Got the stern lecture . . . again

WINE TALK
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from the wife–we have enough wine. Stop buying. You are killing us. We need to save.

The old argument about wine value appreciation doesn’t fly when you refuse to sell and just buy to drink.

She has a valid point but this is an illness, so cut some slack.

Preaching to the choir here, but I will try harder.

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Free legal advice:

  1. Separate credit card for purchases

  2. Fridge in your office

  3. Off-site storage

  4. Load her up with Riesling - makes my wife very happy

:wink:

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Bingo! [cheers.gif]

My wife recently told me we have at least a 3 year supply of wine. I replied that I’d immediately buy a few more cases if we’re that low. Went over like a lead balloon. Can’t use the ‘helping the economy’ line either.

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Does she also give you a lecture about premox? [snort.gif]

Bruce

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It’s funny what happens when they get into your hobby. My wife every once in a while would sarcastically say, “what are you popping now” - know my penchant for popping very nice wine whenever I pleased. Since I’ve been loading up with excellent Riesling that we both like, she does not blink an eye. Sorta like the hallpass I get to go cycling whenever I want since she plays tennis like 19 times per week.

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How about modifying the line from Gilbert Shelton’s The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers:

Wine will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no wine.
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FIFY

George

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  1. Only if you get caught.

:wink:

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Have the cases gift wrapped and delivered as gifts from grateful clients or business associates.

We’ve actually done that for folks in a similar situation…

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It’s a solution but I would avoid subterfuge in this case. That’s something you might need to explain another woman, in which case you’ll need to draw on all the credibility and trust you’ve built up over time.

This is the crux of the issue:

we have enough wine

That’s a tricky word. Some people would define “enough” as only a three or four hundred bottles. That wouldn’t get you through a year. Explain that you need sufficient breadth to cover the times you’d want an AFWE wine or a fruit-bomb, and the various stops between, and that you need enough depth to have a second or third bottle of something you like, as well as something older or something younger, depending on your mood.

Taken to its logical extreme, “enough” can indicate only the three bottles that you’re going to consume that night. But then you have to start all over again the next day. If you explain the three dimensional nature of the issue, it might be easier for her to understand.

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Laughed my ass off out loud on this one, as except for #1…these are EXACTLY my top 3 in regards to avoiding this conversation wife my wife on a weekly basis (i.e. what saves me from getting divorced).

“Why is there another wine charge on the cc - we have more than enough wine!?!?” “We were running low on Rieslings babe, so I wanted to make sure we had enough for you”.

Now if anyone has any tips on how I can pull off #1…I’d LOVE to hear about it :slight_smile:

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Honey, I just heard about this Internet site with great bargains. It’s called Zappos. Maybe you should check it out.

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My wife is as big a wino as me…makes things easy! [highfive.gif]


Cheers!
Marshall [rofl.gif]

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Mine’s bigger than me!

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My spouse and I have separate credit cards and separate checking accounts so neither of us has anything to say about the other’s monthly spending. We buy wine from common funds and she knows about all of it and drinks her share. We’ve been happily married for 40 years and still have separate cards and checking accounts. I buy somewhat less wine these days because we’re old and have a lot of wine in our cellar.

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ZuLily (or something like that) is the preferred site of my wife.

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I did the separate credit card once and it was not fun when she found it, added up the purchases and then took that amount and spent it on home remodel for "punishment."And I have 3500 bottle home cellar filled as well as two off site large lockers. We have enough wine. She hates Riesling but loves great white Burgs–she has an amazing palate. She is right–we have enough–I just have trouble accepting it.

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[quote=“alan weinberg”]I did the separate credit card once and it was not fun when she found it

Yep, that would be my scenario as well. I mean…being that we’ve had a joint bank account since we got married 8 years ago, there’s pretty much no possible way I could even bring up the concept of having our own cc’s without sounding like I’m doing something incredibly shady.

Guess I’ll just stick with #2-#4 :slight_smile:

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Shocking! flirtysmile I had no idea! grouphug

Cheers!
Marshall [wink.gif]

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Shoes, my good man, shoes. Then you can point to the piles of shoe boxes and just go “ahem.”