Talking About Gear Purchases With the Significant Other

[backwardsvoyager]

Neither my partner nor I communicate with each other in our first language(s), so actually explaining what any of the shit I buy does is really difficult (and the process of trying to do so tends to make me reconsider why I even need it )

She's actively encouraging when I buy things in her favourite colours, and likes drawing pictures and stuff that I'm in the process of turning into stickers to put all over my gear.

Wholly disinterested in the technical aspects but happily listens when I can't help but ramble about why flangers need to be in purple enclosures, or the respective benefits of offset and reverse offset guitar shapes. That's all I could ever ask for.

my partner encourages me to buy more gear all the time - 'hey you know how you've been really depressed lately? buy something to make you feel good! do you need a new pedal?'
also loves to hear me talk about gear and asks me a lot about pedals and things.
very in love and lucky!

This is wholesome and nice

[K2000]

Nice thread that didn't go in the direction I was expecting it to go.

I'm single, but one aspect I've seen people mention when shopping for new practice amps: SAF (spousal approval factor).

[coldbrightsunlight]

Ms Dos

Somehow the best bit of the thread never got celebrated though.

[John Matrix]

Sometimes when my wife has trouble falling asleep she will ask me to tell her about gear. Works like a charm.

[coldbrightsunlight]

[Lurker13]

I'm just going to say that I'm envious of those of you with understanding SOs. My ex-wife was not at all understanding of music gear.

[Lurker13]

Initially I think my girlfriend was worried after we moved in together and she witnessed the pedal pile multiplying but now she just asks lots of questions about them because she knows they keep me sane.

She is getting savvy though and will say things like "another HM-2 clone?? you haven't gotten a delay in awhile..." so there has developed this mix of judging and also enabling I guess?

Ha, she's judging your gear collection based on functionality - that's awesome!

[Achtane]

Dude we have so many animals and fish tanks that "I had to bring it home!". It's nothing because we both do the same stuff with our hobbies.

She has her animals and I have a fleet of shit boxes. And a plant addiction.

[Lurker13]

I'm just going to say that I'm envious of those of you with understanding SOs. My ex-wife was not at all understanding of music gear.

Congrats on her being your ex!

Thanks! We actually get along much better now that we are happily divorced.

To be fair, I didn't even play guitar when we got married, so she had no idea what was coming. (Come to think of it, neither did I.)

[Jero]

My GF loves that I build stuff, and any time I bring up some pedal or piece of gear that interests me, she says, "Are you going to get it? I think you should."

So I think I found a good one, haha. Glad most of you have as well

[retinal orbita]

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/is-my- ... n.1472415/

This popped up in my email this morning. I think I can say with full sincerity that it proves without a doubt we are better human beings than the talkbass people

[qersty]

jesus

[Kasrkin]

This is a good reminder why I haven't been to talkbass in a decade. :/

[coldbrightsunlight]

Oh boy.

Bad guy to me would be hiding money for drug, gambling or cheating

I can see what you're getting at because it's not as bad as these things??? (I'm trying to be charitable here) but come on. Why go around lying to people, particularly people you're married to?

[Scruffie]

Bob's wife found out.