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Do you tell your spouse when you buy PMs?

WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Borrowing from Perry's post on the coin forum.

I do sometimes. But we keep separate finances. So as long as I'm still able to pull my share of the household budget, we're both pretty much free to buy what we want, when we want.
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  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes. No. Wait, is this a trick question?
  • curlycurly Posts: 2,880 ✭


    Sure, she knows.
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  • AgBloxAgBlox Posts: 744 ✭✭
    Only if it's a circle with a hole in it or a chunk with a stud on the back. image
  • cohodkcohodk Posts: 19,108 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My wife said, "next time you buy gold it had better be in the form of a necklace."

    Excuses are tools of the ignorant

    Knowledge is the enemy of fear

  • DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,378 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Short answer: nope. But when delivery slips are at the house she figures it out - she gets home and the mail before me.
  • ksammutksammut Posts: 1,074 ✭✭✭
    Yes, and sometimes she buys too.
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  • dontippetdontippet Posts: 2,606 ✭✭✭✭
    She knows of them, she doesn't know the specifics of each transaction.
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  • CiccioCiccio Posts: 1,405 ✭
    I always do (she's at home and gets the mail), but I usually lie on the price I paid! image

    Anyway, I started sharing some articles about the SHTF scenarios and she is now pushing me to buy more gold! image
  • pragmaticgoatpragmaticgoat Posts: 853 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Anyway, I started sharing some articles about the SHTF scenarios and she is now pushing me to buy more gold! image >>




    Yes, that's what I've done for a few years and have her full support image
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  • morgantypemorgantype Posts: 456
    I think the better question to ask is, does your wife tell you every time she buys shoes?

    As far as mine not all the time. Usually when I want to make a large buy. But 1/10 age here a 5 oz. Silver bar there no.
    Many buy and sell transactions. Let's talk!
  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,826 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What wife? Uh, oh - I didn't know that I had one!image

    (My sweetie knows what I'm up to, but we aren't married.)image
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  • sbeverlysbeverly Posts: 962 ✭✭✭

    I always tell her...But, I usually wait until the price has moved positive, so it becomes a pleasant surprise.
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  • KUCHKUCH Posts: 1,186
    Spouse is informed on every large purchase 1 oz of gold or more. If purchase is for 10 oz of silver or less don't always tell. Sometimes we'll go to local B&M together, spouse wants to buy everything, gotta keep spouse under control. image
  • gecko109gecko109 Posts: 8,231 ✭
    I see it as a must. My wife and I are more than just best friends, we are also a "team" and you know what they say about "I"s in team! In my view, she has every right to be involved in all major financial transactions. Im also in an enviable position where she earns about the same as me, so it would be irresponsible not to include her as I spend "our" money. As far as her real involvement in the aquisition process, its minimal. I think she trusts my instincts, and she is on board with the possibility of a bleak outlook in regards to the current monetary system. Furthermore, she is really old school as she comes from a very poor country. Since stockpiling precious metals is almost the same as saving money, she has embraced it with open arms.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,122 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I tell her about my latest "investment" in gold or silver right after I explain the evils of inflation. I think it helps that my wife actually likes gold and silver more than I do.

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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,826 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just tell your spouse that you are buying "Spouse Gold".image
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