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bigliver

Dion Giolito's Altar Boy
My daily email from my wife started off the same as almost every other daily email from my wife. How is everything? Are you staying safe? We miss you, etc. etc. This in no way is meant to diminish the importance of these emails to me. I get to talk to my family about once a week; email is our primary means of communicating with each other. They are a crucially important part of my life over here.

She closed the email with the following statement: “I just got the bank statement and there are several charges here label ‘CIGARS’, you want to try to explain that?” Anyone who has shopped at what I have learned to be “the Devil site” knows about these mysterious charges that show up on your credit/debit card periodically…all too periodically if you’re anything like what I am becoming.

AAAAAh, $#!+. How do I explain this one?

I thought for awhile and started my reply. I tried to explain to her that I was putting money away in the Capital Investment Gains and Retirement Savings Plan, commonly called “CIGARS” because Capital Investment Gains and Retirement Savings Plan was too long to fit on a bank statement.

My chat window opened.

“WTF! Do you expect me to believe this?” She must have been waiting for my reply. This happened about a minute and a half after hitting the send button. I have to think on my feet now.

We go back and forth for a bit. She’s getting mad, I’m getting mad. I better go make a phone call.

“Start talking,” she says.

I try to explain to her, as gently as I can, that I will spend MY money however I WANT. So what, I WAS buying cigars. Yes, I smoke cigars now. I LIKE to smoke CIGARS. The only way I can smoke cigars is to buy them, and I WILL buy them if I want.

Silence…

I told her…
She knows who the boss is now…

She finally begins to speak, softly as if talking to a child. Surely she’s not talking to me. Who does she think she is?




…So now I can’t buy any more cigars and I’m on an allowance. Am I the only one who has ever had this happen to him? This sucks!!!
 
Welcome to the Club.

I think you'd be hard pressed to find a happily married guy here who hasn't been through this.

"I thought for awhile and started my reply. I tried to explain to her that I was putting money away in the Capital Investment Gains and Retirement Savings Plan, commonly called “CIGARS” because Capital Investment Gains and Retirement Savings Plan was too long to fit on a bank statement."
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That stuff is wicked funny.
 
I think your wife may start contributing to her Prada investment fund. The Pacific Reinvestment And Distribution Agency.
 
First off, many thanks for your service.

Second, I don't blame you. If this is what you enjoy doing, she should be happy you can still do it over there, and just let go. A good friend of mine is over in the sandbox now, I send him a care package every month. To avoid the wife fight, he gave me a wad of money before he left, and I go buy cigars for him and mail em over. :ss He probably has about 8,000 of those Bodeva packs by now!
 
tedrodgerscpa said:
Welcome to the Club.

I think you'd be hard pressed to find a happily married guy here who hasn't been through this.



That stuff is wicked funny.
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I hate to break it to you but there are happily married guys with wives that don't mind the cigars - I'm one of them. I do feel fortunate to have a cool wife, she'll even take a drag off one every now and then to try the taste - (her favorite is Ashton due to the smoothness). It's my way of ending the day and I only smoke one a day with the exception of Sunday's when I may have an early morning coffee & light cigar and another later in the late-afternoon/evening.

I'm sure others will chime in because I have read posts where wives smoke cigars with their hubbies' - they love the flavored CAO's.

Wish the best for you all though in the wives category - eventually they may see the light but it is wicked funny indeed.
 
I am on an alowance also but we both are....if she wants shoes or such she has to make sure her account has the money and vice versa. Its not a bad deal, bills are paid and we have "our" money.


Good Luck!!




Shawn
 
ssutton219 said:
I am on an alowance also but we both are....if she wants shoes or such she has to make sure her account has the money and vice versa. Its not a bad deal, bills are paid and we have "our" money.


Good Luck!!




Shawn
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:tpd::tpd::tpd:

18 years of Marriage and we have both been on allowances since our first joint account 19 years ago and it works well for us.
 
Tread lightly around the women folk... they can make our lives hell.... but as for cigar habits.. I am one of the lucky ones too... she enjoys em with me.. and smiles when she sees my humi is full... and shakes her head when I cant get past a B&M.....gotta love that girl... just took me two tries to get it right:tu
 
First, loved the C.I.G.A.R.S. explanation - too precious!

Second, I suppose explaining to her that the cigars are cheaper than the hookers over there is out of the question?:ss
 
smokin5 said:
First, loved the C.I.G.A.R.S. explanation - too precious!

Second, I suppose explaining to her that the cigars are cheaper than the hookers over there is out of the question?:ss
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Damn, I didn't even think of that one. Very nice!
 
I just have to make sure she is allowed to spend the equal amount on her hobbies... I usually wait till she comes home with a new pair of shoes, then I hit CI.com. When she sees the statement, what can she say? She can't be mad at me for spending the same amount as she just did!
 
TDIvey said:
I hate to break it to you but there are happily married guys with wives that don't mind the cigars - I'm one of them. I do feel fortunate to have a cool wife, she'll even take a drag off one every now and then to try the taste - (her favorite is Ashton due to the smoothness). It's my way of ending the day and I only smoke one a day with the exception of Sunday's when I may have an early morning coffee & light cigar and another later in the late-afternoon/evening.

I'm sure others will chime in because I have read posts where wives smoke cigars with their hubbies' - they love the flavored CAO's.

Wish the best for you all though in the wives category - eventually they may see the light but it is wicked funny indeed.
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My wife take a drag off a cigar? Ain't gonna happen. But for some reason she does encourage me in my little cigar hobby. And since I'm the bill payer in the house, it's all good.

bigliver, thanks for the story. I nearly spit my drink on the computer screen!

Be safe.
 
just remember for every cigar dollar you spend you save 2 for a gift for her!

that has worked well for me.

its one of the ways I get to go to the chicago pipe show each year,
I save my $ and spend 1/2 of it on her there
let he go shopping get a good lunch while i hang with the guys.
 
Guess I cant complain my wife bombed me with a whole box for fathers day. That and she is asking what type of cigars I think she might like...did I mention it helps if you grab her hand as you fall off the cliff that they call the slope?
 
It gets rough when you have multiple delivers PER DAY! I try to explain it away by saying a lot of these boxes are from trades but that's only partially true. I just thought of a new tactic...I'll tell her that tobacco is about to encounter a massive price increase and this is more of an investment than a hobby.:tu
 
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