This is my collection of acoustic guitars with a new one on the right. Woo hoo. (Where they are usually kept is harder to photograph, hence the sofa photo). The cool thing about the new one is it’s actually an empty case, a soft “gig” bag for easier transport. The cool thing is once my wife gets used to there being another case in the collection, she won’t even notice if it gets filled with a new guitar. Sneaky? Ha, I say: Clever!!!
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That’s funny Tony.
Be careful though, my wife says she ain’t fallin for that behavior at my house.
She’s likely right too, I’m not trustworthy. 
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yes, nicely done Tony 
What was it Captain Jack Sparrow said about being honest/dishonest???
Something like:
"I’m dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It’s the honest ones you want to watch out for.”
Filling a gig bag on the sneak… actually, I kinda wish I would have thought of that!!! 
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And we wonder why divorce rates are so high. I’d never try to hide a major purchase from my wife.
Good joke Tony,
I don’t want to brag (then you know it’s going to happen anyway 
) but here it is my wife who keeps asking if I have anything new in mind, because she really wants to surprise me with a new guitar (she has done this before) (due to strict weight requirements it is difficult to buy)…I think she has been “fishing” for pedals for a New Year’s gift the last few days, because I couldn’t think of anything to buy here with my birthday in September …( we don’t usually buy gifts for each other vor birthday or christmas)
well…an octave pedal is something that has been on my mind since last night …mmmm 
Greetings
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I can only speak for myself, but I would be very pleased, if my husband would buy guitars - many guitars, no need to hide them or fool me 
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Jokes aside, never understood, why it should always be the female side spoiling all the joy. I’m happy, when my husband is happy 
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Well said, Andrea, a perfect point! 
I hope your husband is aware of what treasure he has… 
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I concur. I have mentioned similar sentiments elsewhere. In the funny-not-funny topic I think.
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My wife and I cannot sneak hobby purchases past each other. We actually pay attention to each other’s hobbies. So even if I just got a case, my wife would recognize it in short order. And she could never sneak another ukulele in.
And besides, if we want to keep it equal, she still has more money into her ukuleles than I do in guitars. Due to space limitations, I’d have to trade out a guitar for a new one.
Not only that, but she has purchase alerts set up to monitor for fraud.
My life pro tip about GAS is that both partners allow themselves a monthly hobby pocket money which they can spend as they please.
everyone is happy and it is good discipline having to save. After a year saving I am now looking forward to a guilt free delivery from Thomann of a Recording King R0 328 Acoustic cant wait!
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That`s a neat trick, I am thinking of buying a new acoustic to replace my cheap one so case first then guitar crafty
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Sorry guy, but if you need to hide a purchase from your partner, you owe it to them to find a new partner.
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Thanks for the replies, for those concerned, no marriages were harmed in the making of this joke. I posted it on social media with my wife’s agreement. We both had a good lot of laughs at the responses we got there.
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Hi Tony, just wanted to say, I saw your post as a fun post or joke and it made me smile, didn’t see it as a snub.
I hope, my post above didn’t turn your intention to make a joke into something different. That was not my intention. I only wanted to express, that “GAS attacks” are not a male thing only and happen, be it at one side of the relationship or the other and we should happily deal with it (as a non native speaker, it’s a bit hard to express those nuances maybe).
We shouldn’t take everything so serious…enough things in life and the world are serious, a bit of humour doesn’t hurt!
Thought this was hilarious Tony but not every one has a sense of humour and some folks just don’t do irony ! Always have 2 Gig Bags on standby in the studio, are they empty are they full, well I guess folks will have to guess the answer ! 
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Not at all.
You nailed it. I certainly don’t take myself seriously and hope others are the same.
I do have a fix for GAS, it’s called GPS - Guitar playing syndrome
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Just how were we to know it was a joke? Spouses hiding purchases from each other is certainly not unheard of.
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