Very Important Poll: When and How to Tell to a Woman that you enjoy Fireamrs?

[Douglas Jr.]

Ok folks,

Here is a very important question: when and how to tell to a girlfriend/wife that you also like to collect/fire guns?

This question came to my mind right after I start my last date.

What would you do, my friends?

I´m counting with your opinions!!!

Douglas.

[Matt Weber]

Telling her is the easy part! Wheather or not she likes guns is the tough part!

My wife hates guns! and she lets' me know it every time I go to a gun show, go shooting, or just clean my guns!
She hates them.
That is why I just brought a nice Oak gun cabinet to put in our living room to diplay all my guns! I'll put it right next to her curio cabinet full of "precious moments"!moremad

Matt

[Ralph A]

I solved the problem by choosing one...

...that had more firearms than I did!

[Doug See]

As one who is getting (re-)married in two weeks, I can tell you from experience that telling her on the first date is a must. My first wife didn't notice I was collecting guns until a little while before she filed for divorce.

I made sure future wife #2 knew all about my habit right away.

[Douglas Jr.]

Well...

Well...

At least I can see that I´m not alone...

Douglas.

[David Tiffin]

My first wife, I used to but the gun and stick it in the closet. Wait for about 6 months and pull it out to clean or what ever and when she would ask about it I would just tell her I had it for years. Her response was "oh". They never came up in my divorce.

[Matt Weber]

David,
That's funny because I do the exact same thing!
She doesn't take too much interest in them, so she doesn't know when I get new ones!

Matt

[Douglas Jr.]

Man, it´s universal problem!!!!!!!!!

Hey folks,

I hadn´t figured out how bad we are!!!

When I want to hide that I bought a new one, I putevery gun that I own over the table "to clean" them all. As a woman never knows anything about guns, it is easy to check the new item!

Douglas.

[david w]

Calmly explain that your love of firearms preceeded any feelings you may harbor for her and unlike a woman the guns will increase in value as they age becoming more desirable rather than less.If shes still around after that dose of reality keep her,if not you still have your guns.I know a lot of guys forced to sale or hide their collections,what a crappy life.Just remember that when it comes to women,if you stand them all on their heads they look the same.

[JasonS]

When my wife and I were first dating I was just getting into hunting. A month later I told her that I was enrolled in a hunter saftey class and that the next weekend my friend (who was getting me involved in hunting) were going pheasant hunting if she would like to go. She said "No thanks, but have fun." I guess I was lucky to find a woman who loved me for who I am. She even bought me an over/under shotgun for our first anniversary.

Be upfront and honest about what you enjoy. If you feel like you have to hide it, it will be a miserable relationship.

JasonS

[Tim Miller]

The sooner the better.

On a side note..... My wife (girlfriend at the time) told me she was pregnant. We decided to get married, but first I had to talk things over with her Dad. She was 18 at the time, I was 21 and in the Army. Now her Dad had just found out that she was pregnant the day before, and I was going to ask for permission to marry her. Jennifer (my wife now) told me that we all should go for a drive (up to the Hunting camp - her Dad had to sight in his rifle for hunting season) and talk about everything on the way up there with her parents. I had no clue how he was taking things - her being pregnant, me asking for permission to marry. Now I love guns.... but this situation made me a little nervous. I took my rifle, met the future inlaws, and found out my wife to be could really shoot! That helped seal the deal.

[kiwicollector]

I believe in telling as soon as possible, that is if you are serious about the relationship. Best to start on the right footing with openess and honesty. My personal rule was to never date a girl that smoked and be open in that if I was asked to choose between my guns or her, she'd come second best.

My reason? Anyone who asks you to make such a choice does not respect you as a person and so the relationship has no future, better to cut your losses early.

[Cam_S]

Tell Her as Soon as possible

Hello,
I seem to remember a similar thread about a wife asking one of the forum members to sell his EK's etc. Personally I think that you should tell her right away. If she does not accept them that means that she does not accept you.

Now the biggest problem that I have is explaining why I "decide" to pay I hell of alot of money for some of my collection. The common thing that I hear from the girlfriend is "AND WHY DID YOU SPEND THAT MONEY ON A PIECE OF METAL AND NOT ME???" and by the way they are capatalized for a reason . From the sounds of the other posts most of use catch the same flack.

If she still doesn't get it I just say "think how much they will be worth in 30 years" and it normally calms her down. But then she gets this wierd look in her eyes , which I normally see just before she spends some of my money.


Anyways I have gone on enough.

Cam

[Matt Weber]

Boy this is an old thread! I just re-read it now, and my first posting was February 2003! Now it's more than 2 years later, and my divorce will be final in 2 months!

That just goes to show you guys, I wasn't lying!

Just started seeing this new female friend of mine, whom I've known for about 3 years now. On our very first date, I took her back to my place, and showed her a few guns, and my swords. She loved the Samauri swords!!

But couldn't figure out why a pistol is called a "luger", when it should be called a "Pistol". I explained to her that it was actually a "pistola parabellum", but that went right over her head of course!
Can't ask for everything, but at least she likes them, and is very excited to go shooting! She also wants me to find her a .25cal pocket pistol that she can strap to the inside of her thiegh!

Oh also, she has a frickin' smokin' hot *** body!

Matt

[P08]

Be honest right from the start. If it scares her off then it wouldn't have worked anyway.


Now what if you're a gunnut AND likes classic sportscars also?