Today's Game: UPS vs The Mrs.

CFu · April 18, 2020, 4:43am

the most dangerous game

PeterH · April 18, 2020, 4:48am

My wife doesn’t like it when the wine is delivered, but she doesn’t mind at all when the cork is popped.

Michael_Sterling · April 18, 2020, 5:03am

Bingo

brigcampbell · April 18, 2020, 5:25am

Josh just owned this thread.

dteng · April 18, 2020, 6:45am

Wife also tracking your shipment, and decides to leave precisely when it gets there to make you think you won…as she deviously hides her Jimmy Choo shoe purchases…

So who won again?

Patrick_Taylor · April 18, 2020, 7:33am

This is some next level stuff, implying that she knew. But suppose I knew that she knew. Maybe the UPS game was a diversion for the Fedex shipment that I coordinated with Josh…

(hangs head)

She knew all along.

Arv_R · April 19, 2020, 12:13am

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.

Yikes. I should share some of my middle aged money pit hobbies with you!

(don’t forget college prep kids!)

R_Gleiberman · April 19, 2020, 12:19am

I play the game a bit different. I have the boxes held at UPS. Pick them up on the way home. Leave them in the car. Try to move them in undetected later in the night.

J_a_y_H_a_c_k · April 19, 2020, 12:32am

OMG. The streams have crossed twice in a row. First is was Alfert, now Cooper. I have five years on you. Those are good ideas and I have a few extra rules. When we go to vineyards or large tastings and there are buying opportunities, she gets to make all decisions. After a while, she even takes ownership of a few wineries and they are “her” wineries. Black Sears and Benovia.

Howard_Cooper · April 19, 2020, 12:47am

. . . I have been married for almost 38 years. From experience, none of this matters. She knows what you are up to. No matter how hard you try to hide it, she knows how much you are buying and how much you are spending. As soon as you really understand this and know that (at at least some level) she accepts it (even if she does not like it and won’t admit it), the sooner you will get to a zen level.

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.

OMG. The streams have crossed twice in a row. First is was Alfert, now Cooper. I have five years on you. Those are good ideas and I have a few extra rules. When we go to vineyards or large tastings and there are buying opportunities, she gets to make all decisions. After a while, she even takes ownership of a few wineries and they are “her” wineries. Black Sears and Benovia.

For years, I had a hard time figuring out when my wife would like a white Burgundy and when she would not. Seemed totally unrelated to whether I liked the wine or not. However, over the past several years, we have made a few trips to Burgundy and she likes the wines from every white Burgundy producer we have visited. Works for reds also, but not as dramatically. Even works for California wines - as a result of two visits to Stony Hill, she likes those wines also.

Since typically I set up visits when we travel and I generally only set them up at places I like (occasionally we will try something I am curious about), this works out really well.

Alfert made one huge mistake in this regard. He let his wife go to Ovid.

J_a_y_H_a_c_k · April 19, 2020, 1:04am

Yes. Going to the winery is a good part of taking “ownership” of a wine. Except there was that time in 1976 when it was really hot, we had no air conditioning, and we drove to Brotherhood winery. Neither of us took ownership of that.

Dav1d_Sawyer · April 19, 2020, 2:09am

This thread is long overdue.

Marcus_Goodfellow · April 19, 2020, 3:00am

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!

From experience, none of this matters. Your associates know what you are up to. No matter how hard you try to hide it, they know how much you are buying and how much you are spending. As soon as you really understand this and know that (at at least some level) they accept it (even if they do not like it and won’t admit it), the sooner you will get to a zen level.

My advice. Take them to wineries with you. The more they get to see the wineries, meet the people at the wineries, and taste the wines, the more they will want to drink the wines from the wineries you visit.

That’s funny, until you have to start intercepting boxes from your associates…

Marcus_Goodfellow · April 19, 2020, 3:02am

I knew there was a reason you always pick up!

J0seph_S_c_h_e_n_c_k · April 19, 2020, 4:24am

My front desk staff are all married. They abhor the sight of brown or purple or yellow, whichever the color of the pants of the delivery agent lugging my cases in. At least no work comp claims for low back strain yet… Usually a bottle from one of these
Boxes helps.

Pat_Burton · May 5, 2020, 10:03pm

That’s risky…

Merrill_Lindquist · May 5, 2020, 10:39pm

. . . I have been married for almost 38 years. From experience, none of this matters. She knows what you are up to. No matter how hard you try to hide it, she knows how much you are buying and how much you are spending. As soon as you really understand this and know that (at at least some level) she accepts it (even if she does not like it and won’t admit it), the sooner you will get to a zen level.

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.

OMG. The streams have crossed twice in a row. First is was Alfert, now Cooper. I have five years on you. Those are good ideas and I have a few extra rules. When we go to vineyards or large tastings and there are buying opportunities, she gets to make all decisions. After a while, she even takes ownership of a few wineries and they are “her” wineries. Black Sears and Benovia.

For years, I had a hard time figuring out when my wife would like a white Burgundy and when she would not. Seemed totally unrelated to whether I liked the wine or not. However, over the past several years, we have made a few trips to Burgundy and she likes the wines from every white Burgundy producer we have visited. Works for reds also, but not as dramatically. Even works for California wines - as a result of two visits to Stony Hill, she likes those wines also.

Since typically I set up visits when we travel and I generally only set them up at places I like (occasionally we will try something I am curious about), this works out really well.

Alfert made one huge mistake in this regard. He let his wife go to Ovid.

“He let his wife go to Ovid”? Geesh, Howard, you have more than one issue. Does your wife get to sit in the front seat?

Howard_Cooper · May 5, 2020, 10:48pm

OMG. The streams have crossed twice in a row. First is was Alfert, now Cooper. I have five years on you. Those are good ideas and I have a few extra rules. When we go to vineyards or large tastings and there are buying opportunities, she gets to make all decisions. After a while, she even takes ownership of a few wineries and they are “her” wineries. Black Sears and Benovia.

For years, I had a hard time figuring out when my wife would like a white Burgundy and when she would not. Seemed totally unrelated to whether I liked the wine or not. However, over the past several years, we have made a few trips to Burgundy and she likes the wines from every white Burgundy producer we have visited. Works for reds also, but not as dramatically. Even works for California wines - as a result of two visits to Stony Hill, she likes those wines also.

Since typically I set up visits when we travel and I generally only set them up at places I like (occasionally we will try something I am curious about), this works out really well.

Alfert made one huge mistake in this regard. He let his wife go to Ovid.

“He let his wife go to Ovid”? Geesh, Howard, you have more than one issue. Does your wife get to sit in the front seat?

Merrill, there is just something wrong with you. There is a whole thread on Robert’s wife going to Ovid and the consequences to him from that you apparently know nothing about. I have been happily married for almost 38 years and likely will be married to the same person for the rest of my life. I have a strong independent wife. From what I know about Robert (he and I pm often), he has a strong independent wife and has been married a long time. We are all fine.

I don’t know you or want to know you, but you very much seem like a person with severe emotional issues. I feel sorry for you, but I don’t want to deal with your lashing out anymore. I cannot remember a thread that you contributed positively to in a way I will miss, so I have decided to stop dealing with you and put you on ignore. I hope that you can get the emotional help you clearly need.

Mike_S · May 5, 2020, 11:02pm

All wine is sent directly to my off site storage facility.

Mark_Mason · May 6, 2020, 4:27pm

I have all my wine delivered to the office. The mailroom guy calls my deliveries “juice boxes”.