When the other half finds out threads

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I'm curious now after seeing a glut of these comments on threads recently. How many of you actually deceive their partners by buying new gear/toys and hiding it from them?

Never done it myself so curious as to why anyone would feel the need to ...
 
Nope - I don't get it either :shrug: I got accused of 'encouraging' my other half to buy a £3.5K guitar so my camera gear seems pretty cheap in comparison :lol:
 
:lol:

i have bought stuff, then convinced the wife it was required over the next few days, when she says ok i then tell her i will get it sent to work and show up with it the following day.
 
Mrs CB has to be aware of the cost of things so that she can be extra careful when tidying up after me.

Bob
 
LadyLens said:
:thinking: eh, surely hiding camera gear is only like those shoes...that handbag....the frock...."what? That old thing? Had it for yonks" :whistling: :lol:
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LOL, nah we don't hide anything [except birthday presents et al], find it soo much easier that way. The problem with lies is they catch up with you in the end ;)

Anyway, the sort of cash my impulse buys run to it would be impossible to hide them ;)
 
An honest man never needs a good memory...or so they say:D

Must agree that with these sums of money involved it is a bit difficult to hide it so why even try. It is bound to bite you on the behind on the most inopportune occasions anyway...:lol:
 
"Hiding" is such a harsh word! I like to think of it as not leaving clutter around the house!!!
Good thing I can take most deliveries at work and introduce items into the house gradually - usually with the boxes a few days/weeks later.
My other hobby is watches (another serious wallet killer) and I find the line "Of course you've seen that watch before" works most of the time :)
If all else fails I'll start mentioning the number of shoes in her wardrobe!!
Cheers,
Nigel
 
engeew said:
If all else fails I'll start mentioning the number of shoes in her wardrobe!!
Cheers,
Nigel
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and when she realises there is more watches/lenses than she has shoes, what happens then???
 
My wife has a nasty and expensive equestrian habit. Everytime a new saddle, horse or shiney bit of kit comes along I equate it to how many D3's did that cost - hence I never get any grief when I spend. :thumbs:
 
My other half surprises ME with camera equipment! :love:
 
Its always in jest :D

Anyone stupid enough to be serious posting something like that deserves to be caught :D
 
I used to always feel guilty about the money I have spent while Mrs G complained that she wished she had a hobby. Well, she started making cards, mmm I thought, that is a cheap hobby, wrong, she then progressed into making gift boxes and her cards became more and more elaborate requiring all manner of new equipment, binders, presses, embossing machines,etc. etc. in fact she has a whole room full of her gear.
Although she has spent many hundreds on her hobby, maybe a lot more, who knows, I do not feel so bad about mine as she now "thinks" she has spent about the same amount as I have :D
 
I tell Mrs Frac how much it all costs and tell her when I sell something, marriage should be based on trust,honesty and understanding, amongst many other things.I tell her, she raises an eyebrow, job done.........:D
 
My Mrs does the finances, so there's no chance of me spending money without her knowledge, and to be fair, I do over indulge from time to time, especially as photography is not my only hobby.

Steve
 
As one of the posters who started a thread following this trend, of course she knows really, mind I did once tell one of my mates that if I died he was not to let my wife sell my 3 lens Hassleblad outfit for what I told her I had paid for it. She had no reason to know as at that time it came out of my business funds. But she would have not understood the reasons why I required a camera outfit costing many thousands of pounds when you could by an instamatic for a few quid.
 
fletch5 said:
and when she realises there is more watches/lenses than she has shoes, what happens then???
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She did! :bang:

It ended up costing me two sailing dinghies :eek::shake::eek:

My question of "Why do you need two dinghies - you can only sail one at a time?" was met with "Well you can't wear 26 watches at once, can you?"

I think I may have lost that round on points! :suspect:

Cheers,

Nigel
 
engeew said:
She did! :bang:

It ended up costing me two sailing dinghies :eek::shake::eek:

My question of "Why do you need two dinghies - you can only sail one at a time?" was met with "Well you can't wear 26 watches at once, can you?"

I think I may have lost that round on points! :suspect:

Cheers,

Nigel
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:lol: Mine is getting into photography now so the cost is starting to double :gag:
 
Joe T said:
I have the same problem.

In my case however, whenever I get new kit whatever I upgraded from goes to the missus. Keeps her happy! :D
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You cheapskate!:p
 
I bought my 10-20mm without telling my wife... she found out because she read my bank statement. FAIL.
 
I don't need to deceive as my OH is generally so self absorbed that he neither knows nor cares what I do with either his money or my own.

There was a bit of an inquest the other week into what is now referred to as "The Shoe Gate Affair" though. Goodness alone knows what provoked it. I think he may suffer from OCD. It revealed the fact that I own 73 pairs of shoes but seldom wear anything other than my Dubarry shooting boots.

It's his own fault for taking me for granted :lol:
 
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