How to convince my wife to let me get another tank without getting divorced.

[musel101]

Hey guys, just wondering if there is a special word you said or anything to help convince your significant other to let you get another tank without getting a divorce?

 

[Patx]

Hey guys, just wondering if there is a special word you said or anything to help convince your significant other to let you get another tank without getting a divorce?

You own 8 tank ?
RIP !

 

[Reefer Matt]

I have five, but I never asked for permission for any of them. But we both have our own things we do, and she gets to spend money also. (I just don’t tell her exactly how much I spend! )

 

[musel101]

I have five, but I never asked for permission for any of them. But we both have our own things we do, and she gets to spend money also. (I just don’t tell her exactly how much I spend! )

It turned out pretty bad one day she’s over it I snuck in a 200 gallon freshwater tank in the basement. It was there for a year and a half until one day she decided to go down and found..

 

[CO2TLEY]

It turned out pretty bad one day she’s over it I snuck in a 200 gallon freshwater tank in the basement. It was there for a year and a half until one day she decided to go down and found..

I was about to say just make it a surprise but you kept a surprise a secret for a year and a half lol

 

[ThaBeast]

If you have to ask permission you probably picked the wrong wife

 

[Gregg @ ADP]

Another tank > marriage

 

[DIYreefer]

Set up a frag tank. Sell some frags. Show her that the hobby can pay for itself. Done deal.

 

[crazyfishmom]

We started with a single freshwater tank… and when I say “we” I am using it in a very very loose way. We now have 1 fresh water and 4 salt water, soon to be 6 when I add the frag tanks. My husband complained for the first few months and then he realized that I overlook all the gaming systems and many video games if I get to buy the fish or coral I want. Find the wife a hobby of her own! You might be surprised at how much easier this one gets for you!

 

[musel101]

If you have to ask permission you probably picked the wrong wife

Set up a frag tank. Sell some frags. Show her that the hobby can pay for itself. Done deal.

I’m gonna have to be slinging Frags like crazy to make it work

 

[JoJosReef]

Tell her divorce is slightly more expensive than a new tank. It's the obvious choice.

 

[musel101]

We started with a single freshwater tank… and when I say “we” I am using it in a very very loose way. We now have 1 fresh water and 4 salt water, soon to be 6 when I add the frag tanks. My husband complained for the first few months and then he realized that I overlook all the gaming systems and many video games if I get to buy the fish or coral I want. Find the wife a hobby of her own! You might be surprised at how much easier this one gets for you!

Is shopping a hobby? she does a lot of that.

 

[crazyfishmom]

Is shopping a hobby? she does a lot of that.

It certainly is. Most of these things are based on how you frame them. “I don’t ask about that super expensive looking purse you just bought, the new tank would look great in that corner”.

 

[musel101]

It certainly is. Most of these things are based on how you frame them. “I don’t ask about that super expensive looking purse you just bought, the new tank would look great in that corner”.

Never thought of it that way interesting

 

[boacvh]

"New tank? What are you talking about, it's been there for years!"

 

[Reefer Matt]

We started with a single freshwater tank… and when I say “we” I am using it in a very very loose way. We now have 1 fresh water and 4 salt water, soon to be 6 when I add the frag tanks. My husband complained for the first few months and then he realized that I overlook all the gaming systems and many video games if I get to buy the fish or coral I want. Find the wife a hobby of her own! You might be surprised at how much easier this one gets for you!

100%!
I have my Reef Cave, my wife has her Craft Cave. We have separate hobbies, but do them both at home. I don’t sew, she doesn’t frag.

 

[crazyfishmom]

Never thought of it that way interesting

It’s funny because I don’t think my husband ever thought about the purse or shoe collection but when it was tanks it became a thing. This is just a little reverse psychology.

 

[randomfishdude]

As a single boy who has not been not single. But dealing with my mother for many many years... you gotta make a tradeoff. Or do it secretly.

 

[musel101]

I’ll drop the bomb with a new tank and then soften the blow with a new purse for her.

 

[crazyfishmom]

I’ll drop the bomb with a new tank and then soften the blow with a new purse for her.

Love it! There you go!