Excuses to tell my wife?

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New watch on the way [No. 2 this year].
Can anyone point me to a post giving good reasons [lies] to tell my wife.
4th grandfather died last time.

I have discovered that if I don’t have the money to buy the watch AND something nice that she WANTS, I don’t buy the watch. 😉

Last watch I bought, she got an English horn. And it cost more than my watch!
 
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“Honey, this is still WAY cheaper than a mistress...”
 
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When I started to get into auto sports with local clubs I learned that you needed to spend a lot of money to even try to be competitive. Track tIres, torsion bars, extra wheels, Koni shocks, on and on. So as a new guy I asked my friends, “How do you do it? How do you get four Hoosier slicks by your wives?” “Wives? Wives? Jeez, never, ever have racing parts delivered to your home!” Well, where do you have them delivered? “The office, for god’s sake!” Lesson learned. Our mailroom clerk learned to hate me. 😲
 
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New watch on the way [No. 2 this year].
Can anyone point me to a post giving good reasons [lies] to tell my wife.
4th grandfather died last time.

Genuinely, I don't have any massive purchases, but the last one, a Rolex Explorer 1 [214270], I didn't tell her about until my wife noticed. She was disappointed we didn't "celebrate the occasion formally" together.

I was quite pleased and surprised!
 
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How about you man up and tell the truth? Doesn't she deserve at least that?
 
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Buy her a nice lady’s Omega. Worked for me. 😉
 
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I wonder if there's a thread somewhere in which wives ask for excuses to tell their husbands when cheating (or buying hand bags)...
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Tell her its an early Valentines day present to yourself as you know she was going to forget to get you anything.
 
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One would assume you already used up your allotment of "I've had this for awhile; or I don't remember when I got this one."

After those two, I'm looking for advice myself.
I've tried 'Mid Life Crisis'. Watches instead of women!
Also 'lockdown causing mental issues'.
'Side effect of Covid 19 jab.'
 
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btw, you're off to a good start at a watch per month. What are you going to tell her in December?
Time of the month issues?
 
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When I started to get into auto sports with local clubs I learned that you needed to spend a lot of money to even try to be competitive. Track tIres, torsion bars, extra wheels, Koni shocks, on and on. So as a new guy I asked my friends, “How do you do it? How do you get four Hoosier slicks by your wives?” “Wives? Wives? Jeez, never, ever have racing parts delivered to your home!” Well, where do you have them delivered? “The office, for god’s sake!” Lesson learned. Our mailroom clerk learned to hate me. 😲
I'll use my neighbours address, and tell him it's a surprise birthday present, for him to hide until I collect. Thanks for the idea.
 
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The lack of avatar makes me suspicious that this may be an under cover wife trying to catch up with her husband's lies...
 
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How about you man up and tell the truth? Doesn't she deserve at least that?
You have not met LSW - NO NO NO to that idea.
 
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Show us the watch so we can cook up the appropriate lie.
If it’s a Timex, just take the beating dude.
If it’s a shiny thing from far away, we got you!
Understated Elegance in my oplnion.
 
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“It came with the roses I bought you”
Works like a charm
 
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it is a side business. You will sell it swiftly at a profit.