Spouse/SO Excuses

[Kengar]

Okay, folks, let's hear your favorite spousal/s.o. excuses.

E.g., "Honey, I swear it came in on the live rock!" (particularly when it's used to "explain" a 7" acropora colony that appeared in the tank overnight).

Let's hear some more. You just might help save a fellow reefer's life!

[michaeljames]

"A CA reactor will let me spend more time with you, instead of always dosing the tank!"

[fours2many]

That old coral? I have had that forever, it was just in the back and wasn't getting enough light. I moved it there the other day. You just don't notice anything.

Kristin

[barbra]

I passed off an entire yellow tang just by telling my guy that it had always been there and he just hadn't noticed before. He looked puzzled for a minute, but didn't question it

I'm going to hell for sure, but the tank looks great.

[lakwriter]

I just used this one yesterday to explain why I wanted a new Tunze stream..."It uses half the electricity of my old one. So it'll pay for itself in no time."

[balmiesgirl]

I've used the "I've had that old thing ....forever" and "Don't you remember when we got that 2 or 3 months ago".
And of course my honey loves anything that is "more efficient" and "will save him $".

[HDAlien]

My wife enjoys working on the tank and enjoying it as much as I do, so no excuses can work for me

[SlowCobra]

The best excuse.... you shouldn't need one. As long as all the bills are paid, there is food in fridge/freezer, and everything that should be taken care of is. It shouldn't be a constant argument over spending a bit of money on our crack habit.... errr hobby.

[landlord]

I just use my SO's line.

"It bought it on sale, so essentially, I'm saving you money!".

If that isn't good enough, I top it with....

"Plus I took back that other thing I bought last week to buy this one!, so we really spent nothing!"

--landlord

[lotus02]

Originally posted by SlowCobra
The best excuse.... you shouldn't need one. As long as all the bills are paid, there is food in fridge/freezer, and everything that should be taken care of is. It shouldn't be a constant argument over spending a bit of money on our crack habit.... errr hobby.

Exactly!
Both of us are very involved with our tank and what goes in it shopping together. Even if I get something with out her she just says cool or nice fish or coral.

[LobsterOfJustice]

How about: It's my money.

[barbra]

Originally posted by landlord
I....."Plus I took back that other thing I bought last week to buy this one!, so we really spent nothing!"

--landlord

Awesome. I've done that with shoes, but it didn't occur to me to try it with aquarium things.

This is turning out to be a very useful thread

[db_triggerfish]

That $100.00 coral thats $20.00 so everything above $40.00 is $20.00 dollars. a $ 40.00 coral thats on sale for $5.00.

[mikekman]

AHHAHA I will have to use some of these excuses

How about "I traded some frags/equipment from the tank in and got store credit to get some more stuff"

[lazluvtoo]

Just used this one on my hubby a few weeks ago when I "had" to purchase a de-nitrator:

"Honey, if I don't get this, I will be spending all of my time doing water changes and cleaning the tank! Our tank is an investment and it's worth the money to buy a de-nitrator to save the money invested in the tank."

I'm not sure he liked it...but he bought it! :-)

[ACBlinky]

I often buy bleached or sickly corals for a few dollars, because I love to watch things recover and grow. Sometimes my hubby objects to even a $5 purchase, so I tend to use this one a lot:

"Honey, that's a green open brain. They go for about $69.00, I got this one for $5.00 from the scratch n' dent bin. Once it's healthy, we can sell it on for ten times what I paid for it!"

Of course, they never get sold on...

[NitroJunkie]

why do you think i went from a nano to a 75g? to easy to spot the addtions in the nano ! LOL

[michaeljames]

another move i use is to stop and pick up a gift on the way home, she'll get caught up in my "act of kindness" and leave me to play with my tanks!

[jrockssvt]

lobsterofjustice:

How about, its my money.

That was the funniest thing I have read on this forum ever, I started cracking up at work.

I have only been in reefing for a few months and slowly the wife is gaining interest she actually likes when I bring new fish home .....half price ......and the coral the guy threw in with it.

Actually I do try to always look for deals via craigslist, forums and ebay for people breaking down there tank. Cheaper, and helps me explain it better.

[lshark21]

Originally posted by HDAlien
My wife enjoys working on the tank and enjoying it as much as I do, so no excuses can work for me

Same here

[Tec2112]

Honey that expensive sps will make your little clown feel more at home.

[kysard1]

Spraying some water on the corner of my sump. See look there I must buy the acrylic to build a new one this weekend.

[dc]

We go on a 'Don't ask and I won't lie' policy.

[pledosophy]

Originally posted by mikekman
AHHAHA I will have to use some of these excuses

How about "I traded some frags/equipment from the tank in and got store credit to get some more stuff"

If you use this exuse long enough you can convince her to let you setup a frag tank in the garage to "save" you guys money.

When I turned the kitchen in my 1 bedroom apartment into a seahorse fry nursery it was, "Fine you don't like the tanks, I'll just flush these 1000 seahorses. You explain it to god why you killed them." Had the fry tanks going for two years. We ate out.

[Kannin]

"How about: It's my money."

Tough talk comming from a highschool student, Lobster of Justice... Wait until you're married little buddy. Just wait.