Shawn thinks he has problems....
My wife..... well.... let me take you to the Cbid Wayback Machine.
It is end of 2004 or early 2005. At this point, I don't know anybody or who the players are at Cigarbid. I'd have been posting for about a month or two in an irreverant style when I get a private message from somone in California (not MACS) asking for my address, because they wanted to send me something.
Orange and red flags are flying. I share the message with my wife and ask her opinion. She- doesn't like the idea.
After a few messages back and forth between me and Cali Guy, and with some apprehension, I share our address. Decided not to worry my wife with my decision, it will be fine.
The next day, I open up my email and see a tracking number for a package...... and a picture of a muscled up man in a leather dominatrix outfit with spikes with red eyes. Almost pizsed myself. As I'm staring at image I hear
"what or who is that?"That, dear is the man from California who has our home address. The silence was deafening.
Went into Seige Mode. Every firearm in the house iwas fully loaded. Doors locked and garage door down. Was estimating drive times from Cali, wondered how many might be coming. Thankfully it was winter, that might slow the Cali people down. At least my 2 year old won't be outside unattended. Didn't help I was only getting 5 hours of sleep going into this. Now I'm down to 4.
"Why did you give up our address? What were you thinking?!"Yeah, I know. I'm a moron.
From that moment forward, I was sure to limit who would get our address. In the next two decades I don't think I gave out my address more than 4 times.
In the last 36 hours, Amazon has dropped off two Welcome Mats and a pint glass with a frosted image of a Rotweiler on it. None of them with return addresses on them.
Any guesses as to my wife's reaction?