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DP's 'Purchase'-anyone else relate? *lighthearted*

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IsAnybodyListening · 03/04/2020 19:15

Walked past DP whilst he was 'working' at the dinning table, and I noticed he quickly shut a browser and wouldn't look me in the eye. Immediate spidery senses!

After asking a few times, and him looking very sheepish he finally mutters ''Don't worry I cancelled the order''........

It then takes a few more minutes of him refusing to tell me what he purchased, then felt the need to cancel and he actually whispered ''A bow and arrow''........when I ask what for? It transpires he remembered he had too much wine the other evening.

A bow and bloody arrow! AND it was over £200!!

Luckily the money hasn't left the account. His only explanation for this random purchase thus far has been ''They look cool''.

Anyone else had to cancel random purchases?

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Xiaoxiong · 03/04/2020 21:05

DH is banned from eBay after buying a "pirate chest" around 2am one night. He didn't realise it was £12.50 for the chest, £70 delivery from the Scillys or wherever this poxy chest was (or I think we were supposed to collect in person and it would have been £££ to get there and back). He did the email of shame to the seller when he won the auction admitting he couldn't actually buy the thing.

When I asked him WTF he was thinking he just looked at me and said "but it was a pirate chest!!!" As if that would explain everything!! (Sometimes I wonder if I'm married to Dougal from father ted.)

mindutopia · 03/04/2020 21:06

Well, mine spent £60 on chutneys, jam and steam puddings from an online shop this week. I didn't make him cancel it though. I was just a bit Hmm .

Though personally I panic ordered £100 worth of cases of wine, so I can't really complain too much.

Just hoping I can order custard in my online shop for all the puddings.

TrainspottingWelsh · 03/04/2020 21:08

Dp has been looking at puppies because he wants another dog. He usually works away a lot, so basically he wants a puppy and then I'll get the dog when lockdown ends. I would object but I've acquired yet another horse he isn't completely aware of. Admittedly he's noticed it but I haven't quite fully explained it's staying. Although 'oh yes, owner is in a bit of difficulty gotta go bye' might have given the game away.

BestZebbie · 03/04/2020 21:09

If you are planning garden archery you can buy a proper target boss that will catch the arrows and is really a must - they are like a big box Frame filled with hundreds of thin sheets of closed-cell foam on their sides so it is like shooting into the side of a book.

RUOKHon · 03/04/2020 21:10

I once had to talk my DH out of buying a falcon, over messenger, during work.

Standrewsschool · 03/04/2020 21:13

My dh brought some boiler sealant. Exciting stuff!

Standrewsschool · 03/04/2020 21:14

I do have an urge to learn the violin though. Off to google violins...

MistyIsland · 03/04/2020 21:22

Nothing helpful to add apart from I want an bow and arrow now

off to google bow and arrows

SimonJT · 03/04/2020 21:26

I love a drunken internet order, mine was a work order in my last job (drunk at home, not in work!), 100,000 staples and a purple pleather sofa. It highlighted how much my boss checked orders before authorising them!

RainbowsAndReading · 03/04/2020 21:34

One night I had far too much wine and kept trying to buy two Andrea Bocelli tickets. Yes, I would absolutely love to see him but had no one to take for the other ticket, and had the money came out I'd have been skint for the rest of the month! Luckily for me my drunken self couldn't work out the website. Either that or someone up above was telling me to reign myself in - much appreciated whoever it was!

Bow and arrow sounds fab though.

DixieFlatline · 03/04/2020 21:38

IsAnybodyListening

Thanks for the recommendation! I played for two years about 15 years ago so I’m basically going to be a beginner. DH played bass in school and I can tell he’ll be up for playing again if I get any good. Exciting times!

245Blossom · 03/04/2020 21:39

I made a kinda bucket list before all this started to get real I am so adding archery to the list when we're back to a new normal.
Do not under any circumstances buy a violin, I learnt as a kid and even now the noise makes me shiver, my mum tried to get my daughter to learn, I was having none of it, suggested guitar and keyboard instead. No way do I want to listen to that painful noise, always disappointed when the teacher would play my violin and it would sound beautiful, it was just me that was rubbish Confused

VenusInfers · 03/04/2020 21:43

My friend in a previous job got a bit too drunk tired one night and came in the next day looking green. Partially due to a stinking hangover but mostly due to spending a non-refundable £5K he didn't really have on a 1st class Virgin Atlantic return ticket to see his much-missed chums in New York. For a weekend. Shock

BikeRunSki · 03/04/2020 21:46

DS (11) is an archer, and has a bow and arrow.. I was meant to be doing a beginner’s course at his club this spring, but obvs that has been postponed.

Unfortunately, our garden is far too small to shoot in.

Dodie66 · 03/04/2020 21:47

Please don’t get your kids bow and arrows. My son had one when he was about 10 and accidentally shot his friend in the eye and he lost the eye. They are dangerous

NC29 · 03/04/2020 21:48

My son is begging us for a long sword. No garden, just a big flat. Still not sure how i feel about it :)

catsareme14 · 03/04/2020 21:48

I woke up one morning after a really bad night & instinct told me to check my Amazon orders . I'd purchased a stepladder & an extending ladder ....

Duck90 · 03/04/2020 21:50

OH made one a few years ago for DS.

It was frighteningly good yep next doors conservatory got it

This could have gone so much worse. What If a neighbour “got it”.

Please tell me people are not going to be shooting bows and arrows (or any similar hobbies) in their back gardens. Idol hands... 🙁

JuanSheetIsPlenty · 03/04/2020 21:55

They are dangerous

That doesn’t (or shouldn’t) need pointed out to anyone! Of course they’re dangerous- they’re literally weapons! They were invented to kill animals and people! Your son should have been properly supervised! His poor poor friend!

Duck90 · 03/04/2020 21:55

I woke up one morning after a really bad night & instinct told me to check my Amazon orders . I'd purchased a stepladder & an extending ladder ....

😂did you keep the order? Or did you have time to cancel?

Loopyloopy · 03/04/2020 21:56

Fertile chicken eggs and an incubator.

Mucky1 · 03/04/2020 22:17

I bought my husband a cross bow a few years ago for his birthday. 🤣 the fence still has target practice holes in it.

mumwon · 03/04/2020 22:24

well that's one way of getting your own back in a parking thread or a bad neighbour imagines seeing a new thread aibu murdered ...

Boomchikawowwow · 03/04/2020 22:26

A bow and arrow. That is awesome Grin
I once ordered while under the influence of alcohol a Gary Barlow mug and a 2kg bag of beer bottle sweets. Didn't remember doing it until I checked my emails and saw the receipts. The mug cost me £26 ffs

Janaih · 03/04/2020 22:33

I've wfh for 15 years. The buying of shit is compulsive. No sooner has something ridiculous popped in your head, you've bought it.

However my previous purchases include some surgical masks, gloves, a fitness trampoline, craft kits... it's almost like I've been subconsciously prepping for years!