How Does Your Spouse Relate to Your Tool Fetish?

[Pho20]

I had all my tools stolen about 5 years ago and refused for years to buy new ones when the Toyota dealership filled my brake reservoir with coolant and the repair was $2200 (they refused to admit fault) we found used acuator for $100 on eBay she said to spend the rest of what the repair would have cost on a tool set and I have been doing that ever since

Now I have more tools then ever and the wife couldn't be happier with all the money we save

 

[Roobaix]

"You don't need to buy any more tools..."

 

[Bob-B]

75% of my stuff I had before we got married. In fact, I had bought and remodeled our 1st house 6 months before we got married. I moved all my stuff in at that time, long before the 1st piece of furniture arrived. The big machinery added after marriage (milling machine, surface grinder, etc.) was all paid for within 6 months with side work. She really doesn't care what I do because my tool & machinery flipping supports my hobby.

 

[crewchief888]

I am old enough I just want to spend a few more bucks on myself !

oddly enough my wife gets pissed at me cuz i dont spend any money on myself...

i do need to get a couple pair of boots before winter....

 

[Murphy4570]

I'm single. Just spent $450 on a BJP1 balljoint press. Really didn't want to spend the money for years, and it was always a shop tool. Now that I'm no longer an auto mechanic, there are no shop tools to use....gotta buy it myself!

Past girlfriends haven't said a peep about tool costs. They were always very appreciative of how handy I was. My last girlfriend sent me a heartfelt thankyou text out of the blue a few months after we had broken up, thanking me for putting new tires on her car for her after a brutal winter storm had hit.

 

[bobcatdan]

It's my money, I spend it as I please. Tools she doesn't really seem to get excited about. I get some ribbing for "toys" like the garden tractor or trailer.

 

[Junkman]

I just do as I please, and don't even think about buying anything that I want or need.... I just do it. She keeps asking what am I going to do with all this "****", and I keep telling her, that is her next husbands problem.

 

[TerryH]

Most on here have seen my shop/tools/whatever. Wife has no issue with it at all. She's a keeper.

 

[MikeF2316]

I do what I want, when I want with money. So does she. We don't spend more than we take in, so all is good.

 

[a52-830]

one word: Horses

 

[metaldad]

im always buying something.
either something i need for a job, or something i realllllllllllllllllly need.
she gets a little ticked when another package arrives

 

[Tim37]

She said if I didn't quit seeing the snap on man she was leaving.

Anyone want to see my new sockets?

 

[Ramblin Man]

My wife is great toward my tool purchases. But, there is a catch in my situation.

She got interested in woodworking a few years ago, and she is buying a LOT more tools than I am now. I'm just buying tools as I need them now since I have been in the automotive field since the 1980's.

So,,,,,,,,,I guess she needs to come in here and answer the question from her perspective about how I support her tool fetish. HA! HA!

 

[Derek420]

My wife likes when I fix something and knows I need tools to do so but now I'm buying more tools than I am fixing things and the tools are piling up and her car is in garage in need of repair. She goes with me to hunt for tools but waits in the car with kiddos and every time I come out she is pissed I was in there so long lol. She sometimes goes in with me and looks at them and picks out something old or useless to me but she has started to collect a few odd and end tools. She just likes odd wrenches and screwdrivers I started her a tool box so she could have her own but it's not needed. She's tired of my tool obsession she says it's all I talk about and is tired of hearing it. She also started budgeting me on tools giving me redicoulsly small spending caps like 10-20 bucks and I make do never payed more than $5 for a tool accept for power tools but She bought a used pink Snap on instinct screwdriver for $20 which probably isn't bad but sheesh. I know our funds aren't that well right now and we have 6 kids and she says I'll waste my last dime on a good deal on a tool but I do make sure my kids have what they need and I let her buy whatever as well. She also says that I got to many of the same tools and keep buying the same things but I can't pass up a steal of deal. I don't have friends or talk to my family and do alit around house and with kids I should at least get some happiness out of my only hobby. I could always double or quadruple my money on what I buy at least I tell her is how I get what I want. I learned happy wife happy life.

 

[K-Dog]

I <3 my wife. Tools are in the family budget.
Additionally, she is gifted at finding deals. I tell her what tool I need / want and she finds it usually at a ridiculous price. Sometimes she will find deal with out me asking. She will send me a link every now and then and say " Do you want this ? Do you need this? Is this a good deal ?"

 

[L5wolvesf]

Interesting post, my response is a combination of several others here. I voted “Favorable”.

My "significant other" , together 15+ years, became very happy I had the tools and knowledge of how to use them when I would come get her when her pos car would break down. They’ve all (g/fs) seemed to like that for some reason.

When we started going out she knew I spent a lot of money on cars (7 right now), motorcycles (6 right now) and tools. 30+ years of tool accumulation after nearly EVERYTHING I had was stolen in the 70s (not gonna count them all).

She cooks (very well) and takes care of a number of other things around the house. I fix/improve things around the house, which saves a lot of money but of which she appreciates. She also found the house we are in and knew the garage was very close to perfect for me, and the budget we had.

She bought a toolbox specifically for all my Craftsman stuff she knew I had a lot and I didn’t even mention it – she just got it one Xmas. She also knows how to use a number of my tools and can help with things if a hand is needed.

I help her with her hobbies/side business (including built pieces for her weaving loom), she likes my racecar thing and likes to help, she is really good with a stopwatch and como equipment.

She’s a keeper, me? Sometimes not do much.

 

[L5wolvesf]

Tool fetish, does that make this site “tool ****”?

she enjoys my tool...wait, are we talking about the same thing?

the older i get the more i talk myself out of stuff.

Yeah, me too

 

[BIG BACCHUS]

I got lucky, my "SO" isn't used to guys like me and thinks it's flat out attractive that I'm so into tools. Hoping that mentality won't wear out.

 

[nieuport17]

I have to fill out an approval form, and she has to sign it.


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[southalabama]

She asks if I "need it". I say yes, she rolls her eyes.

Then I ask "do you need more shoes?"

After that she shuts up.

 

[chrisnazzy]

Mine seems to have less of a problem with my actual tool purchases and more of a problem with my GJ time. The other day I brought her home a 6 pack of the locally brewed blueberry vanilla wheat beer she loves and some Milky Way Darks. After she is done with Nursing school next year I plan on starting my 1st classic truck project and I know I will have to find creative ways like this to "pay" for my garage time. Even after 15 years of marriage and 4 girls though she is still the hottest chick I see everyday so I do try to keep her happy.

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[Maui]

I am single, and buy whatever I want, when I want to. It doesn't ****.

Maui

 

[Empty Pockets]

Wife whines a little at first, but calms down after I build or fix something she wants done

 

[d.mcfarland]

At the end of the day if a female can't understand that tools fix things then they aren't logical. And if a guy buys more then he can afford he's just like the rest of us! HAHA

 

[shockwave]

Her response would be what's or budget meaning how much money do I gave of yours meaning less in my pocket is less in hers

 

[Project_shadow]

If the bills are paid and a little is out in saving the rest if spending money [emoji16]
She also says, "I'd rather not know prices"



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[Hagatronics]

Tools I buy to fix things around the house get a big thumbs up.
Tools I buy for my race car, not so much. The reality is my life is better the less I talk about it. If she asks how much I normally divide by 5 and round down.

 

[GTO]

She buys me tools for Christmas,plus I keep all five cars and trucks running myself.So she understands a man needs tools to do this.

 

[doubleot]

My wife doesn't care much anymore. She just let me order my new tool chest for my upcoming birthday. She knows its my hobby and I thoroughly enjoy being in the garage and messing with cars. She used to have a problem with it. I help around the house and clean up before I do stuff in the garage and she's peachy keen. I also try and keep her happy with random gifts, nothing huge or wild but surprise vacations once in a while and the random showing up with an iced tea or diet coke to her office make her as happy as ever.

 

[landrover bodger]

mine tells me if you need it buy it . happy to spend the day looking round tool shops or auctions . she has her own tool box

 

[Richard Cranium]

mine tells me that I make the money, and if I want it, then just go and buy it.

 

[22george]

Mine didn't understand until she started making her own projects. Now she has her own air compressor and buys her own tools

 

[chrisnazzy]

Mine didn't understand until she started making her own projects. Now she has her own air compressor and buys her own tools[emoji481][emoji481]

Funny. A few years back for Christmas I bought my wife her own toolbox for all her crafting and scrapbooking stuff. Now she dedicates a whole drawer to nail polish so she can lock it up and keep our girls from making our house smell like a nail salon 24/7.

This was a HD black Friday Husky combo. My wife and I dismantled it, primed it and painted it a semi-flat white not long after she got it.

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[66354dream]

Luckily my wife can care less about my tool/ auto parts addiction, I have literally spent complete pay checks on "toys" without having to deal with **** from her. As long as my share of the responsibilities are paid and taken care of she can care less on where or how my money is spent.

 

[bert1913]

my wife has no problems with my tool purchases. our house is almost paid off....all the bills are being paid...we have money in the bank and food on the table.

not counting ebay, here is a copy from amazon on how much i spent this year (the year isn't over)

http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/R...Pro_2016-11-16T00_19_21Z_zpsryhufbxu.jpg.html

 

[ArmyVW_GuyInTX]

Wife texts me a photo of a bottle carrier with 7 glass quart oil bottles in it from an estate sale while I was at work one Friday morning, saying she knows I like them so she bought them.
Wife texts me months later and tells me she has found lots of my favorite automotive tool brand (Hazet) at another estate sale......she is well trained!

 

[paulsomlo]

Wife texts me a photo of a bottle carrier with 7 glass quart oil bottles in it from an estate sale while I was at work one Friday morning, saying she knows I like them so she bought them.
Wife texts me months later and tells me she has found lots of my favorite automotive tool brand (Hazet) at another estate sale......she is well trained!

No fair - you have a personal shopper!

 

[TheDuke62]

last text from her, "What did you order from Amazon, it's heavy"

 

[Kenskip1]

If you buy another dam tool I'm going to have my mother stay with us.

 

[Jazz1]

Just buy whatever I need or want. I'm not her dog.