oldslapper Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) Apologies Edited July 24, 2019 by oldslapper 1 1 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 My mate managed to introduce an entire new drum kit into the house by simply ensuring it was the same colour as the old one. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 "It's not mine...I'm just borrowing it..." 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Jenny is way too wise. ”why do you keep buying different Yamaha’s? Do you think I won’t notice?” 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Thank you Andy for reminding us that not all musicians' wives are idiots. 😎 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, Silvia Bluejay said: Thank you Andy for reminding us that not all musicians' wives are idiots. 😎 Mine is far from it. I just tell her what’s arriving. It’s usually a bass followed by a pair of KG’s or before we had 4 kids, a pair of laboutin’s if it was an expensive bass... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 LOL if @Happy Jack and I followed the same pattern on each new purchase, we'd own even MORE basses that we already have! (His kids don't live with us and earn more than us, and I only 'do' cheap shoes... ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Imagine if he had bought an Alikat aluminium double bass for me too, to justify buying his... 😮😎 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Jen’s off shoes at the minute, favouring trainers and flats... to put that into perspective, we are moving house and I’ve packed 104 pairs of high heeled shoes she’s not currently wearing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 1 hour ago, TheGreek said: "It's not mine...I'm just borrowing it..." Just used this when i took my new Yamaha home. Not that she would notice, but somethings are best left unsaid., I used to keep to the same colour basses so she wouldn't notice, but even that was overthinking it. I dont tihnk she wold notice if a double bass suddenly appeared in the living room. ‘Nah, ive had this for years’ 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 2 hours ago, AndyTravis said: Jen’s off shoes at the minute, favouring trainers and flats... to put that into perspective, we are moving house and I’ve packed 104 pairs of high heeled shoes she’s not currently wearing. If she was currently wearing them, she'd be a centipede. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 37 minutes ago, tauzero said: If she was currently wearing them, she'd be a centipede. True 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Two centipedes to be exact. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathy Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 10 hours ago, TheGreek said: "It's not mine...I'm just borrowing it..." In the 90s a friend of mine had over £10ks worth of 'borrowed' gear. He and his partner split up soon afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I don't often buy stuff, but if I do I'll mention it to the wife. She just says, "If you think it's good, get it". She has 11 dolls houses around the house (and 2 in the loft), about 10 big boxes of quilting fabric, 20 cacti and various other house plants and the whole garden is hers to do with as she wishes. My corner of the front room is tiny by comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicbassman Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) 20 hours ago, chris_b said: I don't often buy stuff, but if I do I'll mention it to the wife. She just says, "If you think it's good, get it". She has 11 dolls houses around the house Why not combine your interests? Here's the link to the site which talks about bass dolls, but the link to the original Japanese site is 404, unfortunately. http://www.bunnybass.com/e-zine/amusing/amusingbass58.shtml Edited June 17, 2019 by musicbassman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 On 15/06/2019 at 21:56, Silvia Bluejay said: Thank you Andy for reminding us that not all musicians' wives are idiots. 😎 Absolutely Sylvia. My better half does the household finances, so even if I wanted to sneak something past her under my coat (guitar wise obvs), it appears on a spreadsheet sometime later. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 I tell my wife I've bought stuff and these days I just get a raised eyebrow, a wry smile and a "what are you like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) Doh Edited July 22, 2019 by oldslapper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 Science! 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I know this thread is good fun, but do people really hide new purchases from or justify them to their partners? When mine was alive, if I wanted to buy an instrument or piece of equipment, I did. It was my money and provided the household budget didn't suffer, that was the end of it. I wouldn't have dreamt of objecting to her buying anything, of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Exactly this ^ I don’t get why anyone would even be involved with, let alone married to, someone who told them what they could or couldn’t buy. Obviously one has to be responsible and adult, but then we are responsible adults aren’t we? If anyone patronisingly suggested I didn’t need another bass I’d rather less patronisingly suggest they fvck3d off. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I do tell my wife about impending purchases when it's of more than a couple of hundred quid (be it basses or bikes), under the guise of agreeing it with her. I haven't had a refusal so far, possibly because if I can justify buying something to myself, justifying it to her is a piece of cake. Not that such things happen with great frequency, mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 I don't really understand the whole 'smuggling in a new bass/amp/whatever past the wife' thing either. We both know the state of our finances, neither of us a extravagant or have secret expensive habits. If I say to Mrs S I am thinking of buying a new bass/amp/expensive plant for the garden/whatever if she expresses an opinion at all she'll generally say 'If you want it, get it'. If I tell her I am thinking of selling a bass/amp/whatever - knowing of my bouts of sellers' remorse - she'll say 'why don't you just keep it?' 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleat Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 ........ I don't even get the "having a wife" part, nevermind sneaking basses into the house shoved down my underpants bit. 🤪 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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