... I got too comfortable and too lax in the process ...

... and Wheel, we all know that you have to take your wife out to dinner every other night or she's not going to put out ... so I don't think I'm as whipped as you ... yet at least ... 🙂

It's all good though - I'll quit bidding after this week and I'll have gotten my fix on that new cigar smell ...

(I seriously don't need anymore cigars ... I just got into a bidding mood/frenzy because I couldn't sleep - and even though I was/did overbid ... I still have several BOTL snipe my bids ... )

... so I've really got no excuse ... I would have told her anyway - but only after I'd bought something for her ... and this was the second week in a row I did this ... and this past week was more than 2x as much as the previous week ...

- and it was my own stupid fault ... and seriously, for now ... I'm really only smoking 3-4 cigars per week and it was even less than that a few months back ...

ScottHar

As my hero Vito Corleone said,

"You can act like a man"

Blame her.

wheel,,

next time one of you think i have gone off the edge, need my meds or thinks i am senile, try ordering some cigars and telling your wife what you bought and how much you paid, face to face, without apologizing.

if you can't do that, don't tell me how i should handle my political views.

chicken ****, p****y whipped husbands.

wheel,

... there's a difference between "hiding" it and just coming right out and volunteering the information ...

... if you READ my original post, you'd see that she was NOT upset at all ... she's just going to use this to justify her going out and buying a new dress, shoes, or some jewelry ...

... and all in all - I don't care what she buys - she's entitled to spend money on herself just as well as I do ... I'd just rather not give her any extra excuses to spend $$$ - AND she does the same with me ... for example - if she goes and makes an impulse buy on a necklace or something ... she'll mostly just put it aside and then wear it casually as if she's had it all along ...

... she & I both have a personal credit card that we use for such purposes - fun stuff only - she has her credit limit and I have my own ...

... the rule of thumb is that (whatever the balance is at the end of the month) it has to be paid off in full the following month and/or before any more 'personal' spending goes on ... we also use those credit cards for going to dinner, movies, etc ...

... nothing 'whipped' at all here - but I will and did openly admit to her that I really didn't need to spend as much as I did and it's not like I don't have enough cigars already - and about half of what I bought will likely be given away/shared with friends ...

... so please just go change your diaper and take a stool softener ...

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- btw - sadly enough - just this past week I was meaning to contact you ... I need to know "where" you bought the parts for that Cigar Box Clock that you made for many many years back ... by accident - when I was moving it - the hour hand got caught and broke off ... and I tried to fix it - but it's a lousy repair so I need to get another unit to mount on it ... thanks ...

Keep telling yourself that..

lol

wheel,

... what's the worst damage you've done to a credit card from cBid auctions in a sinlge week before?

... fess up ... tell the truth ...

only about $300.

I only keep about 300 sticks...

wheel,,

wheel,

almost any craft store sells battery operated clock movements.

michaels, jo-anns

when toby and i first got married, we each kept a journal of everything we spent every day from a cup of coffee to our weekly shopping.

at the end of three months we had a handle on where the money went, and we set up a budget, as our income rose, we made changes.

when we opened the business toby would write a $100.00 check every month for cash and that was considered none of my business money. we used credit cards that at the time were all under 10% and we usually paid enough to pay off any balance in three months.

as long as both of you are together on how your combined income should be allocated, there should not be any fights over individual purchases.

you are correct, we all buy too many cigars.

... no fights here whatsoever ... she just takes any/all opportunities to bust my balls every chance she gets ... if I buy cigars, she'll buy shoes, if I buy a compound bow, she'll buy some dresses, if I buy a gun ... she usually buys some jewelry ...

... it's a tit-4-tat relationship we have as far as that goes and it works well for us ... I have overspent on cigars - even bidding higher than what I could if I'd bought from the mother site at times - why? Dunno ... maybe it's the auction and me just being curious if someone is going to snipe my bid at the last minute ...

... as well - if I see that the wife has bought something on impulse - I'll go out and do the same thing ... but this time she was busting my balls mostly because I'd basically worn out my favorite running shoes a couple of months ago and had refused to pay $120 for another pair ... I was holding out for them to go on sale and would not budge unless I could get them for under $99 ... yet - I come on here and overbid/overspent on cigars ... anyway - it's all good and we've been fortunate so I'm not complaining ...

... and thanks for the info on the clock part ... I didn't know if there was a special place that you'd bought it from and I didn't want to pick up the wrong one/type ...

... btw ... that 'clock' also makes a nice hiding spot for a pocket pistol - so I've doubled it's use as a 'hidden' safe per say ... well, not so hidden anymore that I mentioned it here ... LOL