How to buy another pair of skis without my wife finding out ?????

 Your wife is correct. Learn how to ski on the boards you already own. Buying new ones isn't going to make you ski any better.

Ditch the wife, get a dog. Dogs do not care how many pairs of skis you have as long as you let them ride in the car once in a while.

You could buy them ship then ship them to my house, where I'll store them for you.  I'll use them on occasion so if your wife ever gets suspicious I can produce photographic evidence that I frequently take them to the mountain and they certainly couldn't be your third pair of the season.

Then, whenever you're skiing without the wife and want to use them, you can just stop by New Haven, CT and pick them up on the way to the mountain.

Why would anyone want to be married to someone who tells them what they can or can't do with their time and money?

Keep it reasonable.  My wife doesn't start asking questions until the quiver gets over about 10 pairs.  Ask her why she needs variety in some of the stuff she buys.. LIke "why do you need  diffrent size pots and pans?", or "why do you need different color shoes?"

It now takes me about two years to get real ski time on every pair I am holding on to.  I free up space by giving stuff away to friends or charity.

Bad idea!  If your wife finds out you are lying to her about skis, she will assume you are capable of lying to her about other women, and then you have a real problem.

I suggest looking into a trading one of your new pair, or selling off some of you old rock skis to justify the expense.

She WILL find out. Take it from a wife.
Not a good idea. If it's already a bone of contention, you have no hope.
You DO have enough skis.

*
Me: "Honey, if UPS delivers a tall skinny box and I'm not home, will you bring it inside?"
Her: "What's in this 'tall, skinny box' "?
Me: "Skis."
Her: "Why do you need more frickin' skis?"
Me: "Since I'm having a mid-life crisis, it was either that or a new car and a young blonde."

(*One approach....if you don't mind getting neutered in the process.)
Edited by Alpinord - 3/29/10 at 3:41pm

Man up.

 
Best answer for someone asking a forum of strangers how they should best deceive their wife with the purchase of more skis. 

Oh, and ignore the cave man responses I read in this stupid thread unless like them you’ll soon find that skis are only items found beside you

Man up indeed!  Ski a pair

 

I see this quite a lot, being the owner of a ski shop myself, I have been known to store skis purchased by a customer in my shop so his wife didn't find out, when he wants to use them he drops by and gets free rental on these skis, this has only been done twice so far and it was good friends of mine at the time.
One got caught out badly though when he and his wife dropped in to say hello to my wife and my wife asked how he was enjoying his new skis, he was in deep trouble then for being so cunning.

My advice would be to take up flyfishing. 

Fly rods all look alike.

Not a good idea.  Take it from a lifelong flyfisherman.  Flyfishing is worse than skiing.  You have a flyrod, waders, boots, a wading jacket, a reel, flies, leaders, tippet.  A flyrod costs between $200 for a chinese rod, to $800 for a good US graphite rod, heck some companies even try to sell you a korean rod for $800, to a cane rod at $1500.  You buy one rod, then you decide you need a slower action rod for dry fly fishing, and a really fast action rod for nymphing, and pray to god you dont get into spey fishing!!!  Then you have reels, you will need a reel for all these rods, from $100 -$800 each.  Oh and fly lines for all these reels, about $65 each.  Then you will need waders, and good goretex waders cost about $300 - $400.  Heck, I need a spare room just to store my 6 reels, 3 pairs of waders, 2 pairs of wading boots, 5 single handed rods, 4 spey rods, and oh god I did not even get into the hundreds of flys at $1-$2 each, and oh my god don't even get me started on the 5 drawers just for fly tying equipment.  If you take the full retail value of everything I have it could easily be $30,000 - $50,000, of course I would be lucky to get $5,000 for it all.

Oh, and while fly rods may look all the same, if you have 2 rods even if they look alike your wife will notice if you get a third rod, she does know how to count, just like he has 2 pairs of skis and she will know if he gets a third.  Wives can easily tell when something goes from 2 to 3.

<edit> I just thought of a super sneaky thing to do.  Say the skis cost $500?  No surprise she doesnt want you to buy another pair of skis.  Tell her they are a absolute steal at just $100 and it is such a good deal you can't pass it up.  Pay $100 with a credit card and then mail them a money order for the rest.  Of course this will require squirreling away $400, plus talking them into it, they shouldn't have a problem shipping you the skis after they receive the payment in full.


Edited by PimpinPanda - 3/30/10 at 3:19am

You just need to have a large enough quiver that she would never notice another pair of skis.  I think I hit critical mass when I passed 10 pairs.  Now she couldn't possibly keep them all straight.

Just admit your sins. Honesty is the best policy. Especially if you can claim you got a good deal.

We have a bunch of Fischer race skis (133 SL, 138 SL, 165 SL, 140 GS, 150 GS, 170 GS, 180 GS). I picked up a pair of used 158 GSs for dirt cheap because I wanted the bindings. Lined the "new" skis up in the middle of all the others, and the wife still spotted them at the first attempt! Do not underestimate a wife!

Dude, you only need 1 pair of ski's.

I don't get it.??

Make a deal with her- Every sixth pair of shoes she has, you're allowed one more set of skis.  Depending on the price of her shoes vs. your skis, you can adjust accordingly.  What's fair is fair. 

Skis are cheap. I own a bike shop. You should hear what people do to sneak in another $6000 bicycle, when they already have several.

Most of the wives hate me. Though I do have one customer who tells her husband she is going jewelry shopping rather than tell him she is coming to the bike shop. She spends more here than on diamonds.

Get her some jewelry of equal or greater value...now this is very important so listen closely.....it must be big, bright and shiny so it will confuse her kinda like fish and lures. She won't even notice the skis, promise.  mmkay?

Yeah that should work.

Sell one then buy another. Don't lie to your wife, that's messed up .

You need to bargain, negotiate,pressure, cajole,beg,trade and grovel but if the woman is right and not treated fairly you got a big problem.

I bought new golf clubs,she got  sewing machine, I got skis,she got something she wanted.  Marriage is exchanges and agreements not deceit and pouting.

Phil has a good thought about clothing and shoes. they buy them constantly and these things do add up pretty fast to equal a pair of skis. My wife constantly bought clothing and we never argued about a pair of skis and all the other stuff we buy. Just do it a piece at a time just like she filled that closet.

Maybe you need to argue your case a bit better but remember you get more with honey than vinegar. Good luck and you  might need to grow a set to find the strength
Edited by GarryZ - 3/30/10 at 11:45am

 

I love the generalizations by both men and women in this thread...
Buy her jewelry
they buy clothing and shoes constantly


If I were married to any of you bears, you damn well better not compare your ski gear purchase to MY shoe collection , MY clothing collection, or try to bribe me with jewelry.

You should, however expect me to be exited to see your new skis which will mean that you may find me fondling them when you're not looking(or when you are looking).  Further, you will promptly tell me that I look hot in my new ski jacket!

Easy answer, and this works for other toys, too, as well:  walk-in basement.  After training, I used to carry my skis through the house until my wife started bitching about all the water I was dripping, walls I was ruining, etc., so now everything goes from the garage directly to the Toy Center in the basement via the walk-in staircase slash door.  How many skis/bikes/tennis rackets do I have?  It's a finite, but ever-changing number between 15 and 25, but I can't reveal the exact data in a public forum...details available on request, just PM me...

Bottom line... "If momma ain't happy....nobody's happy".  But, I still say you should be able to negotiate room for a 10 pair quiver.  I live in a tiny house and have a meager gear budget, but still can swing this:


Take note of the treadmill these are standing on (her treadmill!).  It takes up more room and cost more than what I paid for all the gear I bought over the past two years. 
And, if she tries that "you never use them all" argument, game over!
Pick your battles, but fight for what is fair.  Lying isn't necessary and just leads to real problems.

Have them sent to your lawyer's office.  You will be stopping by there when your wife finds out about the skis...and she will find out!  All of that advice above about pointing out how much jewelry she has or pairs of shoes she owns must be from people who aren't married, or at least are married to women who are a whole lot different from my wife.  Be honest and it would help if you sell a pair to help finance the new pair.

 That's funny.......Treadmill........game over!

You are a prize indeed,my dear.

I believe Phil and I have over 50 years between us time served married. Straightforward and stick to the facts is the best way to argue your case. At least his wife skis.mine just liked lots of clothes and shoes.

GarryZ, it is obvious from your posts that you indeed have that marital experience...you actually gave good advice.  I suspect that while your wife likes clothes and shoes you would not come home and say "since you have so many shoes and clothes I am going to buy a new pair of skis".  If you can do that then your wife is WAY different than mine.