How do I tell the wife???

[PhilR]

Explain the situation to her, say you don't know what to do and ask her what she'd prefer you to do and if it means knocking a day or two on the head so be it. Better to have marital harmony than strife especially with kids.

[gonk69]

in the words nof the great mr t, get some nuts sucker. you dont need no permission,remember who is the boss, and do as she tells you. lol matt

[Crouch valley]

Come on man up. There is plenty of time to see the family and wife when its not the shooting season thats if you are not out pigeon shooting. Go shooting you only have one life live it well thats what I tell my wife as im heading out the door

[jasons gold]

Come on man up. There is plenty of time to see the family and wife when its not the shooting season thats if you are not out pigeon shooting. Go shooting you only have one life live it well thats what I tell my wife as im heading out the door

 

And before anybody says any thing he actually does,i don't know how he does it really

[Dempy]

I told her tonight that I had 3 days that week, just to test the water and she said "jst like every other year then" and then asked if her Dad could have Christmas dinner with us. So she had something she was waiting to get out aswell

 

My little girls friend is now coming round one of the days and the wife wants to visit friends (that I dont like) one of the others, so I am sorted!

 

As for inviting her along, well, the really bad news is she bats for the other side I am afraid, she doesn't like us shooters!

[shooter22]

theres plenty more chistmases,go and enjoy the peace and quite,

[Frenchieboy]

My other half is quite understanding about my shooting, in fact most of the time she actively encourages it as it gets me out in the fresh air and exercising more. She would however get very annoyed (And quite rightly so) if I was not honest and open with her right from the word go!

Tell her straight away and if she objects try to reach a compramise rather than just argue about it and make it a "Me" thing.

It really depends on how you rate the time that you currently spend with your family and what time they would like you to spend with them over the Christmas period, but honesty has to be the best policy in this instance mate!