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0patience Offline
#1 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 2:43 PM EST
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Today, I was talking about what was coming in the next package from cbid. My wife immediately said, you have more coming? Ha ha.
Then she started to ask about how much I have spent at cbid. I side stepped the subject, but my son just had to help her figure it out. Nice kid, huh?
Ha ha, she said if I keep it up, she will put me on restriction from cbid.
I then told her to price the humidor i just got from cbid and see how much I saved. That got me a slight reprieve. LOL!
Besides, the humidor was bought because my son thought it looked cool and he wanted it for his stuff (not cigars, nicknacks).
I get the humidifier that comes with it.
I told her I would keep from buying anything from cbid for a little while, but didn't say anything about CI. HA HA HA!
Dog gone cbid is too good.
She did say that after we get back from Las Vegas in November, I could make some decent purchases, but I'd have to limit myself until then.
The things we do to keep our wives happy. :)
gerber Offline
#2 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 2:54 PM EST
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Op,

I can relate. My thirteen year old son absolutely hounds me about how much I'm buying from C-bid. Sheesh, I may as well be married again!! Anyway, he's mostly concerned about my health, and when he sees my stockpile at home, he gets concerned, so I can't totally blame him. I'm ashamed to admit I've done the bit about promising no more C-bid for a while, and then turning around to take advantage of CI weekly specials :) Oh what fiendish depths we cigar smokers sink to.
0patience Offline
#3 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 3:03 PM EST
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Ha ha,
There are so many good deals and in my situation, the 5 & 10 packs are ideal until I get a better sense of what I like for an everyday cigar.
I wouldn't mind AVO Classic as an everyday cigar, but then she'd really not like it. :)

My wife just likes to give me a bad time. She keeps me in line and with money to spend, so I can't complain. LOL!
gorob23 Offline
#4 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 3:42 PM EST
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I am not buying ANYTHING for a long time ..unless it's a really good deal wink wink ..Rob
choner Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 3:44 PM EST
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I am on the same boat. My girlfriend had put a stop on the bidding, but I can trade all I want!

choner
ropeman Offline
#6 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 3:48 PM EST
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I think when we all started we got the same thing from our wives. The more you deal with CB/CI , the more you will learn to hide your winning. I have done this, I have 2 cooledors full of cigars. My wife knows better then to look in them. I think she knows she will be sick. But I brought in boxes late at night more times then once and have all shipments go to my work address.
I know honesty is the best thing for a relationship but CB/CI can also be a relationship killer. I love my wife to much to upset her with all my buys.
jjohnson28 Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 4:29 PM EST
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Yep,what mamma dosen't know won't hurt me...LOL

Actually she used to bug me about it a little,now though she even brags about my collection to freinds and family.Go Figure. ;0)
choner Offline
#8 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 4:35 PM EST
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Woohoo! Girlfriend is letting me spend 100 bucks on cigars! She liked her B-day gift so much and it was cheap too, that I can spend the money on sticks. Must choose carefully.

I guess we do everything we can for our loved ones, and try our best to make them happy and us happy too.

choner
ikonoklast7 Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 4:38 PM EST
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Zero Patience...

It sounds like you need to join CBA...Cigar Bidders Anonymous.

It's a recovery group for chronic, addictive bidders...basically all of us.

Only problem is: we've only gotten worse!
0patience Offline
#10 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 4:48 PM EST
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Ha ha, too funny.
Although, it may be pretty close to the truth.
It is funny how my wife will get on me about spending money on cigars and then turn around and say I need another humidor. :)
I've learned along time ago that when Momma says I can spend some money, I never argue or waste any time, cause she can change her mind in a heartbeat. ;)

ikonoklast7 Offline
#11 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 4:51 PM EST
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Hell, Zero, she probably will blow $200 on a pair of high-heels at the drop of a hat...but she gets on you from buying from CBid!

Not much difference between the two...you can only smoke a cigar once...and she'll probably only wear those expensive dress shoes once as well, lol.
0patience Offline
#12 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 5:07 PM EST
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I learned 20 years ago that if she wants a $200 pair of shoes, I shut my mouth and let her buy them.
I need all the leverage I can get and a $200 pair of shoes is something I would remember. I can't never seem to remember anything else she does wrong or I can use against her. :)
ikonoklast7 Offline
#13 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 5:24 PM EST
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Wives and girlfriends would have you believe they never do ANYTHING wrong, lol
0patience Offline
#14 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 5:41 PM EST
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Momma remembers ever thing I have ever done wrong.
How she remembers it all, I have no clue.
I can never remember anything she does wrong, until an hour after the arguement. Like that is any help at all.
Needless to say, I never win any arguements. ;)
I learned along time ago to just admit I was wrong or it was my fault right off and be done with it.
It saves time and headaches and......
I can then go back to what ever it was I was doing. Like working in the shop or smoking a cigar. :)
BMW Offline
#15 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 6:13 PM EST
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You're all a buch of wimps,............. just kidding.LOL

My wife has her hobbies and her credit card and I have my hobbies and my credit card. We both fish and as long as our hobbies don't affect the fishing, then everything is great. There's no such thing as a sacrifice to keep fishing. As a matter of fact, sometimes fishing requires a sacrifice ;)

Barry

Barry
ErikVines Offline
#16 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 6:40 PM EST
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Oh how I wish I had a wife...maybe then I'd stop bidding.:)

Forget marriage for love...I need sound financial advice!:)
cccbus Offline
#17 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 4:25 AM EST
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ok..you guys crack me up you need to hear "the man song" that will put everything in perspective and clear whose wears the pants in the family. Drop me an email at dking42atcharterdotnet and I will make sure you get a copy.
ikonoklast7 Offline
#18 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 4:35 AM EST
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Hahaha...I know what song you're talking about, cccbus
rmarrandino Offline
#19 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 4:37 AM EST
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Choner,

Let me get this straight....the girlfriend stops you. The girlfriend? Man, its bad enough when its the wife, but the girlfriend.........

What is she going to do to you if/when you get married?

I'm just having fun with you...LOL

rasdas Offline
#20 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 4:51 AM EST
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My wife used to think the smiley face boxes were cute...not anymore....

RasDas

Joe
rmarrandino Offline
#21 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 5:04 AM EST
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Rasdas,

Is your wife related to mine?
Deriffe Offline
#22 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 5:39 AM EST
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I just tell my wife that when she gets to the point that she can't stand my cigars anymore, I'll just run out and buy a couple cartons of Marlboro's and start THAT nasty habit back up. That usually buys me a couple weeks.

She doesn't gripe about how much I spend here anymore. I just show her the credit card bill where she paid $1,500 for friggin bedspreads and pillows and sheets and frilly crap for the new bedroom set. If that's what it takes for me to be left alone here at cbids, so be it.
ikonoklast7 Offline
#23 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 5:41 AM EST
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Man, if me and my girlfriend ever tie the knot, I know she'll get on me about CBid...

She's already remarked that I spend a lot of money on here...that's the first step towards nagging me about it...

ikonoklast7 Offline
#24 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 5:41 AM EST
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Man, if me and my girlfriend ever tie the knot, I know she'll get on me about CBid...

She's already remarked that I spend a lot of money on here...that's the first step towards nagging me about it...

wer Offline
#25 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 5:45 AM EST
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Been there....wait a minute, I'm still there.

My best strategy to date was to get her pregnant. Now I can say that all the cigars I am buying are to hand out once the baby is born:)
rasdas Offline
#26 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 5:53 AM EST
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LOL at Rocco....

Dont know that they are related...but they seem eerily alike...then again if you go by this thread...then all seem to be related somehow...

RasDas
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#27 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 6:50 AM EST
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i would rather talk about overbidders, cello on or off, or any topic that has ben beat to death, then listen to a bunch of beaten down, p**sy whipped guys.

how in the world can you look yourself in the mirror and not see the little boy who is still controled by his mommy.

i'm not suggesting you spend all the family money on cigars, but how can grown men be told by their wives or worse, girl friends, how many cigars they are allowed to have. how can you mention it in public and not feel foolish. when did your spouse or girl friend become your mother with the power to decide what's best for you.

i can understand a little about the not smoking cigars in the house. bradley and i agreed when he became my partner in the business that i would not smoke in the office. it has a bad effect on his voice and it was a fair agreement.

i cannot imagine "telling" toby how many beanie babies or barbie dolls she is allowed to have. i'm her husband not her father.

i sometimes overbid, sometimes i take the cello off, and sometimes i check the humidity.

wer Offline
#28 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 7:00 AM EST
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Ah, but you're a mans man Rick and we're all a bunch of weenies.
rmarrandino Offline
#29 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 7:14 AM EST
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Well said Rick.

Robby Offline
#30 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 7:17 AM EST
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Rick, I can answer that question with two words...

"Community Property"
Robby Offline
#31 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 7:18 AM EST
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i.e., if you piss your wife off bad enough, she'll go away, and take half your stuff, and you'll only be left with enough to smoke bad frogs, and, oh wait, I think I've hit on something hear, nevermind, sorry, don't want to dig up a sore subject...
MiniFan Offline
#32 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 7:23 AM EST
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I thought my wife was wrong twice this past week, but I was wrong.



It was the FUNNIEST thing, I had her dead to rights wrong NOT JUST ONCE, but TWICE, and by the end of the conversation I was the one who said sorry.

I think in my intro, I said I realized I had some "catching up to do" after I counted the avg cost of all of her hobby supplies, and that's AFTER my full tilt home theater with Front Projector and 7.1 surround sound and the 400 movies I have. Time for more golf and cigars......

Of course I realized as well, I could afford a MUCH nicer house if I just cut back a little bit, one round of golf a month instead of four, rent instead of buying DVD's.
Deriffe Offline
#33 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 9:07 AM EST
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I'm still married to the same woman I married 21 years ago. I still have all my toys I have collected over those years. She will nag from time to time. That doesn't mean I am "p" whipped. I look through the topics list and if I see one like "celo on or off", I go onto another one. If you don't like the topic, don't read it.
0patience Offline
#34 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 2:06 PM EST
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RICKAMAVEN,
Since I started this thread, I guess I'm to blame and totally p whipped. Yeah, right.
It is called common courtesy. Sure my wife gets on me about spending money. But she is damn good with money and she is also our money manager, so I compromise.

You see, my wife is the number one important thing to me. I could care less if you think I am whipped.

rastusmcnair Offline
#35 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 2:24 PM EST
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Another way to look at it Robby is I get all new stuff every 10-15 years! And besides, Frogs ain't really that bad....
Robby Offline
#36 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 2:38 PM EST
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ZP, the vast majority of us are in the same boat I'm sure...
Messier11 Offline
#37 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 4:19 PM EST
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It's been fun around here too. Birthday Clud #2 has started to drop their bombs on me. Praise be!!! The wife couldn't understand I wasn't spending money on these incoming smokes. I finally did convince her though. Whew!
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#38 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 4:21 PM EST
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Deriffe

i doubt that you are whipped.

if i only read the posts i like, i would have to know what the thread will be in advance to decide. can't really judge the thread by the author.

i did like this thread.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#39 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 4:36 PM EST
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0patience

i'm sure you are not. it's the way you guys describe the scenario. if you both sat down to discuss the budget, that would be one thing. but the

she will put me on restriction from cbid

My girlfriend had put a stop on the bidding

Woohoo! Girlfriend is letting me spend 100 bucks on cigars

but "P" whipped is a good set of words to cause excitement.

the other day eleltea used "cavalierly" i thought that was a great word.

i think i'll start a thread aksing for great words. not poetry or quotes, just a really great word or two.
billreif Offline
#40 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 5:23 PM EST
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3,500 bucks in 6 months
Not a happy wife
However, I've got
4 humidors that are happy as hell !!!
Robby Offline
#41 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 5:31 PM EST
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GOOD NIGHT IRENE! You caught the bug in a big way didn't you!?
billreif Offline
#42 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 5:32 PM EST
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BIG TIME
but still got a wife
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#43 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 8:46 PM EST
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billreif

i believe you can lease a jaguar convertible for that kind of money.
billreif Offline
#44 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2003, 1:23 AM EST
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Rick,
I GOT the FEVER !
Truthfully I hope it goes away !
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#45 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2003, 3:19 AM EST
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billreif

i'll post a picture in a day or so with my
5 sweaterboxes. right now i am running 103 degrees and climbing.
W2VQY Offline
#46 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2003, 3:59 AM EST
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How does that saying go? Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. In fact my wife bought me my humidor and 150 sticks that came with it. As the house brands dwindle I have been replacing them with my favorites from CBID, of course they sometimes become pretty crowded in there for them all. This humidor is the only one I have so its acts as my limiter. Anyway wife does not mind of my spending after all we have no children so I am the big kid in the house with a FEW nice toys. I must say I do plenty for her and marriage is a give and take. I have learned you can’t rush a good smoke so; I do not (or try not) to rush a good bid.
Made in the shade.

W2VQY
choner Offline
#47 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2003, 6:10 AM EST
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Rickmaven,
I am p#$$% whipped! And proud of it! My girlfriend knows I like cigars, but she also knows I need to save money to buy other things like a house. So she has set some limits to help me save, and it is working great. I'm not a cheap person, and she knows it, so that's why she has set this up for me, so that I can be aware of what I am spending. And everyone on this boards knows how it is, you can have enough cigars but still spend money.

We will both be thankful for it, because I love her with all my heart. One day I plan to marry her and live in the house that we buy, and some of that money will be from the cigars savings money.

I'm sorry you don't like this post. No one made you read it, or respond to it. Maybe now you know how those republicans feel when they read your posts.

choner
arwings Offline
#48 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2003, 5:02 PM EST
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Gentlemen........gentlemen..........I can't believe what I'm hearing! I agree with rick. You obviously are all P-whipped. I guess it is my military background, but I believe in confronting the situation with a frontal attack and putting the wife/SO in their proper place. I handle it with the following steps:

1. I will only talk to Cbid on pay telephones that I feel reasonably sure are not being monitored. I have a total of five in my neighborhood.

2. I only place bids on computers other than my own (friends) and I use psuedo-names so that my identity can't be tracked.

3. I have the UPS man only deliver between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 1:00 am (costs me extra but he knows me).

4. I have the UPS man deliver to five addresses of acquaintances other than me on a rotating basis (costs me a lot more extra, but he knows me).

5. I arrange to pick up my packages from my acquaintances at odd times on a varying basis (they think I'm riduculous but they humor me).

6. As a result my packages are spirited into the house anytime my wife/SO is not there.

As a result, I have never had a cross word about my cigar purchases with my wife/SO. As a matter-of-fact she does not know Cbid exists.............further, she has no idea that I know Cbid exists.

Sooooooooo....I agree with Rick; are you a group of mice, or a group of men!! If you are having a problem with your wife/SO, confront it directly with a plan (you can use mine as a pattern if you chose) and STAND UP FOR YOURSELVES, FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!!
rmarrandino Offline
#49 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2003, 3:52 AM EST
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LMAO @ arwings.......Good one.
penzt8 Offline
#50 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2003, 10:19 AM EST
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For a small handling fee, say a couple sticks per shipment you can have all your purchases mailed to me and I'll repackage them and ship them to your home. I'll label them as car parts, sporting goods, or some other item that the wife won't object to.
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