Curious really. I've seen it lolled and kek'd about all the time, but don't know if people are being serious.
I never hide purchases from the wife. She doesn't from me either. She is a proper bookworm - no seriously, she is worse with books than I am with pedals! I often can't get into the bathroom because of piles of dodgy looking manga comics!!
She's a little OCD with it, and not in a Fulltone kinda way. But I don't get cross or anything, it's one of her more endearing character-traits. Reading books + tits = high chance I will find you attractive.
Anyway, we don't hide our hobbies or our purchases from each other. But it seems some people actually do. Makes me wonder why you're even with someone if you have to hide intrinsic parts of your personality to accommodate them.
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No. I'm not married though.
EVen if I was, I wouldn't hide anything.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Turns out I did spend it on an amp anyway, and just drank a bit less a few months later! But still...
He was a fairly successful builder with a lot of spare income, and although she never worked, he was always moaning about the money she spends on 'women things'.
I'm pretty lucky as my wife collects shoes, handbags and coats at a prodigious rate.. I think she figures that as longs as it doesn't get out of hand (which is subjective as I own 20+ guitars) and I'm happy then things are cool.
She does sigh rather loudly though when I mention getting more kit.
Never hide it, we have joint bank account and we share everything...if i didnt have that kind of relationship i probably would not have married her.
We talk about stuff we want to buy and we give each other advice...granted she doesnt know much about guitar gear (although she is learning and surprises me sometimes), but she still does advise on asthetics and gets me to think logically about purchases.
She also has things she spends money on, and she doesnt hide it from me either.
With the exception of my Tyler that I'm currently trying to flog I think that pretty much all the gear I have has either been a gift from her or she has at the very least helped me to buy.
She's tremendously supportive/indulgent but I think she just wishes I'd spend more time actually playing them than discussing them on forums.
Oh, wait !....