i need ideas for convincing my wife

[skullmaster]

theres a really cool ball python i want but my wife says we have enough snakes...i say 2 is not enough and they are corns..i want a ball too...anyone have ideas i can use to make her let me get it hehe

 

[jeff7777]

wife dilemma

tell her that you will watch a chick flick with her every sunday night instead of watching sopranos...heh-heh

 

[Clay Davenport]

anyone have ideas i can use to make her let me get it hehe

Not without bringing your masculinity into question :laugh:

As long as you're not talking about a piebald or anything just get it, what's she going to do leave you over a ball python? The idea of my wife letting me do something is so foriegn I can't really imagine it.
My wife and I have an understanding, I keep snakes and she doesn't say anything about it. This was the sole condition I made prior to the marriage 15 years ago. While I usually warn her if I'm buying something over $1000, it's not to ask permission.
I'm expecting 12 snakes to come in today, and haven't bothered to mention it.

 

[Junkyard]

Dang Clay, I should have thought of that before I got married. I am now at that point with her, but it took some time. I actually discussed this in my forum What is Your Best Excuse

There are a few excuses in there that may help.

 

[tstrenuous10]

we all know the answer to this one.


bring the snake home and then take her shopping and to dinner. she is going to want to spend DOUBLE the snakes cost and is going to keep saying "we dont NEED a snake" when you tell her she doesnt need new shoes so i would just plan on having another $250 lying around cuz she remembers ABOUT (always more) the cost of the tanks and old snakes plus food for it.


o and get an electric blanket while your out, its going to be cold for the next couple night on the couch.

 

[Lucille]

There are some things I would not permit a significant other who lived in my home to have:

1) spiders (yuck)
2) illegal drugs, other illegal stuff
3) hookers, boyfriends, girlfriends

Other than that, I don't think that telling someone what they can and cannot have is something I would want to do. If they wanted to collect something weird and arcane like shrunken heads, I might ask that the items not be displayed in the living room (unless they belonged to my exes) but I wouldn't tell them they were forbidden.

 

[hhmoore]

I use one of two techniques:
1) I'm buying this
2) I bought this

 

[Junkyard]

..they wanted to collect something weird and arcane like shrunken heads, I might ask that the items not be displayed in the living room...

Hey, I own a shrunken head! I have it displayed too where everyone can see it. Okay so it is a sheepskin head(but being tribal made it looks pretty darn real), the real ones cost way too much money. I have looked.

 

[SPJ]

I'm expecting 12 snakes to come in today, and haven't bothered to mention it.

I use the same approach. LOL.
There is a knock at the door, she signs for the package, and then calls me at work asking WTH she just signed for.

You should have seen the look on her face when when she got home when all these rescues got dropped of last month while she was at work.

 

[Lucille]

Hey, I own a shrunken head!

Yeah but I don't think it belongs to any of my exes, I think they are all among the living.
Ya never know, though: they never used their heads, they might not miss them even if they were gone....

 

[Laura Fopiano]

Well, I'm no longer married so I really don't qualify

but what the heck.....I used to try the "discussion approach", the "tax write off" (I had a C-corp) the "what's one more rat when I buy wholesale" and my favorite....the dumb blond approach "snake?? what new snake" "ohhh that snake"......and there's always the...I'll give you hXXd for a week straight if I can buy this snake. LOL Hope that helps your dilemma

I now just buy what ever I want, when ever I want it!! Gotta love the single life sometimes!!

 

[Scott Ashton]

but what the heck.....I used to try the "discussion approach", the "tax write off" (I had a C-corp) the "what's one more rat when I buy wholesale" and my favorite....the dumb blond approach "snake?? what new snake" "ohhh that snake"......and there's always the...I'll give you hXXd for a week straight if I can buy this snake. LOL Hope that helps your dilemma

I now just buy what ever I want, when ever I want it!! Gotta love the single life sometimes!!

Yeah divorce is going to be your path of least resistance.

And if you find single life distasteful, it looks like your enthusiasm for snakes could yield some outstanding side benefits should you wed Ms. Fopiano.

 

[markface]

yeah i at first made the mistake of getting rid of my reptiles for my ex . now the ex is gone and i'm getting back into reptiles . no excuses needed here anymore either .

 

[Laura Fopiano]

Why thank you Mr. Ashton.........but I'd rather stick a hot soldering iron in my eye than marry again.....hahahhaha
No really I do believe in true love and all the happy bull sxxt however until Mr. right and I find each other.....I'll enjoy breeding and proving out my animals....

 

[darkbloodwyvern]

Some things you can do:

Do something really sexy, like learn to give a really good massage

Clean the whole house-and do it really well (a lot of my women friends will literally do whatever their guy wants if he surprises them with a well cleaned house/bedroom/whatever)

but her equal treats in the form of clothes, dinner, whatever she wants.

basically, i would do anything that she really likes. ask her " what will it take for you to let me get X snake, " and do it if it is something you can do. I would discuss some sort of similar plan so that when you want another snake later on, all you have to say is, guess what, we're shopping again, going out tonight to celebrate my new snake etc... lol

good luck!

 

[Junkyard]

yeah i at first made the mistake of getting rid of my reptiles for my ex . now the ex is gone and i'm getting back into reptiles . no excuses needed here anymore either .

That was one thing I lucked out with when I found my wife. I had a nasty little snake when we were dating and she did not mind. She also knew the snake was not going anywhere just because she was now around. This snake has even become a favorite of hers in our collection. Of course the snake is also the calmest and nicest one we own, now.

 

[hhmoore]

all that snake needed was a woman's touch and calming influence,
lol

 

[Junkyard]

Not that snake, my wife would not get within reach of it until the boa calmed down.

 

[PerfectPetPython]

the dumb blond approach "snake?? what new snake" "ohhh that snake"......and there's always the...I'll give you hXXd for a week straight if I can buy this snake. LOL Hope that helps your dilemma

I love being a female... We usually end up getting whatever kind of animal we want when we say the right words.

 

[YJHB]

I love being a female... We usually end up getting whatever kind of animal we want when we say the right words.

Heh, amen to that...

I like what darkbloodwyvern said; treat her like a queen, do the dishes and clean up a little - even go shopping with her and hold her stuff while she shops. This means so much. Don't insult her intelligence with trying to lie - admit that yes, you are doing all these nice things partly because you have your heart set on another snake, but then tell her how beautiful she is and that you love her (we women LOVE that). Stress how happy it would make you - everyone wants to see their beloved happy. Remember though that if you're fighting, your happiness is the last thing on her mind. If you're happy with each other and you just did something nice for her, that goes a long way, you know?

One more thing...the fact that you even cared enough for her feelings to post this query is GREAT!!! You should show this to her, this would prove to her how much you value her!