Do you include your spouse in your coin acquisitions?.....poll

topstuf

Well, do ya?.....PUNK?

hamiltonjh

Yes. I tell her usually before I buy it I want it, but if not, i tell her afterwards.

TonedCoinTrader

Are you frikkin....NUTS?

ldhair

Never. Sorry to say she don't care.

If something happens to me she will be using my coins for parking.

Gonfunko

Where's the choice "I'm single...."?

ziggy29

I picked "some of the time," but the best answer for me is "usually not."

I only inform my wife of my intentions before the buy when it's a big-ticket item. We generally make small purchases independently of each other, without any "veto power," and as long as we have all the money we need to pay the bills and fund retirement each month, it's all cool. Most of the coins I buy are less than $300 or so, with many under $100, and I usually don't seek her buy-in for those. Now for a couple of recent purchases (including my icon), I had to let her know what I wanted to do, and in order to keep the peace, sold some coins I wasn't very attached to in order to raise much of the money.

Sometimes I don't tell her when I buy, but show her when I receive the coin -- especially if I think she'll appreciate them. Not long ago, I bought a not-too special item -- a PCGS MS-64 1884-O Morgan. I wanted this coin in 65 for my collection, but I thought this was a premium 64 at less than half the 65 price, plus I just loved the way it looked. This was a small enough purchase that I pulled the trigger on my own without any consultation. I showed it to my wife and she marvelled at how pretty it was. She's not much of a coin person, but she "ooohed and aaaahed" at that coin more than I did. (Had it been a 66, that might not be the case!) And she was surprised something like that could still be had for sixty bucks or so (especially given what I recently paid for a small piece of circulated copper only seven years older).

Jamericon

Before, she only cares where I am going...

After, she only cares how much I spent.

On a more serious note, my wife knows this hobby is important to me, and undertsands that it costs money to participate in. So long as I continue to stay within the bounds (i.e., do not spend the mortgage money) she has no problem.

topstuf

Question just occurred to me reading another thread. I see almost same comments on gun and knife forums.

I've never had the problem as my wife and I had virtually ....NUTTIN....til I got into coins. She is as eager as I am to find a goodun.

We had a coin shop, pawn shop and are now retired.................and STILL INTO COINS !!!

And she's still as enthusiastic.

And ain't NO parkin meter gettin HER (my? our?) coins.

God, I ....pity ..... the dealer who has to buy our accumulation. Actually, I guess I envy him.

Probably she would use auction.

Oh well, just curious. And a bit perplexed that more spouses don't get to see the dynamics and value of learning about something so popular.

I always tell kids to really LEARN about some EXPENSIVE items. Because RICH people buy em and rich people pay people to find MORE of em.


Coins, diamonds, rare cars, collector guns, watches, real estate, paintings, etc.

Coinosaurus

I showed my wife a four-figure toned coin which was totally PQ choice and impossible to find. She goes, "what is all that gunk on it"

puff

Are you frikken...... NUTS!

mgoodm3

I show her a selection of coin that I'm thinking about, she'll tell me which ones she thinks are pretty. She'll commonly steer me toward more expensive coins.

K6AZ

I have found honesty as the best policy. When I tell her ahead of time it goes easier on me. About six months ago when I spent $2k on a Morgan, she hit the roof when she found out, and refused to make my meals for about four days. Since we only have a gas station and a Mc Donalds in town that serve food, life was rough.

khayse

Most of the time, I mean, she's at home and getting the mail so I have to say something, right?

As to prices though, are you freakin' nuts?

-KHayse

FrattLaw

<< <i>I show her a selection of coin that I'm thinking about, she'll tell me which ones she thinks are pretty. She'll commonly steer me toward more expensive coins >>



Ditto, my wife has a great eye for what's pretty. I only had to do it once in my life -- marrying her, but she often knows PQ from trash. She hates coins but does a great job of picking them.

I only have to hide the prices from her!

Michael

SportsModerator

I was not amazed to see myself in the majority responding.

Myqqy

I have found honesty as the best policy. When I tell her ahead of time it goes easier on me. About six months ago when I spent $2k on a Morgan, she hit the roof when she found out, and refused to make my meals for about four days. Since we only have a gas station and a Mc Donalds in town that serve food, life was rough.

Sounds like you should invest in a cook book, and learn a few of the basics!!

idocoins

<< <i>I showed my wife a four-figure toned coin which was totally PQ choice and impossible to find. She goes, "what is all that gunk on it" >>



Mine used to say that they were dirty..........she's gone now and soon half of my coins

jdimmick

No,

My wife has no intrest in coins. Anyway, She buys what she likes with out asking, and so do I.

richbeat

Jamericon and jdimmick:

Lakesammman

She only cares if I made or lost money.

granddad

Never did, and then I divorced her 13 years ago. Smartest thing I have ever done.

Catch22

Hey, I wear the pants in my family! I do what every other real man does when it comes to things like this....I sneak off to the post office first when I'm expecting a shipment and when cornered...I lie my butt off.

topstuf

Could always buy her a ............GAMEKEEPER !!!

Like Lord Chatterly did.

DorkGirl

Only the expensive ones!!!

wildjag

<< <i>Where's the choice "I'm single...."? >>



Single people never have to ask because we don't have to wear the ball and chain around our ankles... well not yet at least

So to see how everyone is voting and being single, I will vote "most of the time" because I see how bad my married friends are whipped

FrattLaw

It's a shame how "feminized" men have become. I don't believe my wife ever thinks of including me in her shoe purchasing acquisitions!

This is what Oprah has done to men in this country!

Stand up for your rights as a man! Sometimes you have to do things she isn't going to like. And sometimes she's going to do things you aren't going to like. It all washes out in the end.

If coins are your worse vice, your wife is lucky. Next time she complains that you spent $XXXX on a coin, take the same amount of money to your local "gentleman's club" and spend it there. Then let her choose where she would rather see your money go.

Anyone willing to bet me coins beats Bambi everytime?????

Michael

ziggy29

<< <i>Next time she complains that you spent $XXXX on a coin, take the same amount of money to your local "gentleman's club" and spend it there. Then let her choose where she would rather see your money go. >>

Hee!

Or remind her that if she spent the $X on clothes that you do on coins, in ten years, you'll still have the coins in the same condition and *probably* worth more than they are now. Her shoes? Doubt it!

K6AZ

Michael, you must have a lot of good restraunts nearby.

DHeath

My wife's in it for the good and the bad. That's really pretty unfortunate since I had a REALLY good year last year.

khayse

Frattlaw,

Sorry I can't do that. If my wife spent on shoes or clothes what I've spent on coins she'd be found in the river.

Also I tell her I'll still have the coins in 10 years but she doesn't believe I'll ever sell.

-KHayse

Baley

Do you include your spouse in your coin acquisitions?.....

Depends.... will they take her in a partial trade,
so I can get that unc. 1796 quarter I need for my type set?

Neptune

but the best answer for me is "usually not."

He has no interest in coins - and I am better off just not mentioning - I will occasionally show him one, and explain how I sold XYZ to pay for it. He does know about some, just not all. I would be in big trouble.

atarian

i was good hiding warning notices from mom in grade school. i think i got up to like 27 or 31 before she caught on to my tricks. lets just say the day i got caught ( didnt swap locations soon enough) i was in a world of doo doo. the there were the teacher notes in a nother location that mom founda few yrs later. too bad i wasnt in the same grade to get grounded for that too.

but i dont think people need to hide coins. its not worth it. just be honest and then do what you wnat in front . dont need to hide it

tcmitssr

I am one of the fortunate few, I suspect, whose wife does not care how much I spend or how often. She just does not want to be told the amounts. She likes hearing, though, when I sell something for a profit. She gets a kick from seeing the checks.

Numismanic

<< <i>Do you include your spouse in your coin acquisitions? >>



I try not to make a habit of it.

coppercoins

My wife couldn't care less about anything I do. She has her little things she does and I have my things I do. Never the two shall meet.

tmot99

I usually show my wife after the purchase. I tend not to let her know what I paid for the coins. She would rather have the money sit in the bank making 1%. She doesn't like to gamble with money. I occassionally sell off some stuff to get a nicer coin, and sometimes just to prove to her that I can sell.

EvilMCT

I generally show her my purchases when they come in. I just don't tell her how much they cost.

Ken

K6AZ

Wow, I'm really surprised at the poll results. While I don't tell her about the small stuff, under $100, I discuss anything more expensive and point out some of the coins I have purchased in the past that have gone way up in value. I learned my lesson when I bought that $2k coin without telling her. I have found it much easier to tell her in advance, instead of her finding out the hard way after the fact.

topstuf

coppercoins.....

Are you saying that you and your wife never do each others' little things?