Wife wants me to "STOP SPENDING SO MUCH ON COINS!!"

Kudos to both of you.

 

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A few things:

1) Everything in moderation.

2) Who came first, your wife or your coins?

3) For all you single guys/gals out there. Do what I did before you get married. Grease the skids. Introduce your future spouse to your coins (or any collection or hobby). This is my hobby: These are my coins, there are many like it but these coins are mine. Nothing comes between me and my coins! You marry me, the collection comes with it. Don't say I didn't tell you. Upon my demise, you and our children will inherit this collection.......End of story!

4) If you started collecting after you got married, disregard #3.

P.S. Don't marry any high maintenance spouses, it could put a crimp in your collection.

 

my wife also tells me to stop buying coins. I will after purchasing 3 each 2016 gold quarter and 50 cent piece. I am 80 years old, 5 heart attacks and two strokes; this Friday will have another heart operations. I remember buying a roll of BU 1931 S for $57 dollar, a BU 1914 D for $17.OO. Have not looked at USA coins since 1976. Today wife and I will go to finalize the purchase of a senior unit. When we move I will get to look at the coins for varieties that are newly discovered.

 

Hi, Kent. The first step is acknowledging this.

 

Sorry TJ, but I don't think "who came first" really matters. And does she want to hear "I collected coins before we even knew each other!" No, she certainly doesn't.

It would be smart to spend less money on coins for a while and to tell her that it's not just a hobby for you but also an investment (especially if you own gold). It worked for me

 

Good luck with your operation. Keep us posted on how you're doing. And thinks for your service!

 

Bye-Bye!

That is one scary statement!

I'm sorry.

 

An oldie but goodie:

 

This is fine until the divorce! She would even give me coins for Christmas, but every coin I acquired during our 10 years was community property in the end!

 

And that's why I dated my wife for seven years and put off marriage (as long as I could) until I was 35 to know exactly what I was getting! Plus, she know what she was getting.

 

Come to terms with her and create a coin budget. It will be cheaper than divorce...remember that your coins are marital property and in case of divorce she is entitled to half of them (and you'll have to turn them over or buy them back from her). Ask any other attorney here, they'll tell you the same.

I once represented a man who collected comic books, and he had to buy half his collection back from the ex-wife as part of the marital settlement agreement. Sad, but true.

 

I agree! Your marriage is more important than coin collecting.

 

I'm on my second marriage, which is a good one. Considering how my first came out, I wouldn't offer advice on this subject, even if paid with Morgan proofs.

 

Do you have guns in the house?

 

My wife got angry once and asked how many different rooms I was planning on putting coins in.......I told her "Only the ones I pay the mortgage on".

Yup, still married.

 

Excellent thread. Wife first! Good thing is, my wife likes to look at coins too.

 

Better be. That can result in the loss of ALL your coins.

Have you been happy yet?

 

I had to have the same conversation with my wife...UNTIL I explained it to her in the most simplistic way...YES honey I do spend quite a bit on coins; but I am spending money to make more money later down the road...after I explained to her that I buy low and wait for spot to go higher which in turn means I will make WAY more money later on down the road then she understands. Also, I am sure your wife likes certain things too...what I mean is this my wife loves ballerina's. So, I found several nice 1992 Russian Ballerina Silver coins that she loved and purchased them for her.

I got her involved and then it was different. But the other comment people are saying is right...communicate with your wife and NEVER, and I repeat NEVER make silver purchases behind her back...this opens up Pandora's box and it goes from lying on coin purchases to have an affair with half the women on this planet. Trust me I have been there. LOL.

I basically explained to my wife that I bought 100 oz of silver when silver was $4/oz. in 2003 which at the time cost me $400 dollars; now silver is close to $20 so now I tell her I have $2,000. She understands those zero's behind the 2 so it was an easy sell. Now she just tells me things she wants me to get for her that is either made in silver or gold and I comply. Easy Peezy!!! Happy Wife= Happy Life!!!

 

My how the male of our species has weakened. Who wears the pants in your house?

 

What a stupid question. Have you seen me in a skirt?