Ruh-Oh Wife Found the Year-end Amex Summary!!!

[CFu]

Wait till she sees the charges from the stores that don’t take american express!!

[Justin_W_ells]

@GMcCarthy

Sounds like you need to change Amex from paper to electronic statements.

Or quit being such a p*ssy.

[Dan_Hammer]

@Charlie Fu

Wait till she sees the charges from the stores that don’t take american express!!

Look at the bright side, you’re earning miles or points.

[GMcCarthy]

@Justin W ells

@GMcCarthy

Sounds like you need to change Amex from paper to electronic statements.

Or quit being such a p*ssy.

The best was a few weeks ago when the fedex man came. Since my wife works from home I got an email from her with the subject line of “More wine!?!”

I always tell her she is free to drink yellow tail if she doesn’t like it.

[David_K_o_l_i_n]

Dead man walking

[Tony_V_e_l_e_b_i_l]

[quote="GMcCarthyThe best was a few weeks ago when the fedex man came. Since my wife works from home I got an email from her with the subject line of “More wine!?!”

I always tell her she is free to drink yellow tail if she doesn’t like it.[/quote]

Oh boy, you better do something nice, Pronto!

[Scott_Watkins]

@todd waldmann

My wife pays all the bills, so the cat’s been out of the bag for a long time in our house.

Ha…I took over paying the bills just so I could hide my wine purchases

Now sneaking all that wine into the coolers and dark closet’s is a whole other thread

[GMcCarthy]

@Tony V e l e b i l

[quote="GMcCarthyThe best was a few weeks ago when the fedex man came. Since my wife works from home I got an email from her with the subject line of “More wine!?!”

I always tell her she is free to drink yellow tail if she doesn’t like it.

Oh boy, you better do something nice, Pronto![/quote]

I think we are even after she used half a bottle of Pepiere Clisson for cooking.

[Scott_Watkins]

@GMcCarthy

@Tony V e l e b i l

[quote="GMcCarthyThe best was a few weeks ago when the fedex man came. Since my wife works from home I got an email from her with the subject line of “More wine!?!”

I always tell her she is free to drink yellow tail if she doesn’t like it.

Oh boy, you better do something nice, Pronto!

I think we are even after she used half a bottle of Pepiere Clisson for cooking.[/quote]

Ouch!

[Jim_Anderson]

1. Separate checking, credit cards, etc. is a big yes.

2. Pretty sure if I wasn’t racking up a pretty big number on wine purchases there would be some questions as to what was going on.

3. Know what Manolos, Jimmy Chius, Loubitans, etc. Especially for you single guys out there knowing womens’ footwear is a huge step toward, well, you know. A little knowledge in that department is a massive plus is womens’ eyes. For attached guys a pair of these is like, I don’t know, an Am Ex black card for your relationship. Sunglasses and handbag knowledge work too but shoes, generally, are where it’s at.

[Ted_Erfer]

@SteveC

A few days ago my wife told me she had seen the year-end Amex summary!

Ruh-Oh!!

…

I responded, honey, why don’t we get you a pair of Manolos …

Whew, a crappy single on a bunt, but I survived for now at least

I’ll bet you thought that “Manolos” was a great Barolo when you told her that

We all feel your pain Steve. My defense is to allow my wife to keep purchasing very expensive yarn to feed her habit.

We are all going to the “pour house.”

[Randy_Bowman]

I’m sorry. I really feel bad for all of you. Carrie hides what she spent on wine from me. Dinner tonight: Garlic spaghetti with something exceptional. I still feel bad about the night we got home late and had Kraft Mac & Cheese, (with bacon bits of course), and a mag of 1984 BV Georges de la Tour.

I got to the shop late a couple weeks ago and there was lipstick on my shirt collar. Carrie saw it, grabbed it and stretched it all the way up in front of my face where I could see it. She looked me right in the eye and said, “Nice try asshole, you’ve been out playing golf.”

[Roberto_Rogness]

We have a customer who owns a shop where you can spend $5,000 on a CHANGE purse and their are waiting lists and allocations on hand bags that cost mush more than that. The stories she told me about women scheming to hide purchases make wine guys’ look like rank amateurs.

For those of you who have covered the financial side but need help hiding the actual wine, try this:

Have the shop gift wrap the case and deliver it to you as a gift. We have several clients who use that one a lot.

[Ron_Kramer]

I can’t tell you how much I miss Shirley chiding me for what I spent on wine.
I also miss telling her what ‘her’ Eiswein cost per half bottle.

[Peter_Kleban]

Welcome to WB, Steve! Great first post. As you can see, you have lots of buddies here.

[Robert.A.Jr]

@Tony V e l e b i l

This is the tactic I used on Traci when buying a new bike this past fall. Traci, I need to buy a new road bike this fall.

Her - how much will it cost

Me - well look at this bike I’ve been researching w Shimano Di2…

Her - how much

Me - $12k

Her - what, expletive, expletive. That’s as much as a good used car

Me - well, I’ve been looking at these others with SRAM Red for about $5-6k.

Her - well, I guess you need a new bike

Me - yeah, I do.

In the end I spent less than $4k b/c I got everything through a friend at cost…

There is always a hidden cost! My new bike cost me that, plus a new bathroom. Yup, wifey quietly turned aside as I was buying that Pinarello, then a few weeks later hit me with the new bathroom renovation plan and estimate. Construction starts next week. . . .

Wine is easier to hide. Separate credit card. Wine fridge in office. Wine quietly moves from office to offsite storage. Wine fridge in house quietly replenished as needed. Shhh. . . .

[mike_pobega]

@GMcCarthy

Sounds like you need to change Amex from paper to electronic statements.

• a lot.

[Loren_Sonkin]

@Ron Kramer

I can’t tell you how much I miss Shirley chiding me for what I spent on wine.
I also miss telling her what ‘her’ Eiswein cost per half bottle.

Kind of puts it all in perspective Ron.
I think that’s why we can all laugh about these kind of threads. If wine and shoes are our worse vice, its not so bad.

[Sarah_M]

I sometimes hide my purchases from my husband. I’m a wine rep so when I come home with cases, I just say they are samples We have separate as well as a joint accounts. I usually buy the wine on my personal credit card so he doesn’t see the totals. Online delivery is impossible to hide since he often works from home… Also, the cellar is at capacity and I want him to build more racks. Can’t really hide that.

[Peter_Kleban]

@Sarah M

I sometimes hide my purchases from my husband. I’m a wine rep so when I come home with cases, I just say they are samples We have separate as well as a joint accounts. I usually buy the wine on my personal credit card so he doesn’t see the totals. Online delivery is impossible to hide since he often works from home… Also, the cellar is at capacity and I want him to build more racks. Can’t really hide that.

Ah, true love! But is it for him or the wine ?