lancecolonel
NES Member
i'm reasonably sure that i will be the first wife/mom to respond in this post.....Long story short, we just had a kid and my wife wants my firearms out of the house. It's annoying, and I know y'all are going to say that it's time to trade in my wife, but really this is the only place we don't see eye to eye, so I'm trying to respect her wishes. She's always been super supportive of me in just about every way, but she's taking the hard line when it comes to guns in the house and a kid. Basically she said look, the second he's out of high school you can bring it all back and more, but while he's here I don't feel comfortable. It is what it is, so I'm trying to come up with a solve.
I rent a locked garage space from my neighbor literally 3 houses up and could easily move my safe up there. I'm curious though, I pay for that space month to month and do not have any type of lease. Would storing them there be kosher from a legal perspective and would I be under any obligation to inform the owner? Curious to get everyone's thoughts.
Thanks.
1- how old is this child? the first month or so after i brought each of my kids home from the hospital i was a bit irrational about certain things. lack of sleep and crazy hormone resets do that to every woman. true story: with my firstborn i insisted that every door and window be locked at all times so kidnappers or aliens couldn't get in. i KNEW it was ridiculous yet i also KNEW it was a possibility. that lasted about a week. my husband would chuckle about it but was relieved when i snapped out of it. he understood what my body/brain was going through.
2- how reasonable has your wife been in the past? at some point you will have to have a conversation about removing every unsafe item from the house for 18 years. guns, knives, buckets, chemicals, flammables, electrical cords.........
i don't envy your position. i can say with absolute certainty that if i had made such demands when my kids were infants that my husband would not have complied. i hope this new addition to your house is brand new and your wife snaps out of it. my kids are older but i sometimes host much younger nieces and nephews who worry about bears, coyotes or whatnot at my house. i regularly tell them that my house is probably the safest house they will ever stay in. they don't ask why, they're just happy to hear it.