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[Great-Kazoo]

Speaking of getting people in the right mindset.... I made a HUGE step with my wife today! We had 2 evacuees staying at our house during the Waldo Canyon fire, and they literally just brought sleeping bags for 2 night and 3 days. (I hope it was eye-opening for them too!) They are gone now, but this morning my wife and I were talking about all the fires, the tropical storm in the south, the heatwave in the midwest, and the winds/power outage affecting much of the Northeast, including Washington DC where MSM is reporting that millions of people could be without power for 3-4 days. During all of this, I kind of jokingly said "Gosh, that sounds like a good reason to stock up on rice and bottled water!" and she replied with "yeah no kidding. Wanna pick some up next time you're at Costco?" For a moment I was floored and didn't know what to say, because she has always been very financially insecure and afraid to spend extra money on ANYTHING, let alone food that we don't need for the week. This is great! I just need to be careful not to go overboard or I'll lose her support in this one really quickly.



For you married fellers out there, are your wives totally onboard with your prepping or bug out plans? If so, how did you do it?

Never needed to "get her on board" She has always been a gun friendly lady, who i think is still pissed after she found out i had been dipping in to ammo she thought was hers.Ask the board members who have had the opportunity meeting her. Her favorite saying is
"Without ammo all you have is an expensive paddle"

[HoneyBadger]

Never needed to "get her on board" She has always been a gun friendly lady"

My wife is fine with guns and is a decent shot (still working on that!) but she isn't really into prepping or preparedness. The prepping is more what I was asking about, especially because of the time and money involved in properly prepping.

[Great-Kazoo]

My wife is fine with guns and is a decent shot (still working on that!) but she isn't really into prepping or preparedness. The prepping is more what I was asking about, especially because of the time and money involved in properly prepping.

Owning guns is only the start. A lot of S/O's wives etc are "ok" with guns. However, do they have a ccw, carry when out, have a gun close by them in the house etc?? Not many woman are on board ccw wise. Getting them involved with security measures around the house and property, what is their part if someone tried breaking in, are they fully familiar with the gun on hand, do they have more than one as needed? I know a lot of woman who like guns but think my wife is a little over the top. Me i believe she's almost there: but have no doubt she will step up to the plate as needed.)

[Skully]

Owning guns is only the start. A lot of S/O's wives etc are "ok" with guns. However, do they have a ccw, carry when out, have a gun close by them in the house etc?? Not many woman are on board ccw wise. Getting them involved with security measures around the house and property, what is their part if someone tried breaking in, are they fully familiar with the gun on hand, do they have more than one as needed? I know a lot of woman who like guns but think my wife is a little over the top. Me i believe she's almost there: but have no doubt she will step up to the plate as needed.)

My wife shoots minimally but not a lot of experience (she is not very big most of my guns her hands don't fit right.) so I bought her a little Ruger LC9 with laser for home defense or CCW (if she decides to pursue that) for Xmas.

She was telling me that she worries about our little boys and wanted to know what I thought about making sure they will survive and not suffer if there was anything that would happen. We talked about all the options and what my plans/thoughts were. She is pretty confident in my plans in case. So it is nice having her agree and be on the same page, so I guess I am lucky in that factor.