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Moral Dilemma, Low down or crafty?

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#1 ·
My big brother called me and said our elderly mother was about to have him send each of her kids $1,000. The brother is on my mother's account so he is charged with sending out the checks. I told him to send mine to the office because I'm looking hard at the rifle below.

I've been married for ever, kids both in college and family don't want for anything within reason.

Wife will never notice another gun in safe.

Am I going to Hell for doing it?

Thinking about the 308

http://www.northamericanwhitetail.com/2010/09/22/gear_naw_remington_1009/
 
#38 ·
Brother is on account?

Have your brother purchase the rifle instead of sending the check. Have the brother call your wife and tell her your mother wants to send "A" gift (if you say "a", there is no conotation to purpose of gift), have her pick it up from the FFL holder, so she can be IN on the gift giving (people are usually happy to be giving gifts)
No lies, a happy wife and a son who is out of the country.
 
#41 ·
I never lie to my wife, we are partners in life. I may not always tell her everything but in the case you have described it is not worth the lie. "Honey, Mom is sending me some $$ I found a gun I want and am going to buy it, the change from the gun will buy us a nice dinner..."

She may not know what I pay for things but I don't hide my purchases from her, we do discuss major purchases like a car or house before hand. That is not "not being a Man" that is being respectful, if you don't feel that way you should not be married.
 
#44 ·
I guess I am just of a different mindset. Of course my wife is privy to major purchases, and she is included in the decision making process, ... but for a small purchase such as a gun, bow, or any of my toys,.... not a chance. This works both ways as I don't want to be consulted before she purchases something for herself. I'm not hiding anything from her....
 
#45 ·
Exactly


How else you gonna have a great story about the raffle ticket rifle. Otherwise everytime you look at that rifle your gonna remember the ass chewing you took for buying it without her consent....then your gonna have to sell it to some guy off PFF for about third less than you payed for it and then she'll still get your cash stash.:thumbsup:
No offense but im glad my wife doesn't act that way when I buy a gun or bow or like. If you have to tip toe every time you want to buy something you might want to look at your own situation. I have never been late or missed a payment for anything, there is food on the table, and my boys are not deprived of anything they need so if I have extra cash and I want a new gun I'll buy it. If she wants something she doesn't call me up and ask for permission cause she doesn't have to.
 
#46 ·
Welllllllllllll, my wife does not mind when a buy "one or two" guns here and there. However, in the last 12 months I have bought a Savage 308, Ruger 10/22, then traded for an AR and also two Mossins. Oh yea, alse bought a 500.00 plus $$ cross bow, not to mention all my other hunting related items.

She knew about them and did not have a problem.
 
#47 ·
Then tell her. I sat down a couple months ago and counted how many guns I bought last year (was that a job) and I didn't have to ask my wife for permission for any nor did she say anything when I came home. I have slacked off this year a bit, I've only bought and sold maybe a quarter of last year.
 
#51 ·
Mine knows that I am a grown ass man that will buy whatever I want with my hard earned money. A few weeks ago she asked me to go buy a new vacuum cleaner and I came home two hours later with a new pistol. She sent me to walmart one time for milk and I came home with a 10/22. She gets her fair share too, I send her and her girlfriends to the beach, give her spending money for a week in New York, etc. If it isn't going to hurt your family and you spend responsibly then buy the damn rifle. Last month I walked in the door with a tricked out M&P 15 and put it on the counter. She asked me what I needed an assault rifle for and my response was "They are eating people's m**********g faces off in Florida. You never can be too prepared". It takes too much effort to lie over something that stupid.


On a side note: I want the R-25 next
 
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