Schemes you use to justify your expanding hat collection to your other half

• Jun 14, 2017

• #1

Windsock8e

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This is intended to be light hearted as to how you justify taking over rooms in your home to fill with hats, or how you justify that you need another hat when you already have one to cover every day of the month in the face of your other half's querying or quarrelsome look when s/he texts you "another hat has arrived".

This will hopefully give some (legal!) ideas to other hat addicts.

My lame offerings:
- is to sell the stingy brims or find random hats (including baseball caps) and say that I honestly posted "another hat" on ebay for sale;
- buy her something she wants, randomly;
- get her into hats ! She wants an optimo blocked straw and I forwarded a link to Esther's website.

I am sure there is much better out there, so please share.

 

• Jun 14, 2017

• #2

Mustang Mike's Hats

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As a hatter, it's not TOO difficult, but I do have a fairly good sized collection of hats I've either made, or purchased. My BEST reason for adding one to my collection is research, as in: "Honey, I need to see how the hat was made in order to be able to recreate it." (Works well for vintage, not so much for newer hats.)

 

• Jun 14, 2017

• #3

Frunobulax

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New hat? What new hat?

Look, over there, it's Sasquatch!
(runs away)


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

• Jun 14, 2017

• #4

moehawk

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Start obsessively researching and collecting vintage pianos. Concede to giving up one of your "habits". Let her choose which one while you serenade her on an out-of-tune piano. Bonus points if you can't play.
Begin preparing your new hat room.

 

• Jun 14, 2017

• #5

Windsock8e

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I forgot to add one: "I need to fill the void since you made me give up my unicorn collection". She said "you don't have one!" So I responded "exactly...". Then bought another hat.


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• Jun 14, 2017

• #6

Willebe

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First: mention the idea...I will usually get some looks of how stupid or ridiculous the idea sounds.
Second: wait a few days and mention the idea again, and add some rational as to why it is a good idea.
Third: tell her I really want X and for her to let me know when the budget allows it.
If I can show her the rational and how it is really good for the whole family or how it saves money in the long run, then step two is usually all I need.

After step three, the wait can be anywhere from 1-3 months. I can always work an extra shift at work and then go buy what I want, but I haven't found anything I want bad enough to sacrifice my family time. I'll go without everything else, but never go without family time.

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• Jun 14, 2017

• #7

hatsRme

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Willebe said:

I'll go without everything else, but never go without family time.

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AGREED, Will! Although we have SOME family members that I could go without. No names...

 

• Jun 14, 2017

• #8

Bushman

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"This one is different! See? See?"

"It's for my friend. He's gonna pay me for it. I swear!"

 

• Jun 14, 2017

• #9

Mustang Mike's Hats

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Bushman said:

"This one is different! See? See?"

"It's for my friend. He's gonna pay me for it. I swear!"

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I gotta remember that one!!

 

• Jun 15, 2017

• #10

rogerstg

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It's no problem for me: I can always fall back on discussing her shoes. I'll never have as many hats as that.