldn't she know quite a bit about flowers pitched into the beer?

Pretty sure the default profile setting is single female. I wouldn't read too much into that.

However, flower petals in the beer? Seems like a lot of effort vs. say, spitting a big ol' loogie in the brew.

 

[Urban_Samurai]

Maybe the petals were a hint, you know if it happened on mothers' day.

 

[mwjtennis]

Are you sure that's all she added? I would think she would add something worse than flowers if she was really pissed

 

[WileECoyote]

I just hope that she doesn't go all Lorena Bobbit on you and toss that into your beer !

Sorry, someone had to say it, might as well be me !

Cheers

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I believe this calls for chili powder in her underwear.

 

[patthebrewer]

I believe this calls for chili powder in her underwear.

WOW....that's diabolical!!!

 

[fearwig]

What, no ex lax? You got off easy. Your beer will be fine, just don't secondary it.

 

[fearwig]

WOW....that's diabolical!!!

Or, well, assault (so is ex lax, watch it pranksters).

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Or, well, assault (so is ex lax, watch it pranksters).

I did not a say a salt. I said chili powder!

 

[Photopilot]

What is her hobby, I want to check in on that forum to see what she has to say about you and what you did to cause her to sabotage your beer.

 

[sputnam]

wow! What an amazing article...I want to think that my wife KNOWS how precious my beer is and would only do something to it in extreme cases (i.e. - infidelity). I could see that and wouldn't be able to get mad but just your ordinary pissing contest? I hope that day never comes my friend. best of luck

 

[fearwig]

Just a hunch though--not to get too personal, but as you did post this here--as I am someone who also has spent too much time, money, brain cells and liver tissue on the hobby... maybe put a few hours aside?

Usually if someone does something weird and passive-aggressive and pranks you to get back at you, they don't feel they have a very good way of talking to you.

Or you could just douse your partner's genitals in chili powder as someone suggested (yeah, let's not).

 

[Schlenkerla]

Okay... I think you can forget the first rule of survival. You'd play heck finding anyone crazier than yourself...

Yeah, I get a little crazy when it comes to revenge. It takes alot to get me to that. All seriousness I have done most of those things to one person or another. To do all to one person would be brutal.

 

[icanbenchurcat]

I follow you on Instagram! @8bitbrewery

Hope the brew turns out well.


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[Schlenkerla]

I spent four years in the Marine Corps we have tendency to radical when get foocked over.

Needless to say, I like to torment my high strung wife occasionally. She needs to be put in check. She's a crazy Irish woman.

She is disorganized and a slob when it comes to putting away clothing and what not. Shoes are my pet peeve and hate to trip over them. Occasionally I hide just one shoe for my amusement.

Just recently I got home before my wife and locked the door behind me. Twenty minutes later she was at the door unlocking the dead bolt. As she unlocked the lower lock. I relocked the dead bolt. Then relocked the bottom lock. This went on for about 5 minutes before she figured out I was on the other side of the door.

Three weeks ago I told her that I need some checks. She manages the finances reviews, pays, store bills and hold on to the checks themselves. When I asked for a book of checks her flippant response was get them yourself. Well we were out, except for the last set in the checkbook. So I took the check book. She called me at work after three hours of tearing apart the house asking if I had it. I said yes. She was pissed that I had it. I work several hours from home so she didn't get it until the following weekend.

 

[Clonefan94]

I have been married for almost 29 years. Obviously my wife and I have had our issues and arguments in that time. Not once did I try to destroy anything of hers or sabotage something she was working on. I'm with the first couple of posters who think you might look into som counseling. I know it's just beer, but that is a messed up way to get your feelings out.


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[FatDragon]

I have been married for almost 29 years. Obviously my wife and I have had our issues and arguments in that time. Not once did I try to destroy anything of hers or sabotage something she was working on. I'm with the first couple of posters who think you might look into som counseling. I know it's just beer, but that is a messed up way to get your feelings out.


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From that perspective, you also have to consider how much she knows about brewing, and I guess horticulture at that. If she tossed in non-poisonous petals like rose petals (which are widely used in cooking and beverage making), she may well have thought something along the lines of, "drinking five gallons of rose-flavored beer will teach the bastard!" If she was trying to ruin or infect the batch, there are many better ways to do it (the term "bucket toilet" comes to mind, as does the image of a five gallon bucket being dumped into the bathtub). I think we can agree it's unlikely she was trying to poison the poor guy...

I suspect that his absence from the forum for the past couple days might indicate that he's going out of his way to give her more attention and prove that brewing is not his first love. But maybe I'm just a romantic because I'm only 18 days married.

 

[rocketsan]

+1



Or, before she poisons your coffee in the morning.

Exactly. Don't eat this crazy bit(h's meatloaf...


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[Gar]

I believe this calls for chili powder in her underwear.

Good Lord man if she wasn't trying to kill him before she will be after that.
but if she is trying to take you out this is like giving her 2 middle fingers on your way out

 

[drainbamage]

Yeah…don't retaliate, especially if you actually did something to legitimately make her mad. It'll just keep escalating without actually addressing the problem. Pretty soon she will be trying to poison you.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Yeah…don't retaliate, especially if you actually did something to legitimately make her mad. It'll just keep escalating without actually addressing the problem. Pretty soon she will be trying to poison you.

If thats the case I should have been dead 18 years ago. It might be that she is being a selfish b....!

 

[drainbamage]

In some relationships that might work, and that's great. But just in general, without knowing the OP or his wife...if she did this as retaliation for something he did wrong (and not as a harmless prank), pranking her back is not going to help; it's going to look like he's avoiding the problem.


EDIT: Or, she really is crazy and OP is going to come home to a pile of his clothes on fire in the driveway.

 

[whoaru99]

5.pretend to forget her name infront of your friends and and refer to her as "woman"

5a. Address her by name, of your previous girlfriend.

That's always a winner.

 

[Schlenkerla]

In some relationships that might work, and that's great. But just in general, without knowing the OP or his wife...if she did this as retaliation for something he did wrong (and not as a harmless prank), pranking her back is not going to help; it's going to look like he's avoiding the problem.


EDIT: Or, she really is crazy and OP is going to come home to a pile of his clothes on fire in the driveway.

I agree he needs to confront her.

I think some women get jealous over the time spent on a hobby. Whenever I brew I tell my wife ahead of time. My wife doesn't generally have the same curtesty, but I throw that out there so its known. If she has an issue with it that's the time to speak up. After that I don't feel guilty about it if she is mad on brew day.

 

[drainbamage]

Same here, my wife is generally cool with my brewing, and in return I'll make at least one batch a year that's entirely for her.

Now, all the time I spend on *cough* certain websites reading about said brewing, that tends to annoy her.

 

[Jayhem]

I dated a girl once who would screw with my stuff when she was pissed at me. That didn't last long!

 

[Clonefan94]

From that perspective, you also have to consider how much she knows about brewing, and I guess horticulture at that. If she tossed in non-poisonous petals like rose petals (which are widely used in cooking and beverage making), she may well have thought something along the lines of, "drinking five gallons of rose-flavored beer will teach the bastard!" If she was trying to ruin or infect the batch, there are many better ways to do it (the term "bucket toilet" comes to mind, as does the image of a five gallon bucket being dumped into the bathtub). I think we can agree it's unlikely she was trying to poison the poor guy...

I suspect that his absence from the forum for the past couple days might indicate that he's going out of his way to give her more attention and prove that brewing is not his first love. But maybe I'm just a romantic because I'm only 18 days married.

Oh yeah, I don't think she was trying to poison anyone or as you said, "ruin the beer." Heck, dropping in a piece of moldy bread probably would have had more of an impact in ruining the beer. I just feel that if you are in a relationship and doing anything "malicious" to your spouse and trying to derail their hobbies, you need to see a professional to work through it. Weather it's your fault for spending too much time brewing or your spouse for not liking you to take any time brewing, there are better ways of solving those problems than just plain pissing that other person off.

On another note, I have been married almost 20 years, not 29, I posted that from my phone and obviously mis typed.

 

[seabass07]

Same here, my wife is generally cool with my brewing, and in return I'll make at least one batch a year that's entirely for her.

Now, all the time I spend on *cough* certain websites reading about said brewing, that tends to annoy her.

Making things for the wife helps a lot. I always make sure there's something on tap that she likes. She can't complain when I'm making beer specifically for her. Mine only ******* about the equipment everywhere.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Making things for the wife helps a lot. I always make sure there's something on tap that she likes. She can't complain when I'm making beer specifically for her. Mine only ******* about the equipment everywhere.

I'd be lucky if my wife was good with that. She hates my brewing. I fricken hate the crap tv she watches, hence I brew. I won't deny her that joy, but I get annoyed with her when she ******* about me doing my thing.

I personally don't like the current pop-culture crap on tv now days.

 

[Flipadelphia]

Feel bad for bros here with whiny bitchy women.