Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

Mind you, my wife tolerates my preparedness side of me and for the most part agrees with my prudence so this one hit me unexpectedly. I was sitting down working on "family the budget" when my wife says, don't forget GAS money and of course I replied, that's already in there. She shakes her head and spells it out, G...A...S... money. Still uncertain what she means I give her a quizzical look.

She promptly goes "DUH!" G- Gold, A- Ammo, S- Supplies!

Boy that made me smile.

I honestly, have never her that before.

Any ways, just thought I would share :)

Dave

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

Another patriot on board that finally "gets it "...gold at 1000.....


made my day !!!


T

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

can your wife hang out with my wife. My wife is semi on board but still has a inkling of faith in the system :(

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

It wont work....... it never dose...... people have to see it for themselves


all we can do is hope and pray that it comes before the door is slamed shut and the REAL slaughter begins....

only 3-9 people out of a 100 understand what is sgoing on and trying to prepare


T

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My wife does get it. She's starting to understand all my rantings about the FED and fiat money creation out of thin air.

She buys me 12 silver oz for the 12 days of xmas.

This year she got me two 1/10 oz gold coins...because as she said..."that's all I could afford..." heh heh heh....:smokin:

Anytime her sister asks what I want for xmas it's "gold or silver". They have been buying me silver for the past 4 years, not much, but enough for them to realize..."hey, we spent $80 on that 10 oz xmas bar 2 years ago and now it's $240!!!" Hopefully, they are wondering...what's going on here....

It does pay to give....

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

:rolleyes_m: Consider yourself lucky Dave...no such luck at the RR bunker.

When gasoline tops $7.00 a gallon and bread is $5.00 a loaf my wife would consider we are in a slight recession for a grand total of maybe five seconds.
Then off to the mall to buy more shoes :D:D

Even being married to a hard core survivalist has no effect,it bounces off and doesn't sink in.

I classify her as a very intelligent person who absolutely has no intention of believing the DOW could crash or America will not remain the same for the next one hundred years.
She thought I had went insane stocking up groceries and survival items prior to Y2K since nobody she knew was doing it.
Go figure...
Anyway....I lost that round.

She is a very religious person with a blind side three miles wide that honestly believes GOD will provide and protect all the true Christians from any harm or starvation through war or economic meltdown...just go about your life and leave the driving to Jesus.
Sad...very sad.
I always figured if GOD really does exist he gave me a brain to reason truth over fiction...to not use it is the deadliest sin.

Between the MSM and religion it's a battle that is best not fought...I have enough brains to call it a permanent checkmate and go it alone.
We are basically complete polar opposites...maybe that's why we get along so well...weird,but it works for us.

This much I have found to be true from personal experience,so take it for what it's worth:

All you guys who are encountering strong resistance and ridicule buying PMs and survival supplies for the safety of your family ?

I am a born salesman with extraordinary powers of persuasion when it comes to raw charisma and attention to detail and knowledge.
Selling millions of dollars worth of equipment to hard case companies nobody could budge was my specialty.
I was sent out as the Terminator of the sales department to potential customers who threw our district sales reps out the door and bought from one of our competitors.
I usually sold them a few million dollars worth of our equipment 99.9% of the time and talked them into junking our competitors equipment within an hour once I got past the reception area.
I never made an appointment either...cold sales calls throw them off their game and confuses them.

:D:D:D

Moral ?

Your family and friends will seldom take you seriously no matter what sales pitch you throw at them.They either believe you after you present the facts or they don't...don't make waves if they ignore you.
Once you are twenty miles from home you become a certified expert and the smartest person on the planet with strangers who have never met you.
They will listen and follow your advice without question...your family will consider you mentally deranged if you use the exact same arguments and methods on them.

So don't get mad or discouraged...I never do.

Just Do It...and damn the torpedos...one day they will thank you.

:D:D:D

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

im in the same boat. - she tolerates it more and more though. She's even beginning to help and participate some. - she's agreed to doing monthly or bi-monthly silver buys as opposed to putting it in savings. I'm beginning to understand, if you don't hit em w/ too much info all at once, and make them understand that you are "preparedness minded" b/c you love your family... it kinda works on em. I had a GREAT talk w/ my lil brother a week ago about ..things. He's a cop and a devil dog and he's starting to come around too. He at one point asked me "I wish I could start prepping.. I believe you, but where do I begin?" It was a long nite:D lol - havent talked so much in some time.

hang in there

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

THAT my friend... is Brilliant truth:applause_

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

Youse folks have it rough.

My wife GIVES me money to purchase things like extra food, firearms, ammo, PM's (I consider brass and lead PM's also).

I just got my last set of AK's. So I'm set in the firearms department. I've still got about $1k to spend on whatever.

Considering doubling my AK ammo yet again. I did so last October. You can NEVER have too much ammo. Yes I reload as well.

The only thing that's freaking me out right now is the cost of fuel. I saw diesel today for $3.89... and it's not even summer yet. I've got a buddy who trades in commodities (specifically oil futures - his investments have quadruapled in the past quarter) and HE SAYS expect between $5 - $6 for REGULAR unleaded. Diesel could be even worse.

THAT scares me pretty bad. And I have it stored up. But that will be bad news for EVERYONE.

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

it sounds like quite a few of our wives need to group up and head on over to the OP's house and have a luncheon with his wife ;)

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

i had to show results for 1 year for the loveflower to see the trend. she has a baby to raise[16 mos] that is a good motorvator.her sister is on board with gold/silver through HER boyfriend. daughter nichole waking up, looked at 401k and said bullshit! happens when it does. be true to yourself, anyway.

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

I have not been buying PMs for long and the first time I bought a 100oz bar at $1100 she about killed me with it. I jokingly asked her if I should sell it this weekend for $2000 and she stopped dead in her tracks and asked how much we had. I told her 102 ozs otherwise I think she would have cashed us out. She now gets the PMs and supplies but is a bit wary still of the G & A. Of course I think she would rather I had more PMs than ammo but that is just not the case.

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

if its been said once, its been said 100 times


AMMO IS pm's :D

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

Agreed. My wife is slowly starting to get it. The real problem, and I fully understand it, is that she doesn't want things to change. I don't either, but I know they will and the only thing I can do about it is be prepared. Most people including my wife tend to think that if they ignore the bad signs, then the problem will go away and nothing bad will happen. If only that were true.

At least she has stopped asking me why I buy food that I'm not planning to eat right away and she doesn't complain as much as before about me buying it.

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

I know the feeling. I had a conversation with a friend last night who said he didn't want to hear about the bad things in the world. He doesn't like hearing people being hard done by or that things are going bad.

like most of the people I know. still my family is now with me on the preps if only for trying to get in before prices go higher.

GAS money is good though.... your wife listening to one of those radio shows?

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

RiverRat,

You know, there is just something about the chemistry difference between women and men when it comes to things like preparation. Mind you there is a minority of women that can see the signs and they probably post/read forums like GIM.

It does make it a lot easier though, when you wife doesn't question your decision to spend money on GAS :D However, I try not to talk about it too much around her because I think she sometimes has a hard time dealing with the reality of the situation, not that she can't handle it but it isn't a very positive topic to discuss.

Dave

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

You know, though geographically that may not make sense, it would if you could find similar minded people in your area.

By the way, I mentioned the comments in this thread to my wife and she got a chuckle. I think she is proud of her acronym. :D

Dave

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

At the rate of fuel increases, if zoning permits in your area, you should consider installing an in ground fuel tank of about 1,000 gallons for diesel. This would be a way of buffering for future fuel prices. It may cost you a few G's to fill but being that with treatment diesel will last 10+ years it could be a good use of your money assuming you haven't already topped off other more important supplies like food, medical, etc.

Dave

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

Not sad at all. In my view God brought you two together.
You sound like the perfect mate for her and she for you.
She loves God... so wouldn't He want her to have a husband that would
protect her and take care of her... Sounds like He couldn't have picked a better guy. :applause_ :applause_

So she buys shoes ... there are worse vices.
Maybe it's her job to pray for you, which I'm sure she does,
so it sounds like you are covering the "here and now" and she is working on the "hereafter".

Perfect!

Peace
TLM

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

Guns were the hardest part with my wife. Full pantries she likes, and cases were just a small step up. Now she gets extra stuff each shopping. And she is very happy about our gains on our PMs.

I kinda missed mentioning how much ammo I ordered in my 1 big buy and put it away quietly. :D I only buy a box of 22 or something in her presence. I would not lie if she asked me, but I suspected she might think I'd gone overboard. I was just thinking with what metal prices were doing what ammo was going to do and thought I'd better get it cheaper.

But she has gotten a whole lot better about guns. I'm thinking about one of those new mossberg 12 ga shotguns, autoloader, that have reduced recoil for her shotgun. Maybe Christmas. She does not complain about the kick of my 12 ga though. But I'd rather she had something that did not kick so hard. And since she asked for a shoulder holster the other day, she might like a shotgun for Christmas. 2 shotguns would make a strong impression on intruders. :wink: There have got to be easier pickings than facing that.

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

HA! Excellent!!

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Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

River R, and I quote...
I classify her as a very intelligent person who absolutely has no intention of believing the DOW could crash or America will not remain the same for the next one hundred years.
All you have to do, is plot a chart of the DOW in gold terms.
It then looks like a sliding "commodity", which is exactly the case. Maybe that will open those beautiful eyes...

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

Since your wife is a Christian, Try sending her to this web site http://silverstockreport.com/book.html. As it shows the bible promotes investing in Gold and Silver and rebuking the Fiat system.
Great start for bringing her on board. :s9:

Re: Wife made me laugh - "GAS Money"
 

I read these posts out loud to my wife just now. That was fun.

Her reply:

"Haven't they ever heard that the man is supposed to rule the household?" This out of the mouth of someone under the age of 30!

How's that for a real throwback?

Anyway, if anyone has a supporting wife, it is me. She out shoots me at the range, lets me buy all the metal I can manage and helps me pack grains into 5 gallon buckets. I drive the car, she is my passenger (but we would be nothing without one another) and we love life together.

Her ideas about things fill in the gaps and our family benefits big time accordingly. Our only difference is that I am a voracious reader and normally out pace her by 5 minutes on the news stuff.

Her conservative family views keep me from flying into orbit at the most important times.

What can I say? I just love her.