Just curious guys....any of you have "issues" with your other half about your hunting habits?
I have a couple buddys where their wives give them alot of flack about the moose hunting trip. One of them simply gets told he's not allowed!! And that's it for him.
I have a typical wife. She's a beauftiful, well-kept half french/half Iroquois woman. She's the mother of my kids, my best friend, my soul mate. She's "M'Lady"!
With that said, she also posess all those traits that are characteristic of most female species. So, I get in a fair amount of #### over my shinnanigans. I had to give up playing hardball a few years back. I've given up some friends that I shouldn't chum around with on a regualr basis. I don't go to bars. I don't fight or get thrown in jail. All in all, I'm a "mature" adult and father.
Now, albeit years of conditioning me from chugging whisky from the bottle and running across the occasional parked cruiser, I'll always have the heart of a country boy. Within that is my passion of hunting.
AND, I've made it clear to my wife that is something best left untouched and undebated. I'll give up just about anything (I do really miss the whisky), but NOT hunting. Point blank!
I put my foot down solidly years and years ago. This is a part of me, a part that will be left unchanged forever. And yes, I suppose she had to choke back a bit of pride with being told that....but she understands. She understands that I have a passion, a relationship with nature that is a close second to ours. She doesn't necessarily like it, but she doesn't debate it, and she never tells me not to do it.
AND, she never complains when I come home and put dinner on the table either!!
One of my cronies whom is resonably new to hunting is getting alot of flack from the wife about the moose trip in particular. I think he uses a very "gentle" approach to it as well. Most women will use the upper hand in this case.
Anyway, here's an excerpt from our recent conversation and my advice on how he will have to approach her at one point...
My buddy - "she is in no way, shape, or form interested in me going at all"
My retort -
NOR WILL SHE EVER BE BUDDY!!
I'll tell you in on a little secret about women. Far and few are interested in our shinannigans, especially hunting, as to them, it's useless. They see no reasonable argument, most will dismiss it as nonsence and tell you you're not allowed.
Your relationship will flourish providing you just don't go. If you want to go, you will eventually have to step in the ring with your wife....whether this year, next year....ten years from now. AND, even if you tell her 9 months ahead of time and she agrees....as the date gets closer, she will start giving you a hard time and playing games. I'm totally serious about this. For you to go on hunting trips, be fully prepared to whip your balls out and TELL the wife you're going and there's no room for negotiation. None! (That WILL put you in the doghouse possibly for a while....buuutt....they get over it. But you have to stand your ground.....especially with your wife....being military....she has "invisible balls")
The conversation went on....but he pretty much agreed with what I had to say.
Anyway....any other CGN'ers have "Wife Issues"?
I have a couple buddys where their wives give them alot of flack about the moose hunting trip. One of them simply gets told he's not allowed!! And that's it for him.
I have a typical wife. She's a beauftiful, well-kept half french/half Iroquois woman. She's the mother of my kids, my best friend, my soul mate. She's "M'Lady"!
With that said, she also posess all those traits that are characteristic of most female species. So, I get in a fair amount of #### over my shinnanigans. I had to give up playing hardball a few years back. I've given up some friends that I shouldn't chum around with on a regualr basis. I don't go to bars. I don't fight or get thrown in jail. All in all, I'm a "mature" adult and father.
Now, albeit years of conditioning me from chugging whisky from the bottle and running across the occasional parked cruiser, I'll always have the heart of a country boy. Within that is my passion of hunting.
AND, I've made it clear to my wife that is something best left untouched and undebated. I'll give up just about anything (I do really miss the whisky), but NOT hunting. Point blank!
I put my foot down solidly years and years ago. This is a part of me, a part that will be left unchanged forever. And yes, I suppose she had to choke back a bit of pride with being told that....but she understands. She understands that I have a passion, a relationship with nature that is a close second to ours. She doesn't necessarily like it, but she doesn't debate it, and she never tells me not to do it.
AND, she never complains when I come home and put dinner on the table either!!
One of my cronies whom is resonably new to hunting is getting alot of flack from the wife about the moose trip in particular. I think he uses a very "gentle" approach to it as well. Most women will use the upper hand in this case.
Anyway, here's an excerpt from our recent conversation and my advice on how he will have to approach her at one point...
My buddy - "she is in no way, shape, or form interested in me going at all"
My retort -
NOR WILL SHE EVER BE BUDDY!!
I'll tell you in on a little secret about women. Far and few are interested in our shinannigans, especially hunting, as to them, it's useless. They see no reasonable argument, most will dismiss it as nonsence and tell you you're not allowed.
Your relationship will flourish providing you just don't go. If you want to go, you will eventually have to step in the ring with your wife....whether this year, next year....ten years from now. AND, even if you tell her 9 months ahead of time and she agrees....as the date gets closer, she will start giving you a hard time and playing games. I'm totally serious about this. For you to go on hunting trips, be fully prepared to whip your balls out and TELL the wife you're going and there's no room for negotiation. None! (That WILL put you in the doghouse possibly for a while....buuutt....they get over it. But you have to stand your ground.....especially with your wife....being military....she has "invisible balls")
The conversation went on....but he pretty much agreed with what I had to say.
Anyway....any other CGN'ers have "Wife Issues"?
