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

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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?

JuanSheetIsPlenty He took it out without me knowing

He took it out without me knowing

How is that possible? He shouldn’t have had the key to the locked room or cupboard that it was kept in.

My kids can’t get on Netflix without me giving them the password FFS and there’s idiots leaving bow and arrows around where 10yos can walk out of the house without an adult even knowing. And then they have the gall to preach to others about how dangerous they are! beggars belief.

Yeah, a new fucking car! Absolute bellend

Your DP sounds hilarious

Mine bought a pipe and tobacco

The glockenspiel made me laugh tinofbeans.

What was he hoping to play on it? Tubular bells with a vibe of primary school music lesson?

I have always wanted a theramin. Sadly, they're a bit out of my price range, luckily for the DCs and surrounding neighbours.

I once drunkenly bought a pipe, tobacco and a deer stalker hat when the BBC adaption on Sherlock was at its peak popularity.

DH is much more restrained when buying online. Helped by that fact that he doesn't drink most likely.

Creasing up at these! So I just told Dp about this thread, and read a few comments. The glockenspiel has tipped him over the edge and he just shouted out 'bong, bong, bong, bong, bong'

This is going to be a long lockdown......

WeirdAndScary

Dare I ask if you have gone out in your deer stalker hat?

We have a bow and arrow kit...but it's from aldi and is suction cups not tips.
Comes with a target too.

Arrows fly bloody well though.

We bought DS a crossbow in Portugal once at a medieval fayre thingy.
It was a wooden thing that looked like a toy and the arrows did have suction cups on. After I paid for it the man demonstrated how to shoot it and it shot about 20 feet at high speed and stuck to a nearby wall with a loud thunk. Me and DH were horrified and DS was delighted.
DS was very well supervised when using it and it didn’t take long for him to lose all the arrows anyway

One advantage of this lockdown is that DH can’t trawl the aisle of random crap in Lidl and buy random things nobody wants

Are there any others out there who, like me, had to google what a "theramin" was? Very strange, but interesting. Although my first attempt put in "theramine" and came up with an advertisement for vitamins!

Theremins are really fun! I am not musical at all but they still sound nice when you just play about with them.

OP I do archery and £2000 is insanely expensive for a bow and arrows! Was he planning to join the Olympic team or something??

Yesterday I briefly considered getting a parrot when lockdown is over...

We are the proud owners of an inflatable spa and a case of wine as from DH's zoom pub session last week.

Sorted!

Also, sorry to break from the light hearted tone of the thread but fucking hell

DS3 has compound bow and arrows. He did practice at home until our new neighbours thought we were trying to shoot their dog. We weren't, just hasn't realised the arrows went that far, thought they were in the shrubs in our garden

A compound bow can be lethal depending on poundage, and in outdoor competitions they're used to shoot targets 100 yards away (so are other bows, but a compound has a draw mechanism with pulleys so you can shoot it with more power without having to pull back as hard). If you think it's okay to shoot in the direction of other people because your arrows will be stopped by a few shrubs then sorry but you don't know enough about what you're doing to own one.

At least he remembered making the purchase 😂.

Not exactly a drunken purchase, but a parcel arrived the other day for DH. He wouldn’t tell me what it was for ages, and when he did eventually relented, it turned out to be a £300 pair of shoes. Apparently he has always wanted a premium pair, and can not warrant it as we are saving money in other areas (commute, fuel etc). I was not best pleased, and I hope he is now aware that further lockdown purchases by either of us, should perhaps be discussed first.

Has no one seen "We need to talk about Kevin"?

My friend makes 'wine supported' purchases. She was astounded when a very large metal dustbin was delivered. She has no recollection ordering.

I once ordered an expensive piece of jewellery that was a complete surprise when it was delivered. I thought the post man was proposing to me

Try a 5.7 litre classic Corvette bought under the influence!

chimpfield you win.
Hands down.