Have you ever deceived your wife-audio purchase

I always ease my wife into a purchase by offhand saying "wow, thats a good deal"or "what the heck " when looking at things on the internet - a little later I bring up what a good deal it is(even if I've already agreed to buy it) Shes pretty cool about my purchases though (I've pretty much paid for my equipment by buy/selling used audio - right now I "owe" the house $500) Her acceptance came when I bought a Mcintosh c-22 and a C39 out of the paper for $1000 (after begging and borrowing money from the kids savings/ i had to give the kids a "cut"of the profits) and sold them for $2200 and $1100 on ebay...although she still comes with me for most purchases even though she could care less about audio equipment...

Yes, I call it a check and balance system. She spends an awful lot on the dogs (which I'm not nuts about) and I've had my share of expenses on equipment. Of course, she often asks, "How much are you selling this for ?" And right after that, "How much did you buy it for ?" That's where I have to do some mental juggling. I must say, though, that it was she who strongly encouraged me to build my own dedicated listening room. No kidding.

Deceive? My wife actually bought for me my "new" Musical Fidelity power amp.

A good black eye will stop the questions.

A good black eye gets you a free pass to jail around here ,I am not sure around your place.