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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/
 
#21 ·
I can't believe it took two pages of pussy-footing for a man who owns his own balls to chime in. Momma gave you a gift. That's all there is to it. It would be different if your family were in a bit tighter of a situation. If your family isn't hurting, there should be no moral questions at all. Look at it this way. If the wife got a scratch-off for a gift and won $500, would she ask your permission to go buy a nice purse and a few more pairs of shoes? Unlikely.
 
#28 ·
I didn't read through all the answers but you already knew the truth before you asked. One or your reply's said it all. Your looking for someone to tell you that what your contemplating is the right thing to do when you already know better. A half truth is still a lie. If your wife is deserving to be your wife, then she deserves the real truth. if you believe in any god, consider weather this is something you can explain to him/her without lying and make it sound like the right thing to do. Don't get me wrong. I'm not a fanatic but if most decisions made by people that profess to believe in god were made with answering for them at the end of life/time in mind. We would have a much better world to live in. Being brutally honest with yourself can suk at times but it is the only way I can figure to keep it straight
 
#29 ·
I'm going against the grain here - don't tell your wife! Buy the gun, she'll never notice, and if she does you simply sold something else and bought the new gun with it.

As for your son, just tell him that it didn't happen in the end. Simple as that. And if that doesn't work, just threaten him with the 'baby' photos. They can either be burned or posted on Facebook. His choice.

If your wife ever finds out, deny it every single time. She'll bluff that she knows something, some call it fishing. But keep your trap shut. Single out the gun you "traded" and hide that somewhere if you think you are in danger.
 
#34 ·
I may have sounded like I am in the "DON"T DO IT" but it's not that black and white about weather or not you buy the gun. The important part is to be honest with your wife. Don't lie or give her a half truth trying to make things sound like they are something different than they are. Like splitline said, man up and tell her. That is if you do it. Whatever you decide to do with whatever comes your way, your wife should be your partner and you should be honest and up front with her.
 
#37 ·
Maybe it's because I married the best woman on the face of the planet. But I never understand when guys tell me they have to hide things from their wife/girlfriend. If I buy something, she's usually there with me when I buy it. No matter what kind of toy it is.

But you have to reciprocate the action. Don't expect to buy something and not have any money left over for her to buy something. I never understand when married people still have "SPLIT" money etc... What's mine is hers and hers is mine. But I guess we are a little old fashioned.
 
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