My Wife Caught Me

[Rockinvet]

She saw some charges on the bank account that were not local. I knew I was caught but I covered as best as I could. It was a week before Christmas and I had not done my Christmas Shopping. I made a small charge that gave away my location and when I got home I was questioned. So I kept my cool and told her I had to go to the Outlet Mall that was an hour away because that was the only location that had a Christmas present I wanted to buy for her. She was still suspicious because I would spend hours on the Ipad and computer looking for just the right match. I met with her at the airport near the mall. When I got there she was not there but we hooked up and there she was. A Beautiful spalted maple guitar with humbuckers. It was a cheap guitar but I just wanted something I could test pickups on. It was a Les Paul style but not a rip off it was its own thing. A Samick George Bennett AV3. Half the price of an Epiphone Les Paul but good enough for the project.

I thought it worked but days later my son and my wife confronted me about where I had been. She knew I was up to something with all the emails on the iPad, secret texts and messaging on my computer. My son looked at me, smiled and said, “you bought another guitar.” I was busted, so I confessed.

But that is not the end of the story. Just 2 days after Christmas I was scanning the internet for pickups and lo and behold I found a Les Paul Tribute for about half price. Could this be true? The ad was only 28 minutes old. So I texted and called. My heart was racing. GAS was back. I had no control. I told my wife I wish I did not buy the other guitar and she asked why. I said I just found a guitar that I wouldn't have to mod. You know what she said? “Go ahead and buy it.” She was enabling me! OMG. Then, I got a text and a call. Apparently it was a distressed sale. The guy needed money and was selling at a loss. So I hopped in my car and the rest is history. I bought it. But no, there's more. I was playing my Strat and it was just in desperate need of pickups. So I went on Amazon and bought some Fender Ultra Noiseless pickups.

In just two weeks I bought 2 guitars and 2 sets of pickups. I had been clean for a year. I have GAS again.

 

[ABetterTelePlayer]

Awesome story! I couldn't help but laugh. Serves you right, hope she made you sleep on the couch and your son eats all your cereal.

LOL!!!!

 

[blue metalflake]

Hard to keep it hidden !

 

[Bastion Highwalk]

This reminds me of the truest of all internet wisdom:
My biggest fear is that when I die my wife will sell my guitars for what I told her I paid for them.

 

[marc2211]

It's the way it goes sometimes.

I was minus 6 guitars and 3 amps in 2022. Nothing new came in. I was free, I was out of it. I was never going back in.

Then in December I ended up finding my dream (not) Les Paul - a Schecter Solo Six that was NoS. My perfect amp - Blackstar HT20R mkii. An Epiphone Firebird I had always wanted. Backed up by a JHS 70's Fuzz pedal. Oh, and a new Laptop to record with...

I feel your pain. You are among friends.

 

[carpenter]

No pictures?

 

[old school fender]

Better to ask forgiveness than permission!

 

[Rockinvet]

No pictures?

Of course I forgot to provide evidence!

 

[Recce]

I want a black Les Paul with gold tuners,etc. It can’t weigh too much. I am not looking but I can find the Gibson Garage in Nashville so there is that.

This is bad writing this has caused me to go look at Black Les Pauls. Luckily nothing I really like can I afford or actually want to buy. Also all were heavy, yuck.

 

[marc2211]

Of course I forgot to provide evidence! View attachment 1071947 View attachment 1071948

Wow congrats! They look like lovely guitars!

 

[Jakedog]

I don’t know what this is like. I just tell my wife “I really could use _____”. She says “how much is it?”. I say “_____”. And she either says “Ok.” or says “Ok, give me a bit to figure it out.”

Of course I really only buy stuff I need to work. Any frivolous impulse buys I make are less than $50 and I only pay cash. Like if I go for strings and see a funky used pedal or something for cheap.

 

[Rockinvet]

I don’t know what this is like. I just tell my wife “I really could use _____”. She says “how much is it?”. I say “_____”. And she either says “Ok.” or says “Ok, give me a bit to figure it out.”

Of course I really only buy stuff I need to work. Any frivolous impulse buys I make are less than $50 and I only pay cash. Like if I go for strings and see a funky used pedal or something for cheap.

Sometimes my sense of humor gets the best of me. It was kinda tongue in cheek. I haven’t been around much lately and thought I’d place a fun post. Yes sometimes I feel like sneaking a new acquisition and she just smiles and shakes her head. But she’s great. We’ve been married over 40 years. I had just moved and sold a lot off gear so she knows I have an “equipment fund.” GAS is a funny thing.

The story is true though. She got a kick out of it but was very supportive when I found the Les Paul Tribute. She said, just go and buy it. Hopefully, I may start gigging here in the near future and I did need to upgrade my gear.

 

[tele_pathic]

The weekend before last was our 30th anniversary. We both agreed not to do or buy anything. Well, I don't know why but I got it in my head to get her a pearl ring. She's really been into rings lately: she got a couple nice rings for Christmas, and it seems rings are a constant point of conversation (ugggg. why does golf or guitar bore her but I have to listen to rings?). Anyway, went to a jewelry store on the Thursday before our anniversary on Monday. We usually pay bills Sunday night, and while I suggested we skip it this week, she just couldn't. Saw the charge, asked, I couldn't lie, so I said, "don't worry about. Also, don't feel like you have to do anything. You don't!"

Well, holy sunnavabitch! She gets mad and says, "Dang it! I thought we agreed not to do anything. Now I HAVE to do something. You arsewhole!" And at our anniversary dinner, I give her the ring and a pair of matching earrings I didn't anticipate but perfectly matched the ring, and she hands me a hand-written card with a touching note that says matching amount in indoor golf range. Well, I'm not gonna argue that, but I certainly didn't expect it. But man, when she saw that charge, she was SOOOOOO mad!!!!

 

[GeneB]

I have an Epi 339 that I bought ten years ago in sunburst. A local dealer had a red Gibson ES-339 on sale for 35% off list. It was made in Nashville (one of the first 339's) in 2020 and I grabbed it. I am thinking of selling the EPI 339 and replacing it with an EPI sunburst Casino. They look close enough to each other that I doubt wifee would even notice. I use a spare bedroom to keep my 9 guitars and 1 bass on stands/hangers along with my Mustang III and she doesn't really go into that room. It's 100% my stuff. She has three dedicated closets to compensate. But I don't have any P90 guitars and you have to have at least one P90 ax in the collection right?

 

[Nightclub Dwight]

The weekend before last was our 30th anniversary. We both agreed not to do or buy anything. Well, I don't know why but I got it in my head to get her a pearl ring. She's really been into rings lately: she got a couple nice rings for Christmas, and it seems rings are a constant point of conversation (ugggg. why does golf or guitar bore her but I have to listen to rings?). Anyway, went to a jewelry store on the Thursday before our anniversary on Monday. We usually pay bills Sunday night, and while I suggested we skip it this week, she just couldn't. Saw the charge, asked, I couldn't lie, so I said, "don't worry about. Also, don't feel like you have to do anything. You don't!"

Well, holy sunnavabitch! She gets mad and says, "Dang it! I thought we agreed not to do anything. Now I HAVE to do something. You arsewhole!" And at our anniversary dinner, I give her the ring and a pair of matching earrings I didn't anticipate but perfectly matched the ring, and she hands me a hand-written card with a touching note that says matching amount in indoor golf range. Well, I'm not gonna argue that, but I certainly didn't expect it. But man, when she saw that charge, she was SOOOOOO mad!!!!

There is bad mad and good mad, and it sounds like you got the good mad. Sometimes its worth it to stick your neck out, even knowing there might be consequences. In the long run, I bet she's going to love the jewelry, long after any memory of being mad.

 

[TheCheapGuitarist]

My wife caught me once but I told her I was only adjusting myself.

 

[rcole_sooner]

 

[brbadg]

She saw some charges on the bank account that were not local. I knew I was caught but I covered as best as I could. It was a week before Christmas and I had not done my Christmas Shopping. I made a small charge that gave away my location and when I got home I was questioned. So I kept my cool and told her I had to go to the Outlet Mall that was an hour away because that was the only location that had a Christmas present I wanted to buy for her. She was still suspicious because I would spend hours on the Ipad and computer looking for just the right match. I met with her at the airport near the mall. When I got there she was not there but we hooked up and there she was. A Beautiful spalted maple guitar with humbuckers. It was a cheap guitar but I just wanted something I could test pickups on. It was a Les Paul style but not a rip off it was its own thing. A Samick George Bennett AV3. Half the price of an Epiphone Les Paul but good enough for the project.

I thought it worked but days later my son and my wife confronted me about where I had been. She knew I was up to something with all the emails on the iPad, secret texts and messaging on my computer. My son looked at me, smiled and said, “you bought another guitar.” I was busted, so I confessed.

But that is not the end of the story. Just 2 days after Christmas I was scanning the internet for pickups and lo and behold I found a Les Paul Tribute for about half price. Could this be true? The ad was only 28 minutes old. So I texted and called. My heart was racing. GAS was back. I had no control. I told my wife I wish I did not buy the other guitar and she asked why. I said I just found a guitar that I wouldn't have to mod. You know what she said? “Go ahead and buy it.” She was enabling me! OMG. Then, I got a text and a call. Apparently it was a distressed sale. The guy needed money and was selling at a loss. So I hopped in my car and the rest is history. I bought it. But no, there's more. I was playing my Strat and it was just in desperate need of pickups. So I went on Amazon and bought some Fender Ultra Noiseless pickups.

In just two weeks I bought 2 guitars and 2 sets of pickups. I had been clean for a year. I have GAS again.

You're a grown man.Jesus.

 

[jkingma]

Nice guitar

 

[BigDaddyLH]

My wife caught me once but I told her I was only adjusting myself.

First thing I thought of.