Tam Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Take her to the clay ground & get her interested in the sport/competitive side - idealy if there are some women shooting/learning bring er up here & i'll get er indoors to act like she doesen't like guns & is shooting for the first time ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 That will take some doing Tam your lass is a far better shooter than you are any day... :P :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houseplant Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 my other half is quite anti-gun, but we have a good relationship, so she supported me getting a shotgun. she is anti-gun to the point of refusing to look at it! the other night, there was a loud noise in the garden at about 3am, woke us both up, first thing she said was "get the gun" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Has Mung asked to see pics of the girlfriend yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utectok Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 That will take some doing Tam your lass is a far better shooter than you are any day... :P :D :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC45 Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 I just tell my Wife that I either go out shooting or I stay home and we have sex. I'm out shooting a fair bit !!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imissalot Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 i was very surprised when i want my sgc ,when it arrived wife phoned me and told me to finish working and get home ,when i arrived home she went straight out to the gun shop with me and i had my first gun with in 2 hours of cert landing on floor, year l8r ive had 5 guns 3 air rifles vitara for my hobby and ESS which my daughter bought for me ,and keeps telling me to apply for my FAC not got the balls to ask farmer for permission for fac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safetyfirst Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 (edited) Yea I know thats the approach I'm gonna have to take if it come to it (and I will) but I was hoping to find a way to put it a little more subtley if possible . I asked on here because as it goes I'm pretty blunt and down to earth. Hmm, you're going to have to find out with some careful questioning what her fears are. If for example she's frightened about guns beng used in the home, frightened of accidents, frightened of kids getting hold of them or drunken adults then maybe promising that there will never be any ammunition in the house might help your cause. Guns are a very emotive issue for most non shooters, many people can't think reasonably about them which is completely understandable - 99% of their contact and exposure to guns is of guns as tools of violence, intimidation and murder! If you can render them safe metal tools with no ammunition then it might help? $0.02! Good luck mate. Edited June 4, 2011 by safetyfirst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chally2 Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 I think Kidney505 must have showed her all these posts and now she has killed him. Probably with a blunt vegitable as no doubt she must be a veggie as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipmoff Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Explain that the cabinet won't be in the kitchen so it won't effect her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Perhaps her chain is too long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJon Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Hang on! That's very unfair... We also need to consider a potential issue with the positioning of the ironing board... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 I reckon one of those bungee like things that they had in the film 9 to 5 would be perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftycarper Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 my other half said to me the other day as i was cleaning out a few rabbits.....you dont always wear gloves you know....do rabbits have HIV, coz whatever you pick up its gonna pass on to me...here we goes :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 If your other half is trying to restrict your enjoyment, hobby, sport call it what you will, at this early stage in both of your lives. I would wish you both the very best. You were both attracted to each other for what you are, what you do as individuals, even before your living together she is requesting you change to what she prefers, then she will moan about you not being the person who she met years ago. For goodness sake man grow some testi's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stokie Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 We took a lad out the other night who had asked to tag along . His phone was constantly ringing . It was his girlfriend asking where he was and later telling him he had to come home . He was only a youngster , what life is that and how insecure must she be . You are what you are steered in the direction your parents have chosen . You are the master of your own destiny now you have reached adulthood If you need telling what to do and when to do it that's your choice . Make your bed and lie in it but don't expect sympathy when it all goes wrong later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning GTS Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Crikey after reading this i now see what a good un i must have, my mrs has no issues with guns/cartridges being in the house and pays no attention when they are layed out on the kitchen table for cleaning etc. I am sure you as a certificate holder are more than aware of the laws and safety issues involved, so tell her to get over it as the guns are coming whether she does or not (easy to say on the keyboard , more difficult if it was me telling my mrs :lol: ) Same here the only thing she moans about is when i get oil over the kitchen work top and forget to clean it up The same with game as she likes ducks they are the only things i cannot bring into the house to prepare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 or cover the car boot with rabbit blood and empty shells on the floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning GTS Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 or cover the car boot with rabbit blood and empty shells on the floor Oh yes forgot about the car boot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Lots of bravado on this thread ,I just wonder who would actually choose their guns over their partner . That is a very good point. Lots of us are talking about our wives/partners like they don't really matter that much. Mine means the world to me. I would be lost without her and it would ruin me. Having said that it would depend on the reasoning if she ever asked me to give up shooting. If she had an experience that made her uncomfortable around guns I would seriously consider it. If she asked just because she didn't like them I would see that as very one sided and unreasonable. I would never ask such a thing of her so why should she expect it of me. As much as it would hurt, a simple "it's the guns or me" could quite possibly result in us going our seperate ways. At the end of the day I am who I am. I would do anything for my girl, but I can only ever be me. If she can't live with me how I naturally am then maybe her leaving would be for the best. She's very good anyway. There's a lot of talk of marriage lately and my answer was "if we get married I'd like a Unimog as a wedding car" Her reply - "well it's your day as much as mine and if that's what you want then that's what we'll have" :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr W Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 I'm with njc110381. When I decided to take up shooting it wasn't something I'd rushed into I'd spent time with friends trying their guns and making sure I really wanted to get into it. When it came to the time to want my own gun my wife was intially concerned about having guns in the house because she had no experience of them and only based her opinion on what was in the news. I took time to explain that they would be locked away in a secure safe to which only I had access and there would be no problems. She thought about it and saw that it was something I really wanted to do and so agreed, she even gave me half the money for my gun as a birthday present. Now 5 years on she doesn't give them a 2nd thought and I have space in the utility room to clean them so she doesn't see them and I don't get oil over the kitchen table. She does however object to me waving dead pheasants in her face or leaving them hanging over a chair in the kitchen as she doesn't like their dead beady eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Its all about training them right, then you don't need to choose between them and shooting. However if they are the ones making you choose its definitely not going to be the only thing they make you give up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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