Today's Game: UPS vs The Mrs.

[Patrick_Taylor]

My shipment today would have been hard to hide. Maybe they wouldn’t notice another room made of wine boxes?

Wine? What wine? This is an indoor igloo for the kids.

[John_L_Hall]

UPS is delivering wine today. I am anxiously tracking it.

My wife just ran out to get lunch.

UPS delivered the wine before she returned.

I WIN!!!

Next up: Fedex vs The Mrs.

OMG - I play this game at least 3x a week!!

Hilarious.

John

[David_Kim]

My shipment today would have been hard to hide. Maybe they wouldn’t notice another room made of wine boxes?

Wow. Just enough to get through the weekend?

[Markus_S]

I could not imagine a relationship where my partner did not enjoy wine.

Hate to say this, but sometimes that is why a person can still be single. Sometimes need to take one of something for non of something else. Unfortunately. Tradeoffs suck sometimes.

[Chris_Seiber]

UPS is delivering wine today. I am anxiously tracking it.

My wife just ran out to get lunch.

UPS delivered the wine before she returned.

I WIN!!!

Next up: Fedex vs The Mrs.

My advice. Take her to wineries with you. The more she gets to see the wineries, meets the people at the wineries, and tastes the wines, the more she will want to drink the wines from the wineries you visit.

Congratulations on 38 years. We are at 22 and going strong.

Unfortunately, your thoughtful suggestions do not apply, though not for lack of trying. My wife is a super taster; her palate registers tannins as off-the-charts bitter. She is hypoglycemic, too, so residual sugar is a problem. And her grandfather was an alcoholic. That’s a few too many strikes for shared vino experiences, though we did have a lovely visit to Melville and Liquid Farm a few years ago.

And of course, she knows about my purchases and is generally OK with it. I have a monthly wine budget that I mostly stick to, and it helps that it is my only hobby. No sports cars or other middle-aged money pits.

My wife loves wine, going to wineries, will sometimes come to tasting dinners with me, and all of that. Yet nonetheless, she is somewhere between annoyed and horrified at the amount of money I spend and the number of bottles we have. So we have our share of the cat and mouse game that goes on, the occasional flare-up, and so forth.

[Merrill_Lindquist]

I could not imagine a relationship where my partner did not enjoy wine.

Hate to say this, but sometimes that is why a person can still be single. Sometimes need to take one of something for non of something else. Unfortunately. Tradeoffs suck sometimes.

I stand my ground. Wine is too important to me, and would be to the relationship, to overlook.
Sitting in a nice restaurant, eating beautiful food, and not being able to share our thoughts about the beverage, would not work for me.

[Patrick_Taylor]

My wife loves wine, going to wineries, will sometimes come to tasting dinners with me, and all of that. Yet nonetheless, she is somewhere between annoyed and horrified at the amount of money I spend and the number of bottles we have. So we have our share of the cat and mouse game that goes on, the occasional flare-up, and so forth.

I do get the occasional annoyed look or moderately ruffled feather or three, but as long as I stay on/near budget it is ok. Also, not having wine every night goes a long way. That can be annoying for me, but she is right that I don’t need to have alcohol every night. With only 1 drinker in the house that could become a problem.

[Patrick_Taylor]

I stand my ground. Wine is too important to me, and would be to the relationship, to overlook.
Sitting in a nice restaurant, eating beautiful food, and not being able to share our thoughts about the beverage, would not work for me.

I understand your point of view. I am thankful that my wife is as much of a foodie as I am. We’ve shared some great meals together.

[John_Morris]

Seesh, Howard, lighten up! This is supposed to be a light-hearted tongue-in-cheek thread.

On topic, this is a reason I have wine shipped to my office. Only now it’s turned into a game of intercepting the boxes so my associates don’t think I have a problem!

Exactly! A colleague of mine some years back was a wine critic on the side, so he got a lot of deliveries at the office. One day the receptionist came to me and said, “I’m worried that X has a drinking problem.”

[Howard_Cooper]

My shipment today would have been hard to hide. Maybe they wouldn’t notice another room made of wine boxes?

I always love how you guys make my wine buying seem so reasonable by comparison.

[Rich_Brown]

UPS is delivering wine today. I am anxiously tracking it.

My wife just ran out to get lunch.

UPS delivered the wine before she returned.

I WIN!!!

Next up: Fedex vs The Mrs.

Ha ha! I’ve definitely played this game many times. Then it’s a mad scramble to get the wine in your cellar and try to breakdown the cardboard before she gets home. Yet another reason why styrofoam sucks. So hard to get rid of the evidence

[Patrick_Taylor]

Ha ha! I’ve definitely played this game many times. Then it’s a mad scramble to get the wine in your cellar and try to breakdown the cardboard before she gets home. Yet another reason why styrofoam sucks. So hard to get rid of the evidence

Styrofoam, smh. Check out this classic WB thread on that topic.

Wineries please note - I am sick of styro shippers

[Pat_Burton]

UPS is delivering wine today. I am anxiously tracking it.

My wife just ran out to get lunch.

UPS delivered the wine before she returned.

I WIN!!!

Next up: Fedex vs The Mrs.

My advice. Take her to wineries with you. The more she gets to see the wineries, meets the people at the wineries, and tastes the wines, the more she will want to drink the wines from the wineries you visit.

Congratulations on 38 years. We are at 22 and going strong.

Unfortunately, your thoughtful suggestions do not apply, though not for lack of trying. My wife is a super taster; her palate registers tannins as off-the-charts bitter. She is hypoglycemic, too, so residual sugar is a problem. And her grandfather was an alcoholic. That’s a few too many strikes for shared vino experiences, though we did have a lovely visit to Melville and Liquid Farm a few years ago.

And of course, she knows about my purchases and is generally OK with it. I have a monthly wine budget that I mostly stick to, and it helps that it is my only hobby. No sports cars or other middle-aged money pits.

I hope so, since many of those shipments come to her office.

[Patrick_Taylor]

I hope so, since many of those shipments come to her office.

I should have been addressing these to you all along!

[Tom_G_l_a_s_g_o_w]

I hope so, since many of those shipments come to her office.

I should have been addressing these to you all along!

Big haircut though

[RichardFlack]

UPS is delivering wine today. I am anxiously tracking it.

My wife just ran out to get lunch.

UPS delivered the wine before she returned.

I WIN!!!

Next up: Fedex vs The Mrs.

I’m confused. Is this UPS vs The Mrs, or is it The Mr vs The Mrs ?

[Patrick_Taylor]

I’m confused. Is this UPS vs The Mrs, or is it The Mr vs The Mrs ?

Remind me to never introduce you to my wife.

[Jayson_Cohen]

My shipment today would have been hard to hide. Maybe they wouldn’t notice another room made of wine boxes?

[divorce.gif]

[Alex_N]

My shipment today would have been hard to hide. Maybe they wouldn’t notice another room made of wine boxes?

That’s about the size of my entire collection!

[Patrick_Taylor]

I hope so, since many of those shipments come to her office.

I should have been addressing these to you all along!

Big haircut though

Good point. Pat B’s vig is prolly worse than WineBid.