The Bestest Wife !

Wait.

She let you ruin a Christmas present, and she's still letting you keep it?!

Your penance should be having to wait until February before you're allowed to touch it!

-Kevin

I tried to convince her that it would have been OK to let me buy what I was looking at and STILL give me the one she bought me !!!!

Two is better than one RIGHT !!!

I tried to convince her that it would have been OK to let me buy what I was looking at and STILL give me the one she bought me !!!!

Two is better than one RIGHT !!!

You might want to be suspicious. In my household such a gesture would be followed up with and I bought this for myself and the nest part is that it was on sale so I saved a lot of money!

Hi Roy,
Very cool! How do you know that there isn't a second one that Santa may deliver! LOL
Hope your Thanksgiving has something rocketry related involved!
Kevin

I'de like to say somethin' Cynical or whatever, but I'm happy for you, and respect that you have been with your Wife for 15 Years.
Congratulations, that's pretty awesome in my Book!:clap::tree:

Nice my wife of 34 years tops that


Due to lack of communication I ended up with 3- 3" Wildman kits here Christmas 2103 lol

I have promised not to buy a single rocket this weekend lol

I may be able to top this story.

Last year before Christmas I implored my bride of 40 years to do something totally out of character: do not buy me anything. She thought I was pulling her leg but I was finally able to con-vince her that I was dead serious, so she reluctantly agreed. I added that our financial situation was rather tight and that I wouldn't be buying any big gifts for her either. What I didn't tell her was that I had already purchased a new, in the box, Estes Saturn-V that I had spotted on Ebay. I had it well hidden in the Man Cave, along with the new 39 inch Samsung HD flat screen television that I had purchased for her. Amazon delivers!

So anyway I gift wrapped the Saturn-V along with a card reading "To Dad, Love Mom", and placed it under the tree on Christmas Eve. (I left the new TV in the Man Cave until the timing was right.)

Christmas Day 2013 finally arrives and the annual disappointment commences. After my son unpacked dozens of boxes of shirts, pants, underware and candies, it was my turn. There was the usual stocking stuffers from my bride but little else. Then my son handed me the long box containing "my gift from Mom". I proceeded to remove the wrapping and show it around, all the while telling my sweetheart how lucky I was to have a girl like her and that she really shouldn't have spent so much on me. It was quite touching.

Then I asked her when the feast would be ready, which was greeted with a less than enthusiastic response. (I think it's called, "The Stink Eye") I had her completely hooked as she disappeared into the kitchen. As soon as the coast was clear, I retrieved the TV and placed it on the fireplace hearth. Then my son told her, "hey mom, there's one more thing for you". When she returned to the living room and I pointed it out to her, she at first didn't know what she was looking at. Then she realized what it was and that I had only been playing one of my childish pranks.

Once I got it all hooked up in our bedroom, she absolutely loved it as the old Zenith was ready to give up the ghost. Of course, we got clobbered by a heavy thunderstorm in April which rotated the antenna away from Dallas and now all we get is Oklahoma stations. I guess I know what I'll buy her this Christmas. :wink:

Does she know about a meeting behind a truck stop to get 6" casting tubes?

M

I think a lot of us have understanding significant others. I brought home a cato'ed rocket from our club's October launch and was told to go out and get another one to replace it. Mind you, I had just brought home an Ultimate Wildman not 3-5 days before that. Three new kits tonight; never batted an eye. She even saw me looking at a massive 8" Darkstar and probably wouldn't have flinched if it showed up on the doorstep. (I would have though.) I just don't ever tell her to stop buying yarn... :grin:

Doug

To expound further on what Doug said in the post above, it seems like most of us here on TRF married up.

Just saying.

michigander said:

Nice my wife of 34 years tops that


Due to lack of communication I ended up with 3- 3" Wildman kits here Christmas 2103 lol

I have promised not to buy a single rocket this weekend lol

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I wouldn't buy a single rocket either... I'd try to score 4.

o1d_dude said:

To expound further on what Doug said in the post above, it seems like most of us here on TRF married up.

Just saying.

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Oh Yeah. Way up. Just sayin' again !

rdbones - congrats on many levels.

MClark said:

Does she know about a meeting behind a truck stop to get 6" casting tubes?

M

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Yes and she approved of it - In Advance Even !!!

tmacklin said:

I may be able to top this story.


.... Of course, we got clobbered by a heavy thunderstorm in April which rotated the antenna away from Dallas and now all we get is Oklahoma stations. I guess I know what I'll buy her this Christmas. :wink:

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Wait! You mean you are going to buy her Dallas???

o1d_dude said:

To expound further on what Doug said in the post above, it seems like most of us here on TRF married up.

Just saying.

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Agreed +1 to that!


Launching rockets (or missiles in my case) is so easy a chimp could do it. Read a step, do a step, eat a banana.

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fyrwrxz said:

Wait! You mean you are going to buy her Dallas???

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After watching yesterday's game, Jerry Jones can keep Dallas! Actually, I'm trying to find someone willing to climb up the 40 foot tower and aim the antenna back where it was. If that doesn't work I'll buy her a fly rod and attach rails to the tower so I can fly high power in style!

So on Wildman's Black Wednesday sale, I spent about $100 that I reluctantly admitted to my wife. She didn't mind so much, just looked at me grumpily. Then last night, SHE was the one urging me to buy a DYOK from Rocketry Warehouse... Yep. SHE told me to buy it like 8 times before I finally folded. Best wife ever. Game, set, match.