WOW indeed!

You now know what makes her feel secure: FOOD!

 

That's how it usually works. One day they are all meh, then the light comes on and they get that feverish 'must catch up' look.

 

Pretty nice she's on board now. Hope that neighbor/friend preps as well because shtf and he'll come knockn'.

 

Most people here are not that fortunate. My wife came around also. Took a few months of convincing and explaining though. But Congrats. It is so much easier when you are both on the same page.

 

All things in moderation to be honest. I betting I would turn my girlfriend against my prepping if I'd spent all my money on preps this last month and skimped on christmas presents for the family.

 

Congratulations! Glad to hear it went so well!

If the boxes were labeled as being food, your neighbor and his family are now part of your group, whether you want that or not. You might want to sound him out on being prepared. And on OPSEC.

 

It took me a couple years to get my wife on board, but all it took was one thought provoking oh **** moment and suddenly she was all about prepping. It's funny how that works.

 

The tornadoes that ripped through here in April got my wifes attention, she's not "all in", but is more supportive of her "nut-job" husband now.

 

My partner is supportive. We live a bit out of the city, and she grew up poor like me. I don't go "overboard" - but I constantly add stuff, a bit at a time. Most of my "hobbies" run hot and cold, but I'm pretty constant with prepping. I've got 4 more folks to provide for in case of an "event", so I'm staying with it.
Glad to hear she's on board - it makes it a lot easier.

 

I make pretty good money and we live below our means. Buying the pistol and all that food and doing a couple ski weekends just means we probably won't save any money this month. I've actually convinced her that "stuff" is a pretty good place to put money right now since investments are so volitile and even cash is at a big risk of inflation.

I'll have to get the neighbor on-board and make sure he doesn't go blabbing. We're good friends though and he organizes neighborhood watch and stuff, so he's probably OK. He has about 20 gallons of gas and 3000 rounds of .223 (which he didn't show me until a couple of months ago) in his garage, too, so I wouldn't be surprised if he's already got at least a little food stored. Besides...I'll just tell him our other neighbor, who he doesn't trust as much, has a whole year's worth of food (which he does). Of course, he has about a dozen AR-15's (I bought mine from him) and just as many pistols. If anything, at least our suburban cul-de-sac is well armed.

 

Good for both of you. I know it has to suck for people that are or want to get on board and their significant other doesn't. Give her a big hug and tell her how proud of her you are and that you love her. Good luck to you both.

 

Good for you. I wish I could get my family members interested. Last week my son told me his plan for his family is that if The end of the world as we know it happens they are going to get in the car, drive into the garage and use a hose from the exhaust to kill themselves. I was speechless, and he said I would not want to live or to have my kids live in a world like that. What do you say?

 

Last week my son told me his plan for his family is that if The end of the world as we know it happens they are going to get in the car, drive into the garage and use a hose from the exhaust to kill themselves.

That's not a very good first option! You know, after the bubonic plague played out the standards of living in Europe skyrocketed since crowding was reduced while all the original infrastructure remained.

I might consider suicide if I was going to live like "Mad Max", "A boy and his dog" or "The Road". If there were never going to be any living plants again I think I'd just get it over with and off myself. I'd make a run at "Little House on The Prarie" and give 'er a go. I think the most likely scenerio is something short term...a few weeks to a few years, and then a return to a stable society with rule of law...maybe even a better society, like after the plague. That's worth trying to wait around for.

 

My Girl isn't really against prepping but at the same time she doesn't actively support it. She always says that someday she is sure that she will be happy that I carry a gun, or that I have a knife and firesteel when hiking, or a GHB in the vehicle. I always tell her if someday you think that you will appreciate it, then why not take some initiative as I wont always be by your side.

So far she requested I get her a knife, and I did. Trying to talk her into getting a CC Permit, so she can start carrying the Ruger LCP I purchased for her.

At least she isn't against prepping food and water, she is actually on board and supportive of that, as she sees it at necessary items anyway.

I also have her convinced to do some primitive camping with the kids.

 

Hopefully her new attitude will stick once she goes back to work, is surrounded by sleepwalkers who will poo-poo anything she says about it, and doesn't have time to keep up with current events. (The "look around you, everything is fine" syndrome.)

 

Still trying to get the GF on board... she's got celiac's, so I need her input on the food. Hopefully she pulls a 180 like this soon!

 

When I first bought long term food storage (early 90s) the wife figured I was nuts.
When I tripled the amount for Y2K, she was certain I was nuts.

When I built shelves in a back bedroom and started baking home made bread, when we started stocking up on her favorites on sale, she turned around and now buys most of the canned goods.

Now I have about 3,000 of grain, dry beans, and FD veggies and she thinks this is one of my better ideas. Right after my insistence that we pay off the mortgage early.

 

When I first bought long term food storage (early 90s) the wife figured I was nuts.
When I tripled the amount for Y2K, she was certain I was nuts.

Well...I thought the Y2k fear thing was nuts then and still do now in hindsight. People stood to lose too much money, the solutions were straight forward, and there was plenty of time to fix things. Even if left unfixed, when it did cause a serious problem it could be overcome on a very short timeframe.

What would be really dangerous, however, would be cyber attacks on the electrical grid and infrastructure that actually destroys long-lead hardware. This is unpredictable, we're unprepared and lightly defended and even becomimg MORE vulnerable, and fixing things without the infrastructure there in the first place would be difficult. That's what I see as a most likely scenerio for extended SHTF, and is what prompted me to prep. #2 fear would be a pandemic, which have also been known to happen semi-regularly throughout history, and #3 would be economic collapse.

In all honesty, I think the chance I'll need this stuff in the next 50 year are well under 10%, but so are the odds I'll need fire insurance and I still buy that. I wrote "use by 2041" on many of my cans last night and that's what I'm expecting to have to do- use 'em for normal food before they go bad.

 

Well thats awsome... now if only my family would get into it.

 

You're lucky. My wife's still in that phase where she doesn't say much about what I'm doing (much being the keyword), but she doesn't help or have ANY sense of urgency about it either. I would be happy if I lived the rest of my life like that to be honest, but I have a feeling 1 day she'll be grateful. I do this for her and the kids...if I was just concerned about myself I'd move halfway across the country away from most civilization with all the preps I could afford and say to hell with everything else. It would be nice sometimes to have help so yeah, you're lucky

 

Prepping is not a subject that people remain neutral on. I have family members that are either all in or all out. I have on that is let me die if SHTF. We told her we would respect her wishes. She had expected us to all go oh no and agree to die with her. She is still in shock at this point. Survival is a choice and each person has to buy in or get out of the way. Sounds like you guys are on the right track. God Bless and good prepping. GB

 

Nomadjanet, I am so sorry that you had to hear this response from your son about your family / grandkids.

Is your son a great distance from you? How seriously do you take his words?

Originally Posted by nomadjanet
Last week my son told me his plan for his family is that if The end of the world as we know it happens they are going to get in the car, drive into the garage and use a hose from the exhaust to kill themselves. I was speechless, and he said I would not want to live or to have my kids live in a world like that. What do you say?

 

yes he is very far from me. yes I take him seriously, it is very upsetting.

 

What most likely happened was she complained to one of her friends and they thought it was great and would like to or they may already prep and have never mentioned it.
It's funny how people are herd animals and like to follow a pack.

 

I don't think that's what happened, Bob. We were gone skiing, I told her the stuff would be there when we got home and she wasn't that interested. Then we unpack it and it was like a switch went off.

 

How ever it happened it will make your life better.:thumb:

 

My wife tolerates things I do very well... Like when I said I want to go to professional wrestling school (yes there is such a place), or when I took up kick boxing at the age of 32. Or when I brought home chickens, then ducks, then rabbits. When out of the blue, I acme home with a small armory of guns. When I went to Nicaragua for 8 days and left her to take care of the animals and children... etc.

I wouldnt say she is "on board" but tolerates what I do well. She does like however, that when we need something to eat, there is allways staples in the pantry. No need to run to the store for a can of soup.

I also joke with her about preparing for the zombies (I love "The Walking Dead") but I usually talk more about the cost of food going up and how we are eating at yesterday's prices.

 

Wow, very few guys could get away with spending $700 without their wife's input on the matter. :thumb:

I'm really glad for you but the real test will be if she sticks with the program long term. It's not uncommon for someone to be suddenly "converted," go all out for prepping, then the good vibe fizzles out as fast as it showed up. It might be better if you encourage her to work on this with you in organized steps instead of just hitting the turbo boost right away.

Good luck!

 

It might be better if you encourage her to work on this with you in organized steps instead of just hitting the turbo boost right away.

Good luck!

Maybe, then again I would probably slam the hammer down and grab as much as I could while she was onboard instead of nagging. lol

 

nice Carve I was afraid you would have to advise you to divorce your wife