Missing in Action

[Seattlefungus]

jfowl31 has been absent sence 6/2/07.... Wedding bells and Honeymoon??? To be replaced by ringing in the ears and honey do's!!!

Congrats to Jord... Hope you're have a grand time and come back soon!

:wink:

[jonboy20]

I think last weekend was it. Congrats......no going back now!!!

[pigpen]

I think last weekend was it. Congrats......no going back now!!!

I was hoping one of us chained-down folks could have talked him out of it.

[jfowl31]

too late fellas!

If i was gonna be talked out of it, it would have been long long ago.... Weve been together for over 6 years, just finally got stable enough financially to tie the knot.

Now Im in the middle of moving into a temporary apartment for a couple months to be followed up by moving into a house we're buying... I dont think Ill be shooting, hunting, fishing, or any of that for a while............... Thats what being married's all about though right?

[casey439]

A Doctor was addressing a large audience in Tampa.

"The material we put into our stomachs is enough to
have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red
meat is awful Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining.
Chinese food is loaded with MSG. High fat diets can be
disastrous, and none of us realizes the long-term harm
caused by the germs in our drinking water. But there
is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we
all have, or will, eat it. Can anyone here tell me
what food it is that causes the most grief and
suffering for years after eating it?"

After several seconds of quiet, a 75-year-old man in
the front row raised his hand, and softly said,
"Wedding Cake."

[SteelCore]

"I dont think Ill be shooting, hunting, fishing, or any of that for a while"

heehee....

http://www.surplusandadventure.com/ishop/images/800/chain_and_ball.jpg

[M1 Tanker]

I dont think Ill be shooting, hunting, fishing, or any of that for a while............... Thats what being married's all about though right?

In 15 years of marriage, it has never stopped me from any of it.....nor slowed me down. A word of advice...set the example NOW....because if you wait you will get hammered.

[okie shooter]

Jfowl31, I think his thought on not doing the things might be because of the move and lack of time and money, not that she is like a ball and chain, Jfowl31 please correct me if I am right on that though, from what I have read about your situation, its just a slight change, you have been together for a while thus making things all prim and proper now.

My gf will go to gunshows and even carry the stuff, thus the jewlery and flowers list applies to things I get there though.

[AK AJ]

Someone with good clerical,firearms,and husband skills needs to come up with a "Firearm to wife gift" chart for all of us that always screw the whole ratio up. Like Ms. AJ for example,she tends to get more pissed when I buy a kit (even though it's less money) then if I buy a whole firearm, She sees them as "a cut up peices of junk", we see them as more then that. My question is, It cost less so should that go into the whole cost less section of the list or the,"she's going to be pissed list"? Even those can vary. I stay in deep poopie even though I am with a girl that is a shooter.

I think as guys we should ban together and compile a chart to help each other out.
Might even make a good list to go on the back of a tee shirt to help out our fellow men!

AJ

[drine]

Make time for both. You can't be gone playing all the time. You can't stay cooped up either. Good advice above from Tanker, get it all settled to start.

I like to go shopping with my wife. Don't say it. There's a method to the madness. Everything she picks up looks nice and isn't too expensive, or so I say. Then on the way out...I get to say "Let's stop by the (any man-type store)" and I'll have the leverage to get some things without creating a stir.
Works like a charm.
I got her to go to an Eastman's gun show once. I told her there was jewelry there. Big mistake, only a bit of crappy trinkets. Now it's just me and my boys. It's better that way.

Jordan, we won't see much of you for a while but don't sell out too early. My brother got married and I had the unenviable task of selling his HK91. 15 years ago now and he still regrets it.

[jfowl31]

Nah she's known me long enough to know that I wont be selling any of my toys just because shes afraid of guns. And I dont mean that in a typical sense of someone being afraid because they dont know anything about them. She could tell you what each one of mine is called and what I use it for, shes just deathly afraid of them... kinda like a person would be of spiders or snakes. Its a little weird. Shes not afraid of the concept of guns, she just doesnt want any part of them.

Ive made her shoot my pistols before, and my 22's just on the fact that since their in the house, she needs to know how to use them, and how not to use them. Most people once they shoot them, they see how relatively harmless they can be in the right hands, and they dont just explode and kill people at will... not her, she still hates them, but she knows that if the need arose, she would know how to point and shoot.

Fishing is a relatively new hobby of mine, and I dont see it taking up too much of our "we" time. I reload late at night on my nights off when shes sleeping, so thats no big deal.

We really will be just fine and dandy, its just odd how opposites attract like that. Though when we met, I was more into sports and wakeboarding than guns, and she was a cheerleader and a gymnist, so the whole gun situation never really came up until we were so in love it wasnt even a factor.

I appreciate the advice guys... we worked all this out a long time ago truly.

Oh btw, it was a little humorous to see some of the looks I got at Disneyworld wearing a big black and yellow NRA hat every day! I got a few head nods from a few down home lookin guys, but mostly got crooked faces from hippies... reminded me of home, walkin into a trendy little eating joint and getting the same looks from my waiter with a Faux-hawk and 43 facial piercings.

[pigpen]

In 15 years of marriage, it has never stopped me from any of it.....nor slowed me down. A word of advice...set the example NOW....because if you wait you will get hammered.

Good answer!!!! My old lady will bitch every now & then about my guns or bullets or reloading or going shooting. I always tell her, would you rather I go skirt chasing & spend the money @ bars on other women. That works somtimes. Still, you need to have some "me" time so you don't become resentful or blow a fuse.