Reply With QuoteWatching this thread with interest....
Thanks for the suggestions so far, a few of them made me chuckle!
Still no sign of the watches, I think I'm gonna sit and wait until she says something, she will crack and ask if I'm missing anything before I do and ask where they are!
Watching this thread with interest....
Go and buy 3 Rolex Subs brand new and tell her you bought them to replace some G Shocks that went missing. Tell her you haven't got a clue what happened to the G Shocks but if the Subs vanish as well, then your replacing them with 3 new Panerai watches. That should calm things down and get the G shocks located asap.
Last edited by Nigeyp; 28th March 2015 at 15:46.
I asked Mrs SW for her opinion. Unfortunately whilst doing so I read the "poo through the letterbox" post, collapsed in a giggling fit (had a few liveners at the local over lunch) and all I got was...
"Ugh, men! Can you shut up now?"
HTH
Tell her: "We have been burgled!!! 3 irreplaceable limited issue watches that you were evaluating for a forum member have disappeared. The owner has already made an insurance claim and the police will be in today to investigate the premises and look for fingerprints." Ask her to help them with their inquiries and tell her you hope the burglar will be locked away for a long time. Also tell her to check to see if any of her things have vanished.
Last edited by GrandS; 28th March 2015 at 21:08.
To play devils advocate, who needs more than one G Shock anyway?
Check sales corner.
buy another 3 show them her and tell her they are to replace 3 that have apparently gone missing. Lay no blame and you might even get the 3 back which have been commandeered. Honesty may work but without laying blame also try and look upset
Ask her where the watches you were selling to put towards a posh night out have gone? and then pull a sickie on the night
ktmog6uk
marchingontogether!
"you'll never believe how much I got for those 3 old G-Shocks that have been sat at the back of the drawer; loads more than they're worth... I've sold them to Dave at work, the mug... I was supposed to let him have them today but he was off sick... I'll let him have them tomorrow"
Great story.
"You know those 3 g shocks upon took out of my coat pocket? Give them back."
Some times it sucks being single but at times when I read threads like this I am glad I don't have any body to mess with my addiction to watch collecting. I collect any thing that tells time even clocks. Just bought a German U-Boat clock from WW2 military watches and time pieces is what I like best first time I ever wired the payment if I had a wife she would choke at the bank statement and I would be doing some big explaining and be in the dog house. But if I were you just tell her to give your watches back and get it over with.
Any updates?
I'm still sitting it out, I'm pretty sure it's breaking her that I havnt said anything about it yet!
Now what if some one pickpocketed your jacket while it was on the porch and left the jacket and those three watches are long gone and your wife brought your jacket in the house minus the watches. I think it's time to ask her about those watches.
Check she's not selling them on eBay ?Originally Posted by jimmyt
Hide one of each of her shoes leaving a ransom note in the others.
scooter
Hehehe!
Go with this turn it into a game and maybe a meal out at the end, upon her finding all ransom notes and returning the missing items, all will be forgiven and after meal out you might even get some sexy time so result all round
Still no news?
Surely she would already have 2 black eyes ;o)
Surely by now I would be thinking maybe she didnt take them?!
Chris
Divorce
We never did hear the end of this story, murder possibly?
I'd forgotten about them to be honest! I think we are probably bored by now of waiting for each other to crack so I might just tell her I want them back to fill the gaps I've made for them in the box. I'll get the kids in bed and report back with the outcome!
Oh my god, so this still isn't sorted, blimey, she could've forgotten wheres she hidden them by now, or worse, thrown them out by mistake!!
Interested in the outcome. My latest acquisition was brought home the other day and SWMBO hasn't said anything yet. Hoping she is past caring ;)
If he doesn't post by the morning I guess we can assume the worse.....
You will have to wait till morning now, wifey has fallen asleep whilst trying to get the baby to sleep!
Delaying the inevitable ......
Yep. Divorce. Irreconcilable differences.
This thread just reminds me of a friend who was always getting in trouble with his wife for buying the latest hi tech equipment etc. After a night out with a bunch of his mates he made the mistake of following a bit of collective advice on how to replace the TV, which was only a few months old, with a newer, bigger model.
We suggested that he wait until his wife had gone out, then remove the fuse and let her report that it wasn't working. He could then take it 'off to get fixed' and the new one could be passed off as a 'replacement'. What could possibly go wrong??
Sure enough his wife rang him to the office mid afternoon to complain that the TV had packed up and he said that he'd take a look at it when he got home, reminding her that it was still under warranty so no worries. He arrived home to find her, arms folded and foot tapping, demanding an explanation for what she discovered when she decided to check the fuse!!!
So, I've finally got the elusive G-Shocks back. I went with the suggestion someone posted a while back and told the wife I had mislaid a few old Casios I had planned to sell and had she seen them. She denied all knowledge but they magically appeared this morning in the coat pocket, a different coat to the one I had left them in though, so she definitely swiped them. Didn't have the balls to admit I'd been buying watches again, I'll hand my man card in on the way out!
Jesus, I don't know how you could live in a relationship like that.
You buy watches, but are afraid to have your wife find out. WTF?
She finds them and decides to take them from you and hide them. WTF?
You spend weeks fretting about it on the internet. WTF?
You tell her a lie to prompt her into 'making a move'. WTF?
She lies about having taking them and puts them back. WTF?
Last edited by Uriel; 18th April 2015 at 16:43.
A mate of mine once asked a mountain bike company to send the invoice for his new bike to his work address and include a letter to the effect 'congrats on winning our monthly draw, here's your prize' in with the bike.
Now that I like!
Chill your beans, it's a bit of husband and wife tomfoolery, if you don't approve you don't need to post here, take your WTFs elsewhere
Honestly, I feel sorry for you :(
Too right, healthy bit of bantagonisation never hurt anyone, i expect if you looked into all these 'perfect relationships' you would find lots of bored housewives thinking...
'I don't care what you spend your money on just as long as you don't find out about my romantic balcony meals/evenings out with the other guy on his forum'
Possibly ;)
Great thread- my missus has no idea how much mine are worth- the story is part of the fun, who wants to be rich!
In Mãłágà?
"Bite my shiny metal ass."
- Bender Bending Rodríguez
WTF or not, I can imagine something aimilar happening in our house... Likely I'd just get yelled at for blowing my daughter's inheritance... Which is actually true!
In the same vein, later this summer my engine is going to spring an oil leak which will prove to be terminal, necessitating a new engine. A larger and much more powerful engine of course, as they leak less.
Nice one
It's funny and sad to read this story in the same time.
This is normal...its war! So far I am winning
Mind you she may be letting me think that I am winning...she is very crafty!
very similar thing happened to me just before Silverstone Classic last year....
Followed by a full rebuild, porting, new cams, pullys, exh manifold, plenum, fuel system, flywheel, clutch, Ecu etc. etc.
(You know, all this makes it more fuel efficient too ;))
At least I get the shed back next week, with enough time to run it in for this years SC.
Jimmy, he's right. This is too sad for words, acronyms will have to suffice.
Now go and buy her 3 Baby Gs for being a good sport and returning yours.
Sorry, didn't mean to sound like I was getting my beans heated. But the way it reads here, there's no banter or fun being had playing games, just a sad anxiety.
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