How does your partner cope with your GAS?

[gregga41]

My wife Andrea and I have just this past week, celebrated 10 years together.
In June 1999, I had,(and could only afford), a fairly ****** Les paul copy which i'd bought about 6 years prior, Andrea gave me a brand new Epiphone Sheraton 2 for my 39th birthday.
Fast forward 5 years; Rickenbackers caught my eye. Her response? "Well go and buy one!" My FG360/6. A year or so later, Aitch put his JG 350 Liverpool on the market and Andrea knew that it was THE guitar i'd lusted for all my life. "Buy it!"

Same deal with the Hofner bass, and all the amps i've bought (and sold) in these last 10 years!

I'm sure you all understand that it's not just about the guitars, it's also very much about the friends we have both made, especially here on the forum. Aussie forumites have become lifelong friends to both myself and my family. Some of you O'seas guys have as well!
BTW, i must let it be known that when there is something she likes, I make sure she gets it!
Andrea is one amazing lady.

[jimk]

My better half is, well, tolerant. Maybe. Sometimes. The question that comes up most often is, how many of these do you need? Each additional purchase is a little tougher than the previous one. Hence, I'm working on a way for UPS to meet me at the corner. I haven't figured out what to do after that though. Other than stand on the corner with a large box.

Same here, Stan. I might just end up storing another guitar at the Academy where I teach, rather than bringing it home. Mum's the word.

JimK

[wj350]

One of our favorite little jokes is when I'm playing and having a good time, I'll tell my wife "Thanks for giving me guitars...", to which she replies "I gave you *one* guitar.."

Seriously, my wife bought me my first guitar (since my last dalliance with music in my early 20s) about 6 years ago. She's been far beyond supportive ever since, actually far beyond encouraging. She likes that I have a hobby that I really enjoy, and that keeps me pretty busy.

Yep, I'm more than lucky in lots of ways.

Bill

[cassius987]

My wife puts up with so much of my BS. The least I can do is let her give me her advice about what to buy and what to sell from my bass collection. It helps that she's very pro-RIC. However, she pretty much kicked my Jazz Bass out on the street, she hated it so much. We've actually gotten into gear arguments before... but again, she's so good to me in so many ways, it's the least I can do to endure her opinions about music gear.

[qwezirider]

Mine understands as we each have our own variety of GAS. Mine involves instruments and mics, hers involves quilt making. Since we're both aware of the monthly budget, there's a simple phrase between us that is the nod of approval from one to the other:






"You do what you think is right, dear."


Happy dance when I hear those eight magic words!

[antipodean]

My fabulous wife has tolerated the accretion of numerous guitars, basses and amps over 22 years. Her biggest worry is the impact on our storage space! She's a one-in-a-million.

[romo1950]

You mean You are supposed to tell the missus everytime you buy a new guitar, Mine thinks it,s just another of Collin,s cast offs
and his significant other thinks his is just another of my cast offs. Then when she does ask it,s (what that old thing, Iv,e had that ages , don,t you remember?).

[paologregorio]

You mean You are supposed to tell the missus everytime you buy a new guitar, Mine thinks it,s just another of Collin,s cast offs
and his significant other thinks his is just another of my cast offs. Then when she does ask it,s (what that old thing, Iv,e had that ages , don,t you remember?).

That's how I'd work it! Brilliant!

I don't know how some spouses even suspect anything. Most of my female roommates just see guitars as generic objects and don't know one from another...heck, some of the guys in my band have been that way!

[collin]

You mean You are supposed to tell the missus everytime you buy a new guitar, Mine thinks it,s just another of Collin,s cast offs
and his significant other thinks his is just another of my cast offs. Then when she does ask it,s (what that old thing, Iv,e had that ages , don,t you remember?).

haha, yep ! That's how you do it, people-----you have to get a nearby guitar buddy, and mysteriously constantly transfer gear back and forth!