Ragnar66
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is your wife/girlfriend/significant other supportive of your flashlight addiction?
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LOL! I think my wife is just happy I found something I like that's NOT a custom/limited production knife. (Equivalent for the flashaholic who doesn't speak knife-nut being an HDS, McGizmo, or Malkoff)
She's also really happy with the Fenix TK-41 I replaced her plain-old 4D Maglite with! :naughty:
She's also really happy with the Fenix TK-41 I replaced her plain-old 4D Maglite with! :naughty:
Mrs. JNieporte appreciates the hobby, as she does with my guns, knives, etc.
She's turning into a flashoholic herself, going out on her own and using her own money to acquire a Streamlight Nano, Energizer 1AA from Target, and Gerber Tempo for her own use.
She's turning into a flashoholic herself, going out on her own and using her own money to acquire a Streamlight Nano, Energizer 1AA from Target, and Gerber Tempo for her own use.
Been with my wife for 17 years. Love her to death too! But if she knew I carry a $600 knife and just ordered a $325 flashlight, she would not be happy. So, I don't tell her. No need to bother her with prices. I just use my personal spending money and do not take away from family funds. I don't drink, smoke or go out so I like nice things. She likes spending on the kids and family activities.
What kind of knife ? ( its my other other weakness as well ), I keep a Klarus aaa Midas in my pocket and a custom stag handle Damascus fixed on my belt
Oh ... my wife tolerates my light and knife habits, I bought her a nice little light for her purse and years ago I got her a real nice pocket knife that she is fond of, ( she actually uses it regularly ). This atmosphere of cooperation started when I gave her a Smith and Wesson Model 19 with custom made grips ( by me ) for our first anniversary and its been all good from then on. It just goes to show you, if properly indoctrinated and gifted a significant other will let you slide on your indulgences. 23 years strong !
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Danielight
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I wouldn't consider myself to be a flashlight addict since I have only purchased a grand total of six LED lights over the last year-and-a-half, for a grand total of about $275. (This doesn't include the flashlights I bought for my wife and daughter last Christmas, or the batteries.) I prefer to look at my desire to purchase LED lights as more of a flashlight interest. (Yeah, I know, tow-MAY-tow, tow-MAH-tow!) Both my wife an daughter roll their eyes 
and or shake their heads :shakehead when I talk about flashlights ... I suppose it's safe to say they are neither supportive nor opposed to my "interest" (especially since my purchases haven't caused me to miss any house payments or take food off our table!). For now, I have pretty much reached that point of dimishing returns, and so probably will declare a moratorium on purchases ... I really do have all the lights I need. In the meantime, I think it will take a major blackout before my wife comes to appreciate the meaning of "EDC."
and or shake their heads :shakehead when I talk about flashlights ... I suppose it's safe to say they are neither supportive nor opposed to my "interest" (especially since my purchases haven't caused me to miss any house payments or take food off our table!). For now, I have pretty much reached that point of dimishing returns, and so probably will declare a moratorium on purchases ... I really do have all the lights I need. In the meantime, I think it will take a major blackout before my wife comes to appreciate the meaning of "EDC." 
zenbeam
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Fortunately, my wife loves shoes and has probably over 100 pair! So I always have that leverage if I don't overplay it. But she is otherwise extremely thrifty and doesn't really understand why last year I wanted to collect so many pocket knives and why now it is flashlights. But she knows that I grew up in an antique collecting and dealing family - so as far as she is concerned, it is "in my blood" that I have an appreciation for the whole process involved in collecting, not just the collection itself. But still - she doesn't "like" it too much due to her thriftiness (born and raised in China where one apple fed her family of 5, etc., etc.). So, as long as I am buying my collectible items with overtime I've earned or from items I've traded (like to Amazon for credit) or items I've sold... then she is less difficult.
And if she does get difficult, I mention the shoes or the fact that she likes to travel to China or Europe once a year or so - and how that money just plain goes away period.... she calms down and I continue researching for my next flashlight purchase. :thumbsup:
And we have been together some 7 years now (my 2nd and final wife) and still have separate bank accounts (although we can sign on each other's accounts if needed) and I think that helps a lot. Oh, and the purple Fenix E01 I gave her from the LD01 gift set went over quite well actually!
End ramble. Happy flashlight collecting!
And if she does get difficult, I mention the shoes or the fact that she likes to travel to China or Europe once a year or so - and how that money just plain goes away period.... she calms down and I continue researching for my next flashlight purchase. :thumbsup:
And we have been together some 7 years now (my 2nd and final wife) and still have separate bank accounts (although we can sign on each other's accounts if needed) and I think that helps a lot. Oh, and the purple Fenix E01 I gave her from the LD01 gift set went over quite well actually!
End ramble. Happy flashlight collecting!
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My wife was a little 'weirded out' by the flashlight thing, and the multitool thing, and the knife thing, but over time has come to appreciate the value these things can have in day to day life. She knows I have a flashlight, knife, scissors, tweezers or whatever in my pocket at any given moment and has come to rely on them. Even my 2yo now carries an imaginary screwdriver in his pocket to fix things after seeing me whip out my Leatherman when required.
I bring a few lights with me when we go away somewhere, and she's learned the value of a flashlight when in an unfamiliar hotel room and the kids are asleep so you can't turn the lights on.
I bring a few lights with me when we go away somewhere, and she's learned the value of a flashlight when in an unfamiliar hotel room and the kids are asleep so you can't turn the lights on.
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ericjohn
Enlightened
i quit buying flashlights for a while...i do check ebay at least every day though, for just in case there is an irresistible deal out there on a model i like.
my wife and i are on a budget, and if i was to buy flashlights right now i don't know how she would react, but before i quit buying new ones, she was ok with it as long as all the bills were paid and all necessities were met. i have been buying hand tools and knives (craftsman and klein) and she is fine with that.
she thinks it is sexy when i think out loud and talk to myself about PR Bulbs and what not. she also likes me to explain what i know about flashlights.
my wife and i are on a budget, and if i was to buy flashlights right now i don't know how she would react, but before i quit buying new ones, she was ok with it as long as all the bills were paid and all necessities were met. i have been buying hand tools and knives (craftsman and klein) and she is fine with that.
she thinks it is sexy when i think out loud and talk to myself about PR Bulbs and what not. she also likes me to explain what i know about flashlights.
strinq
Enlightened
so far...so good. My wife even followed me to a gathering once. Albeit she did look a bit bored lol.
Labrador72
Flashlight Enthusiast
I think when I bought the 3rd flashlight she made a nasty comment, then she started cracking jokes... by no she is resigned! Yesterday she sounded even surprised when I told her I had bought only one flashlight this month!!!
I even offered to give her one as a present but she said she doesn´t need it because she already has two I gave her 2 years ago - referring to a Mini Maglite and a Maglite Solitaire. Strangely enoguh when she needs a light she goes looking for mine!!!!
I even offered to give her one as a present but she said she doesn´t need it because she already has two I gave her 2 years ago - referring to a Mini Maglite and a Maglite Solitaire. Strangely enoguh when she needs a light she goes looking for mine!!!!
My wife does not mind BUT she has no idea what some of them cost! So I am a smuggler when I need to be and go into work after the mail comes when I need to also. She has her things she's into and I never say a word to her about them, she works very hard and deserves everything she buys.
My girlfriend doesn't always understand my flashlight, and EDC gear purchasing, and gives me quite a lot of grief about it. However a wonderful thing has happened. I was recently in hosptial for a week (hip replacement) and after visiting me she has to walk to her car in the near by park in the dark. So I told her to put my Jetbeam BC10 in her handbag for the walk.
Now she is in love with the thing, and bearly gave it back at all. I have been instructed to get her one, or buy myself a new light to keep by the bed (where my BC10 lives) and give my BC10 to her.
Oh glory days!
Now she is in love with the thing, and bearly gave it back at all. I have been instructed to get her one, or buy myself a new light to keep by the bed (where my BC10 lives) and give my BC10 to her.
Oh glory days!
Kitchen Panda
Enlightened
The wife is not hostile to flashlights, though I haven't taken up the "titanium/tint variations" level of interest yet which might get her concerned about the family budget. She does appreciate having lights around the house that gol-darnit WORK when needed. The "girlfriend", on the other hand, doesn't express much interest in flashlights, though she did appreciate the 2C Maglite with LED that I had in the car for a walk in the park.
Bill
("To wives and sweethearts...may they never meet!")
Bill
("To wives and sweethearts...may they never meet!")
yea thats cool and my wife is that way with my fishing adiction,she also loves to eat fresh walleye probably doesnt hurt.
