A friend of mine has a problem ....

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No, really. Name and location withheld for obvious reasons.

Last year he retired, to an undisclosed estuary in the South West and bought a lovely looking Crabber. I had an email from him, the boat's alright but:

"It's hard to hide the cost of this boat keeping from Jill (his wife, named changed) - there is always something. Have to admit that bits aren't often essential but hard to resist! "

Does anyone have any advice that I could pass on?
 
Once knew a chap who kept both a boat and a mistress secret from his wife....

I'd love to have understood how he managed, but he took his secret to the grave.
 
Smokescreen technique ?

Pick up a few betting shop tickets (losers) and leave them around in trouser pockets for SWMBO to find.

("Just going to spend a few hours with my counsellor, dear, to see if I can overcome this little problem")
 
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Once knew a chap..... but he took his secret to the grave.

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that wasn`t the chap who was murdered by his wife, was it ?
 
Try the diplomatic approach.

Look her in the eyes and say, "I'm spending £X on the boat. You got a problem with that?"

John
 
Trade her in immediatly,no man should have to lie about the cost a sailing.Is he ashamed of himself?As for keeping a mistress.I find its all I do to keep one woman happy!
Bill
 
The answer is "safety" nobody can ever argue against money spent on increasing safety. How do I know this.

At Uni I ran the Freefall Parachute club for a year or so, and along with our henchmen in the Sub Aqua club we used to collar the lions share of the sports club grants.

Q "Do you REALLY need FIVE more reserve parachutes with automatic opening devices"

A "Put it this way..are you going to write to little Jimmies parents when he hits the tarmac at 120 mph and tell them you wouldn't pay for an automatic reserve????"

It was like taking candy off a baby. It just needs a little adaptation before SWMBO is exposed to this outrageous blackmail to enable you to spend exactly what you like on your boat. Its all required for extra SAFETY...there you are..easy isn't it.

Tim
 
whenever you turn up from work with some new kit (always get it delivered to work!) the same old tale comes trotting out "oh i found it in that aft locker! What a bargain we got eh?" to which she replies "oh yes.... " as she disapears to spend another £2 quid on those bargain shoes in the sales .. she finds so many sales... an nwritten truce I think..
 
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"It's hard to hide the cost of this boat keeping from Jill (his wife, named changed) - there is always something. Have to admit that bits aren't often essential but hard to resist! "

Does anyone have any advice that I could pass on?

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Separate bank accounts. Married for (only) 22 years and my salary goes into my account, auto transfer to "housekeeping Joint Account". Whats left is MINE!!!!
 
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whenever you turn up from work with some new kit (always get it delivered to work!) the same old tale comes trotting out "oh i found it in that aft locker! What a bargain we got eh?" to which she replies "oh yes.... " as she disapears to spend another £2 quid on those bargain shoes in the sales .. she finds so many sales... an nwritten truce I think..

[/ QUOTE ] /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif same in our household too. I am sure she keeps the old sale labels to clip on other clothes before I get home, bless

Pete
 
Pay cash to leave no paper trail.

And use your work address - I got a christmas loyalty letter from a chandler saying exactly how much I'd spent in a year.
Even I don't want to know that.

Actually, after my cover was blown, she was very accommodating.

Let's see how it goes with the mistress! (Only joking.)
 
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