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Do you hide money from your spouse to support your rep habit?

tokeyx

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I have a "secret" checking account my wife has no idea exists. I don't put a ton of money in there a month, just enough off the top of each paycheck that she doesn't notice (only about $450/month). This account is a real lifesaver for trips to the strip clubs, vegas, golf courses and clubs, watches, basically all my vices :)

That stuff is easier to lie about though.

Q. Where did you go last night?
A. Oh I just went to chris's house and drank some bears there (really went to the tittie bar and dropped $1500)

Q. Where'd you get the new golf club?
A. Oh one of the guys at the club got a new one and gave me that one. (dropped $400 on a new driver)

Q. What did you guys do in vegas
A. Oh you know we're all old men. Had dinner, played some cards and went to bed. It's not like it used to be. (alcohol and stripper fueled weekend that blurs together)

You get the idea. Now before you say this is wrong, keep in mind that she doesn't work, and I fully financially support her wants/needs/and lifestyle. I work about 60-70 hours a week, and really do nothing for myself outside of my "fun money" so I feel that I work hard enough and am entitled to enjoy a little of my money.

That said, I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to pull off the watches. There's just going to be so many of them I can't really hide them. She's going to want to know where they came from. She knows I have two on the way, but what about when the other 4 show up I also ordered this week? When I've got a new watch box and in a week there's 10 beautiful watches in there in like 2 weeks... well the money had to come from somewhere.

So because of this, I'm thinking about just hiding them in my car and introducing her to a new one say once a month until I catch up, and then only buying a couple a year. I don't think I really need 30 reps at once, but there were 10 I really liked so I went ahead and got them :)

Is EVERYONE upfront and honest about what they are buying and how much they are spending with their spouses, or do you guys just say to hell with it and buy what you want and try to hide them or lie about the cost?
 
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d4m.test

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Naw, my wife controls the checking account, etc. (I couldn't balance a checkbook/account if my life depended on it.) I just tell her up front about the watches. She rolls her eyes, questions my sanity, but fully understands that watch collecting makes me happy. She knows I put aside anywhere from $20 to $40 a week for the watches & knows where I put it (as she's borrowed from my "stash" occasionally, but then, she always replaces the loot I saved). In fact, as older members know, she purchased for me a gen Rolex DateJust and a gen TAG Heuer Aquaracer 500M for me. Guess I'm kinda lucky.

dave
 

phillycheez

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just lie like you have been and tell her they are cheap... like $30 each. they are reps to us and fakes to her. she will believe you paid $30 for a fake watch before she believes you paid $300.
 

nycreplica

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I love your post.
I'm sure most members tell their spouse it's actually about half the price they actually pay :)
 

DarthAlex

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I don't have a spouse so I can have all the bad habits I desire...my GF gets watch joy fom me every so often so she is complicit in my habit.
 

levelmanroger

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I truly feel sorry for anyone who feels they have to lie to their spouse about anything.
 

wat44

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do you tell her her ass looks big in that new dress?

white lies....
 

omars007

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No spouse, so no need to lie about anything. But if you are into panerais or APs, to the untrained they all look pretty similar. I'm sure she would not know if you told her your new watch is the same one you were previously wearing....
 

phillycheez

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No spouse, so no need to lie about anything. But if you are into panerais or APs, to the untrained they all look pretty similar. I'm sure she would not know if you told her your new watch is the same one you were previously wearing....

my girlfriend always says, "is that a new watch?" even though i've had it for 1 and half. just shows... they really don't notice nor care... unless of course they share the same passion for watches.

she also knows how much i've paid. she really has no say cause i've been carrying her financially for the past 3 years... damn i can't wait till she's graduated and has a full-time career ladder job! that bizzy owes me a gen rolex!
 

tommy_boy

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If she asks (and she rarely does) I've never paid more than $50 for a watch. Never paid more than $7 for a bottle of wine. Or $20 for a golf club.

Since my answer never changes, she knows that I am full of $#!+ anyway.

I don't ask her what she pays for jeans or shoes. Don't want to know, actually. It's too much, whatever it is.
 

ThinkBachs

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What? this old thing? I found it in my drawer while looking for something- thought I'd see if I still like it. :D
 

Bigmarcelo

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If she asks (and she rarely does) I've never paid more than $50 for a watch. Never paid more than $7 for a bottle of wine. Or $20 for a golf club.

Since my answer never changes, she knows that I am full of $#!+ anyway.

I don't ask her what she pays for jeans or shoes. Don't want to know, actually. It's too much, whatever it is.

my wife asked how much the 65" plasma cost that I bought last year.... $99 ...

the imac i7, 27" ... $99

ipad... $99

everything that I buy costs $99 .... the value never changes....

my 2 Qnap 659 servers with 12Tb of storage each.. $99 each...

i never questions about the $600-$1,000 on hair & related a month she spends... so.. pretty much even I think ...
 

AudiS8

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Hiding stuff from your wife can bite you in the ass in a painful Hannibal Lecter with fava beans sort of way. So, I'm an open book with my wife. She may not agree with it, but as long as I get her a little something here and there and don't make a fuss when she spends on her hobbies, it works for us. When I got my rep (only one so far) she rolled her eyes. A lot. Funny...she did that through my guitar collecting phase too.
 

If you see Kay

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I truly feel sorry for anyone who feels they have to lie to their spouse about anything.

I'm with levelmanroger on this.

Dropping $1500 on a tittie bar and then lying about and then lying about your trip to Las Vegas is pathologically undermining your relationship with your spouse. Lying about things just to get away with it is just being selfish and self centered. Espescially when it comes to money. We're not talking about sneaking a couple of drinks at the bar, but $1500 bucks??!!!

Maybe you make a six figure salary and 1500 bucks is chump change to you, but for the vast majority of people, dropping that much in one night is no laughing matter. Justifying your behaviour by trying to make excuses shows signs of a relationship not fully built on openness and trust of one another and could be a precursor to larger more significant structural relationship problems in the future.

I don't normally tell people how to live their lives or how to manage their relationships, but you seem to be in denial of the fact that you have to sneak around your spouse to have a good time.

But hey, that's just me. What do I know....
 

slimslim

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i don't lie to her. it's not the life i want. do what you have to i guess. this will get flamed but is a pile of fun really strippers and vegas? it's not for me, but a city in the desert says i don't know fun :) we adopt dogs and garden. i also cook well. that to me is fun. i do drink btw...
 

Bronzy

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i don't lie to her. it's not the life i want. do what you have to i guess. this will get flamed but is a pile of fun really strippers and vegas? it's not for me, but a city in the desert says i don't know fun :) we adopt dogs and garden. i also cook well. that to me is fun. i do drink btw...


haha, my wife and I just adopted a dog, and just got a bunch of pots for a patio garden!

To answer the OP, my wife knows all. At 16+ watches and she still likes them!