How to conceal your new equipment purchase from the spouse

[BradS]

This didn't work for long - I'll be looking for ideas for the next piece of hardware!

[DigMe]

Funny.

I know you're joking but on some other hobbyist websites that I frequent it's shocking how many guys really do hide and lie about high-dollar purchases from spouses. Some guys do it very regularly. I'm really thankful that my wife and I don't have a relationship with that kind of deception!

They even start threads about the best methods of hiding, say, a new electric bass from your spouse and how to smuggle it in.

brad

[BradS]

Heh - reminds me of a story 'bout a young man, a shiny new Les Paul Jr, and a few missing head of cattle...

Cheers,

Brad

[FC+]

No kidding. I'm new to espresso machines, it was rather conspicuous when a machine showed up in the kitchen. On the other hand, I fish and have bird dogs, so she's used to it from new fly rods, puppies, and shotguns showing up unannounced. God love a forgiving woman.

[BradS]

No kidding. I'm new to espresso machines, it was rather conspicuous when a machine showed up in the kitchen. On the other hand, I fish and have bird dogs, so she's used to it from new fly rods, puppies, and shotguns showing up unannounced. God love a forgiving woman.

Oh yeah - there's my favorite passion - quail hunting. But the old shorthair now has pretty bad arthritis (the hardest-working living thing I've ever known and he gets 9 months a year off) and I haven't seen a decent covey in north missouri in three or four years! This year looks like it may be better though.

Cheers,

Brad

[coffeefrog]

Hiding coffee machines is a matter of expectation... I keep trying to persuade my wife that something scary is going to arrive, like a six group Faema Nettuno or a 25kg roaster. A single group machine comes as a bit of a relief for her and in self-defence she now wants either a President or a Marte for herself (its either self defence or perhaps a touch of Stockholm syndrome, I am not the one to decide ).

[roblumba]

I've been checking craigslist for roasters and found this deal. Try hiding this large roaster in the garage! From the photo below it just looks like a bunch of metal that can perhaps blend it with the rest of the junk in the garage.

It's a good deal though! I would be saving so much money at this deep discount! Usually $120,000 marked down to $39,000 on craigslist.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/bfs/595670046.html

[cannonfodder]

That is hilarious; I like the lamp shade Mazzer.

The last machine I got, I told the wife I had a box of espresso machine parts coming, I just did not tell her all the parts were assembled into a machine. She gave me that 'roll the eyes' look when it arrived.

[Kuban111]

That is hilarious; I like the lamp shade Mazzer.

The last machine I got, I told the wife I had a box of espresso machine parts coming, I just did not tell her all the parts were assembled into a machine. She gave me that 'roll the eyes' look when it arrived.

Need to try this one...

LOL


Brads, when I upgraded to my Kony my wife knew it was coming but I choose to pick the week that she was out of the Country on a business trip to have it delivered.

She always brings me back coffee too.


Michael.

[perstare]

Brad, if you rigged it so that each time you turned on the machine a light would go on, you just
might have gotten away with it.

perstare

[erics]

I, fortunately or unfortunately, depending upon the circumstances, have never used this line but I'm afraid it has been used on me:

"Oh, I've had that for some time now" or very similar, "I bought that a long time ago".

[JimWright]

Maybe buy a nice cabinet for your espresso equipment - something you can open up to use it and then close again when you're done. (Along the lines of an electronics armoire - do people make these for kitchen use?) Then new items just disappear into the cabinet.

Of course, better still is to get your wife "into" coffee enough that she actually supports these purchases. As a start on this, I recommend bringing her coffee in bed every morning. (Works for me.)

[Jacob]

It came first - doesn't that count for something?

[BradS]

Wow - some great ideas. Judging from the creative suggestions, I'd say you all have given this subject more than just a passing consideration!

Jacob - no, dude, we're talking post-nuptial equipment here! Dave - while a machine is indeed the sum of it's parts, my wife would have cried "foul" on that one! Your wife must be a gem! You've smuggled in more machinery than I have furniture! Perstare, I had thought about that, but I was actually busted as soon as she noticed a bare naked floor lamp on here way in from the grocery store. Paraphrasing her words- "I really prefer a tiffany grinder myself". I was able to keep the grinder, but I haven't made the payback yet. I'm sure that's coming. All you guys considering the "espresso ride", remember this - the cost of the equipment should also include the SO's "yeah, but..." price!

Oh yeah & Roblumba - if you get roast-zilla into your life... well, you'd be the king!

Cheers,

Brad

[r-gordon-7]

This whole thread reminds me... Years ago, a fellow guitar collecting buddy and I came up with a marketing idea (which we never really pursued, of course)... Spray-on dust in an aerosol can to be called "Spousal dust" tm... Along with the slogan, "What? Oh, that old thing... It's been there for years..." tm

r-gordon-7

[keno]

If you really want to know how to hide your espresso equipment purchase from your spouse, then ask Elliot Spitzer.

[JimWright]

Indeed. But if the Feds come looking for your new grinder, you're still burnt.

[frustrated_uk]

It's a matter of give and take in our house, I bought a Mazzer, she's now getting a piano! Wouldn't mind but now I've got to move a bloody radiator for it to fit. That'll teach me. (No it wont).

[ccfore]

Well, I've been telling the S.O. for years that I might drop the espresso obsession for the new hobby of beekeeping. She surprizingly doesn't raise a flap, so to speak, when equipment occasionally shows up. But then again, shes a real honey!