Wife be damned!

[kaleun]

One word: shoes...

that usually fixes everything a female has problems with.

Anything gold with diamonds on it.
(Works like a charm)[;)]

[hithere]

ORIGINAL: von Murrin

LMAO

Buy her something equally nice, preferably something she's wanted for a long time, and give it to her just before she gets to see the bill. If she connects the dots, tell her you felt guilty about splurging on yourself.

Keep posting updates! For some, this will be a useful AAR, methinks.

This is the plan I use...basically....anything I buy cost twice as much

[mongo]

Anything gold with diamonds on it.
(Works like a charm

Jeez Kael,

the poor man just wants to play WitP...

You only break out the jewelry as a last resort. Say, after she catches you playing a PBEM game against her sister

[:D]

[kaleun]

You only break out the jewelry as a last resort. Say, after she catches you playing a PBEM game against her sister

ROFLMAO

[Stilletto]

ORIGINAL: dtravel

And just what makes you think any of US have managed to retain female company...?

Wait, wait, wait. You guys have it all wrong. I was an avid gamer when I met the woman who was to be my wife. When we started dating I told her that I wouldn't give up my computer for her. She understood and didn't give me any crap about it. In fact, a few months after we started dating Battlecruiser 3000 came out and she sat there and watched me play! Heh. So, of course, I married her. She doesn't bat an eye when I play and even buys me games for birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, etc. Good, good woman. We've been married for 7 years and still going.

Of course, I still take care of her with the jewelry, shoes, etc., but I don't have to bribe her for anything.

[Koniev]

Sir -

If there is any chance that "The One Who Must Be Obeyed" will see this thread? If there is, I would sugest you find Luskan or The Banana and volunteer for a kamakaze squadron. There is no hope for you. You will have to change your ID by inserting a "g" into it.

I have aplan, if there is hope. Buy a copy of "How They Won The War In The Pacific" by Edwin P. Hoyt. It is a fairly deep book, although quite readable, and might best be termed a management study of Nimitz. It is excellent.

Let TOWMBO'd notice that you are intensely interested in it and wax enthusiatically about what you are reading. Later, after she has been primed, start poking around on your computer and suddenly exclaim "Honey! Look at this, all these maps of the Pacific!!?" For this you can use the screenshots on the WiTP board.

You are now at a critical juncture, the rest depends on how well, and subtly,you can pull it off. Explain(again, with enthusiasm) how they describe just what you've been reading about in Hoyt's book. "Gee, it would be nice to have that program." (wistfully)

If you've done things right, she will feel that she is in a position to give you something. To show how much she loves you despite your strange facination with computers. She should say something like "Well, would you really get something out of it?" or maybe "you'd really like to have it wouldn't you?"

Once reaching this point your on your own. Your in, barely. Staying there is up to you and how well your OWMBO'd can read you. One tip : Try to accomplish this just after having done something like mowing the lawn on a hot day, or washig the cars. Anything that displays your total devotion to the family and home. It helps to look tired.

I hope this helps. It's a long shot. I personaly think your cold meat.

[mogami]

Hi, This thread should have a place in the Hall of Fame. I think the Matrix forums are the funniest ones on the internet.
Are there any female WITP gamers out there?

[Koniev]

Gentlemen -

Do you realize that, in our desire to help a fellow wargamer madman, we have, without thinking, provided divorce lawyers with all the ammunition they need ?

[mongo]

Lawyers?!?!?

Who let a lawyer in here?!?!?

I thought this was a respectable community [:-]



[:D]

[Koniev]

No, no - I didn't say they were in here (or that I am one, thank God) It is very possible that there is at least one lawyer who is smart enough to get into this thread. Our secrets and techniques would become legal history.

"And, SO, Mr. Wobegone, you admit that, not only do you play wargames, but you also DO IT ON A COMPUTER!!!???"

[mongo]

Look at it this way:

A lot of judges are of a certain.. shall we say advanced? age.

Some of them are War 2 vets.

We could get a new set of customers for Matrix and opponents for us [:)]

Not to mention another possible source for info for OOBs and the like..

[Dunhill_BKK]

Whoa guys, hold on thar a dang minute. What's all this talk of lawyers (weasel-faced, little, pencil-necked geeks)? Have I passed the point of no return by just purchasing the game?

I have noticed she's taken an interest in the game when I've had it up on the screen a couple of times and seen me reading the manual, but this hasn't prompted her to seek legal advice, at least not to my knowledge.

I've decided to take the "poor bugger me" approach, and have started pointing out how happy I am to wear that ripped and stained old jacket, to still be driving the 30 year-old VW Kombi, and generally accepting little more than a new pair of socks every few months. So if and when she finally figures out how much I've spent on WITP, I can claim it is one of the few pleasures I have in life,I obviously don't spluge on much else.

What do you reckon?

[mongo]

Can't hurt to run it up the flagpole.

However.. rarely have I found a woman who uses logic where money is involved [:D]

[Luskan]

Ah well in my world she decided (foolishly since she is a shoe freak) that
1 computer game for me = 1 new pair of shoes for her.

WITP is going to last me a WHOLE lot longer than any pair of shoes - which means my hobby will come out much cheaper than hers.

[mongo]

Don't make me explain a friend's "shoes for sex" program with his wife... [8D]

[UncleBuck]

If he only wants a little does he only give her one shoe, or is it based on type? I mean, you could be a happy man for a shower shoe.

UB

[Koniev]

Can anybody make "Taps" available on this thread? We're about to lose one of our own. And in the line of duty, too!

For those of you who may not know what "Taps" is, I suggest you rent a copy of "From Here To Eternity".

[mongo]

It's whole pairs only UB.. and as for type, well - she has certain ideas about shoes it seems..

At least he got several pairs ahead when he bought her an iPod [:D]

[Wooglin]

For those wanting to slide the cost of this game past their wives . . .

My wife (who is a lawyer) goes over my credit card statements every month and gives me grief for any unauthorized purchases. I know she does a lot of online clothes shopping but I do not see those bills (she handles all the money). I assume a WITP online purchase will appear on a credit card charge under "Digital River" - i.e. not identified as a wargame. Therefore I put the WITP purchase on HER credit card in the hopes that it will slip through the net.

- W

[Koniev]

Wooglin -

I salute your courage! You, comrade, are skating on very thin ice.