Getting your Wife on board...

[biathlon]

I remember a movie done in the early 80s called "The Day After" about a full nuclear exchange between us and the soviet union. Even when the minuteman missles were launching in her backyard, the wife was still trying to make the beds and straighten out the curtains!

It's been their nature forever to grab their infant, run up the tree and leave US(the men) to face the lions. Our society is as f@#$%^ up as it is largly because of the politicians who have convinced the women of this nation that THEY will provide all the necessary social safety nets to guarantee they will always have EVERYTHING!!! Come on guys. It's their God given right to have the Paris Hilton lifestyle and it's the fedgovcoincs job to see to it!

Women have been the traditional gatherers because there is no risk in gathering roots or berries. You're guaranteed a meal. Hunting is a bet. It can be very dangerous too.

Metrosexual yuppies and whatever let the ladies determine their fate.
Real men do what needs to be done and ignore the naive and careless.

[Tofu]

Mike, ambushing her with a self imposed power outage might be counterproductive. What I have learned about women is that they (generally speaking) don't handle logical arguements very well. The key becomes how can we get our wives (husbands) to arrive to the same conclusion as we see the writing on the wall. We know whats coming and unless Almighty God steps in and changes America's course we are going to be in for a world of hurt. But causing fights between you and your wife is going to have very negative results.

Over the last few days I have been reading, watching Youtube and most importantly learning what are the real possibilities. One of the YouTube'rs that I have become impressed with is YankeePrepper. He takes a very level headed apprroach to this whole prepper lifestyle. It is doable, obtainable and rewarding to do things on your own instead of living with the ever present umbilical cord to the Food Mart. I have the good fortune that I married a country girl who grew up canning vegetables and living next to farms. So the things I talk about aren't foreign to her, just out of the ordinary. We watched a video that YankeePrepper did on making your own bread, we ordered a bread maker yesterday. I'll be buying a grain mill from Northern Tool and a small bag of hard Red Winter Wheat and giving this make your own bread thing a go.


We already have plans of getting our conceal carry permits next month. Slow and steady wins the race, I just hope and pray we have enough time to get it all completed.

[arcangel911]

Of course, when SHTF, I am sure that there will be a abundance of ladies needing food, shelter, warmth and protection.... of course, this is everymans fantasy and nightmare possibly and I could start my own thread on that subject in itself. But all that abundance scares me too....

Where I am in the country, is not quite what I am looking for....

[biathlon]

Not only will they need it, they will consider access to our preperations their RIGHT!

I wonder how the Warlord business will be after TSHTF? Maybe I could just trade in women and slaves and alcohol?

[Klayton]

I am currently planning on trading alcohol. Have a nice stockpile of it ready for trade purposes...
@biathlon: Not sure if God would ever forgive me for trading humans...

[biathlon]

OK, so the sarcasm didn't go over well. I don't know why but the ladies just seem to want to live in some sort of fantasy all the time. The former Mrs. Biathlon read the same novels over and over even though she had a ski pass. She watched some show called "Extreme housewives" or something like that. Even the really nice one I'm with now still doesn't get it.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

oh darn i got all excited i thought you said i could trade my wife for slaves and alcohol! LOL

[arcangel911]

Matt- I dunno. Will your wife let you trade her, much less trade your alcohol? ;)

[monkeybird]

Perhaps your wife will trade you!

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Perhaps your wife will trade you!

hehehehehehehe naw she couldn't stand to see me that happy beside there aint no shortage of busted up old soldiers with bad attitudes and bad haircuts so I aint worth much! LOL
Mine is not fully "on board" but does see the value of such things. I believe she has a fear of what people say and think and of getting labeled. She cares somewhat about those things and I understand. She definitely gets is though on short term stuff. When Christmas shopping for the kids she wanted to but a generator and a small heater for my son who lives in an apartment just in case they couldn't get to us or didnt want to for a power outage. I was stunned and fully agreed.
On her fears, there are to many folks start doing illegal/immoral things in the name of their cause of survival. We have encountered that numerous times in the years and she like me doesn't believe in that so I don't push it and she doesn't stop me from preparing. I have watched friend of mine go in and tell his spouse that he wanted an Ak47, 1000 rds, body armor and 1yr of food right now.They never even talked about anything like survival and were basically sheeple. Thats a hard pill for anyone to swallow financially and mentally, wether it's a wife or a husband. As to date he is divorced (not because of that) and has no preps nor any plans to because he found someone but not LMI so he changed his. He thinks he can rely on me. Ain't gonna happen Zombie.
She knows I post here and wonders about me because I have never till recently even remotely thought of it. OPSEC was my biggest thing but I'm not as worried about it, I found out first hand just how easy it is to find someone so it is already known. I have found during emergencies, like moths to a flame, they are drawn to my house. They will come as well supplied friends or soon to be done in zombies, that we agree on.

[arcangel911]

At least she is on board.... that is a big help and a plus in your general direction.

Curious though, what kind of emergencies are you talking about that bring people to your house?

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Curious though, what kind of emergencies are you talking about that bring people to your house?

Snow/ice storms, power outages, tornado or straight wind damage. Numerous times over the course of the years "friends" have come over because we are not sitting in the dark, without heat, eating hot meals, having snacks, playing cards and enjoying the day. Like zombies they sit and wring their hands waiting for someone to fix it. Then it seems they drift over because they know we are not. Later in the year they ridicule me as a "doomsdayer". The same with my wifes family over the years I was known as "that guy" because of my love of weapons but now suddenly they are into guns, even becoming instructors, and need my help and now I am "the guy" and my phone won't quit ringing. We all shoot IPSC together now once a month just for fun.

[mrsmarine]

Good luck to all ya'll trying to get (us) women to understand. I grew up in the south and am no stranger to farming/canning, so once I realized exactly what other people are doing and why ... it all just made sense. I myself am having a difficut time convincing my 2 sisters that it's best to be prepared for anything than be unprepared. A turning point for me to realize how important prepping is was watching a video on youtube titled "End of Liberty." I believe that people today have lost their survival instincts and rely too much on modern conveniences for their day to day life.

[Tofu]

Good to see another Tennessean. Welcome Mrsmarine.

My wife has been difficult. My brother and his family are going to be near impossible. So, my plan includes them in our long term survival prepping plus my inlaws. It won't be the lap of luxury, but it will be a start.

[Bearman202]

The sad part is that I TOLD my brother about this stuff, and he said that he wasn't worried about it, and that if something did happen, he was heading to my house. I then told him that he could come over if he wanted, but I wasn't going to be here. I have two spots picked out and will go there if TSHTF. I know it will be a big disappointment to him and I wish I could afford to prep for both of us, but I can't. His wife is loaded, he is working, and his wife's mother lives with them. When she moved in, she brought something like 1.5M with her. I will feel sorry for them, but not that much. As I tell people, you can turn on the light, but you can't open the eyes.