Aftermath secret service

[k3gn3123512]

Does anyone else find it funny that the 14-year-old thinks it's "retarded" and all of us old

Let us start with it that i was referring to his idea as retarded. I offered him advice previously in a post that you failed to ignore. Apparently you get stuck on one single post. I posted previously that for upgrading the gun he could just get a new one.

And I am wondering what your problem with age is.

[Juicemachine]

Does anyone else find it funny that the 14-year-old thinks it's "retarded" and all of us old

Let us start with it that i was referring to his idea as retarded. I offered him advice previously in a post that you failed to ignore. Apparently you get stuck on one single post. I posted previously that for upgrading the gun he could just get a new one.

And I am wondering what your problem with age is.

Failing to ignore would mean that he read it.

His problem with age is that a lot of 14-year-olds act like complete asshats. Even of we're not one, we get lumped in with the rest of them. You just have to prove you're not one to separate yourself from the stereotype.

Back to the OP, I think, as mane have already stated, that you should just get rid of the aftermath and get a new gun. It'd be better in the long run, and would probably keep your wife somewhat happy. That or let her shoot you with the new gun.

[Darius137]

My problem with 14 year olds is one of legality.

SOMEDAY, JUICE.

[k3gn3123512]

Does anyone else find it funny that the 14-year-old thinks it's "retarded" and all of us old

Let us start with it that i was referring to his idea as retarded. I offered him advice previously in a post that you failed to ignore. Apparently you get stuck on one single post. I posted previously that for upgrading the gun he could just get a new one.

And I am wondering what your problem with age is.

Failing to ignore would mean that he read it.

His problem with age is that a lot of 14-year-olds act like complete asshats. Even of we're not one, we get lumped in with the rest of them. You just have to prove you're not one to separate yourself from the stereotype.

Back to the OP, I think, as mane have already stated, that you should just get rid of the aftermath and get a new gun. It'd be better in the long run, and would probably keep your wife somewhat happy. That or let her shoot you with the new gun.

Good point. I'll let my argument die there.


I will side with most people here and tell you to just get a new gun. Talk to her first, tell her that one way or another you will buy a new gun someday and this one won't cut it.

[FishSlapRepublic]

Throw the old one in the trash, get a systema and tell her the dog ate the last one. If you don't have a dog, get one then tell her it ate it.

On a more serious note she should be able to respect you and your hobbies enough to not care if you get another one. You only have one right? It shouldn't be an issue her shoes probably take up 5 times more space than your current gear.
Things should be fair and its not fair for her to has say over something you want if you have no say over the things she wants. I say tell her you are getting the new gun and get it. Its not a big deal and she shouldn't be making out to be one.

[Jihad]

I also want to interchange the parts myself so if anything goes wrong with the replica I don't have to take it to a gun smith. So a how to section would be nice too. Thanks for your help.

http://www.mechbox.com/

Best of luck

[PLANofMAN]

Senario 1

Casually walk down a hallway carrying your aftermath *trip* and fall on said aftermath. OOOOHhhhh! "Honey, I broke my gun! Aftermath doesn't have parts to fix my MP5." cry (or at least fake it). Result. New gun.

Senario 2 (If you are bad at lying)

Give Aftermath to a trusted friend as a loaner. friend loses, breaks or other wise destroys gun. Friend offers to "pay" you for damages. Use friend's "money" (A.K.A. your credit card) to buy new gun. I think you deserve...a KWA MP7? M4?

Question: you have a man card she won't check. does she have a woman card you don't check? Where did that diamond necklace come from?

[Cap n pickles]

Yeah you have to sweetin the deal home slice.

[Steve]

Keep the aftermath as a secondary in case your race gun fails on you.

If it were me, I'd sit down with her and ask for her opinion. Let her know that you are interested in getting better kit for this hbby. Ask for advice. Let her know that you are really interested in the sport and point out the positives (fairly low upkeep costs for ammo, physical fitness, cardiovascular health, it's not meth / heroin / stripper-related). Make the process a partnership so that she feels like she has input into the process, rather than being excluded. Even if the suject bores her to tears, she'll appreciate that you wanted to spend time with her talking about it. Encourage her to join you at an event that has camping the night before, so she never wants to go with you again.

Ask for input about the finances. If buying a new gun will make thing difficult financially, see if she is willing to work with you to make a plan. Figure out what it would take to budget for the purchase. It may take a little longer to get it, but it will not damage your relationship nearly as much to wait a month or three as it would if you just ninja'd one. Trust is much more important to your relationship than a new toy is to your happiness. If it is a matter of money, see if she will agree to let you finance it out of woking overtime at your normal job, or if picking up something part-time is acceptable.

And if she just won't budge at all, and the finances aren't the problem, then I'd take a serious look at your relationship. Either there is something that she cannot wrap her head around about the sport, or she simply has other issues that are causing problems. Better to identify them and address them now, rather than let them fester for a few years, neh?

[Jeep]

airsoft and jeeps are better addictions than drugs and alcohol, you also don't suffer hang overs and it is probably a little cheaper.

Buying crap is false economy, Get something that you like, and will stand up to skirmishing.

[ogrejager]

Failing to ignore would mean that he read it.

His problem with age is that a lot of 14-year-olds act like complete asshats. Even of we're not one, we get lumped in with the rest of them. You just have to prove you're not one to separate yourself from the stereotype.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

[PLANofMAN]

Keep the aftermath as a secondary in case your race gun fails on you.

If it were me, I'd sit down with her and ask for her opinion. Let her know that you are interested in getting better kit for this hbby. Ask for advice. Let her know that you are really interested in the sport and point out the positives (fairly low upkeep costs for ammo, physical fitness, cardiovascular health, it's not meth / heroin / stripper-related). Make the process a partnership so that she feels like she has input into the process, rather than being excluded. Even if the suject bores her to tears, she'll appreciate that you wanted to spend time with her talking about it. Encourage her to join you at an event that has camping the night before, so she never wants to go with you again.

Ask for input about the finances. If buying a new gun will make thing difficult financially, see if she is willing to work with you to make a plan. Figure out what it would take to budget for the purchase. It may take a little longer to get it, but it will not damage your relationship nearly as much to wait a month or three as it would if you just ninja'd one. Trust is much more important to your relationship than a new toy is to your happiness. If it is a matter of money, see if she will agree to let you finance it out of woking overtime at your normal job, or if picking up something part-time is acceptable.

And if she just won't budge at all, and the finances aren't the problem, then I'd take a serious look at your relationship. Either there is something that she cannot wrap her head around about the sport, or she simply has other issues that are causing problems. Better to identify them and address them now, rather than let them fester for a few years, neh?

Wow, awesome answer. Have you ever considered a career as a marriage counselor? I hold Steve up as proof that not all men who airsoft are hairy chested neanderthals who beat clubs on the ground and drag their women around by their hair.

Of course from my (non-married) perspective, the girl I'm dating is into roller derby so it could be argued that she is a bit tougher than me. I consider her hobby to be expensive, dangerous and painful and she feels the same way about mine. Aren't relationships wonderful!
She understands about obsession. I don't piss her off by asking her why she really needs rollerskates with flames on them that cost four times as much as plain ones and she doesn't piss me off by asking why I need yet another fake firearm that shoots plastic bb's.