Foy, Match, Old4570, Old-Lumens, ChicagoX, et al...I suggest you run! Though it has never helped me.
lol, mine just thinks i am a dork :)
"stevetexas is not in, Please leave a message at the tone".
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Mine too… ha. I buy lights, she buys purses. Neither are needed beyond 2 or 3 of each, but we like em and can always sell em or give some away.
My wife thinks my homebrew laser is just a "red light".
If she only knew...
She also thinks my dozen or so flashlights are just, "flashlights". The nerve!
I know notheeeeng !
My wife put it in context so many years ago when our son was born. I got on her about all the stroller she bought, the basic, fold up, light weight model, the jogging model with the high, spoked wheels, another of what I thought was a jogging model with huge foam wheels and the luxury model with storage space, cup holders and GPS (no LoJack or alarm but this was close to 20 years ago).
She got on me about all the motorcycles I had at the time. 70s SL70 that was my first real bike, CBR1000F, the last new bike I bought and the one that taught me I'd be dead if I kept riding the way I was, DT400 built to an increadbly stupid quick (not fast) woods bike that would have gotten me if the CBR didn't, and my beloved GL1100, the first new bike I owned and the one I wish I still had.
She said the SL was like her light weight stoller (it was registered at the time, the SL, not the stroller), great for a run up town. The DT was like that funky jogging stroller with the big tires, good for hitting the trails. The spoke wheel stroller was like my CBR, made for covering distance in a short time (we were both very active back then). And the luxury model was like my GL, all day comfort and then some.
Now that I think of it, that may have been the most in tune communication I ever had with my wife! I understood fully why she needed all those strollers and even offered to understand if she needed more being the understanding husband I am.
Anyone want to guess which of those bikes I still have?
I guess I just elaborated on what SecaRob said, we all have our flashlights.
I'm old and I smell bad, she will run the other way!
LOL, my wife is very understanding, since I do the groceries, housework, cooking and laundry, she hardly says a word, but she's not in good enough condition to say much. Strokes can be hell, but I know what the budget is, so I keep it to a level where I don't catch too much hell. She still remembers how to shoot, so I hide the gun. Hell I can't even remember where it is now.
Send your wife over and I'll cook her a meal she can't refuse and do her laundry while she's eating, that will soften her up.
I'm gonna start putting "Don't try this at home!" in me signature...
You have to admit; this flashlight thing . . . it is curious behavior, no? We see it over and over, all the time around here. Somebody signs up, has an innocent question or two and the next thing you know they have so many lights on order they can't remember them all. Two months later they have three dozen flashlights on the shelf, chargers plugged in everywhere and an angry wife with a very strange Paypal statement in her hand . . .
marriagecounselorFoy
I get nervous just thinking about it ..
tell her You'll quit ..tell her anything ...
What's a wife ? Never had one of those , what brand is it , can you buy one from DX ? What batteries do they run on ?
Yes you guys do have a lot of explaining. Send me money and I will tell her its Benkie.
Best summary ever!
Here is an alternate theory..
My Wife Beats Me....
No but Seriously...
Christmas does not mean a thing.......for years now, I can have anything I want and so can she.
Money does not matter, only fun does....I have tons of money and she can get all she wants by beating me.
After need of money disappears, then reality sets in.
A completely different perspective...
I would much rather have my boyfriend or hubby at home enjoying his flashlights rather than sitting at the bar drinking up all our money and flirting with the ladies. Seems cheap by comparison.
Joanne
Better brace yourself Joanne. I think you're about to be deluged by marriage proposals..
sounds just like my wife..I get an "allowance" of sorts which is just a chunk of the budget if we can afford it..whatever I decide to spend it on is of my choosing..I don't rack up credit cards and I never spend what I can't afford from the budget..I never go to the bar other than a Boston Pizza night to watch the UFC with guy friends once and awhile..the wife thinks i'm a geek but she knows she's covered when the power goes out..so at least there's a bright side to the hobby (pun intended)..
Joanne, will you marry me right after my divorce is final? 
Welcome to BLF, by the way!
Ya, my wife doesn't really say anything about my hobbies. I keep to the budget (for the most part) and I lay low once in a while and just play games on the computer... for months on end. Actually I think she likes it better when I'm in the garage instead of listening to the game controller noise 
(we both have PCs in the same small room).
I know she would rather have me home, than out and about. I don't drink or party, so al least she knows I'm home with her.
Old, look in the “adult toy” section of DX, maybe you will find a wife…