I got the question...

Sounds familiar...just grin and bear it. Don't get her pissed.

pepes is right. I used to just smile and say, "I understand."

Oh, it's still a dream. I'm trying to wear her down slowly. Every few days I mention it.

I have everything shipped to my work.
Since we are a freight company, everyone knows that if a package comes in looking like it has taken a beating...”crushed carton, subject to inspection” gets logged into the browser of UPS. My home mailbox could double as an Arizona kiln, the office is always at 60-70 degrees.

And, since my company has their own financial arm and credit union, all my tobacco funding is taken from my weekly tobacco allowance. I would still be married if my wife knew what I spent, but the concept of ensuring domestic tranquility has gone a long way in stabilizing our nation... works good in marriages too!

She spends plenty herself.

Tell her it's a pre-investment in a
future black market of tobacco products.
Think how rich you'd have been if you'd
picked up $100 in bitcoins 10 years ago.
Show how much they are asking for FMC
now that it's gone from production.

yeah, I should be buying a bunch of dunhill stuff, but I don't smoke much dunhill, so I haven't bought much. Most of my "cellar" is 2 oz of a million different things. I'm throwing the net wide, instead of deep. It'll bite me in the butt at some point...

That's a good way to determine what you like though.  You can stock deeply once you find your "Arcadian Mixture".

It's really not a "Real Life" problem,
Sometimes that clump of clay between
my ears,spouts off crap before I can stop it.
Most people just use the Magic Words
"Shut Up Matt !".Works every time.

  Mathew, your not lying if you tell your wife when you buy tobacco’s your investing in your “ futures “! Did any one of us see McClellands closing their doors permanently, especially after releasing their 40th Anniversary blend in 2017. I knew they had some tobacco issues with some of their farmers, especially the red Carolina leaf. But not enough major problems to throw in the towel, I know many of their blends used the red leaf, but McC had many other tasty blends as well. I have a few tins of their 40th Anniversary blend, I paid $15.45 per tin. I now see it selling on eBay from $45.00 to $60.00 per tin! In just 5 years a tin might sell for $100, who knows!! Can you imagine if you had the foresight and realized McC was closing their doors a year prior. You could have taken a second mortgage on your home and in less than 5 years you could have bought that horse ranch you’ve always wanted and put your grandchildren through college.

I think you get my point, whatever tobacco’s you purchase in the next 6 to 12 months will save you a small fortune in the years to come. That my friend is like telling your wife “hey honey, do you have any idea how many thousands of dollars we will save in the years to come “!! That might just do the trick👍

don't put it past me. I'm running out of space on "my shelf" in the pantry. "Um, why doesn't middle C work anymore?" - "because middle C stands for Carter Hall."

I would, but then the $100+ orders would get noticed. I might start shipping to my parent's. It's been a good run of equaling what she spends, but when she looks at my shelf, it probably looks preposterous to the non Piper. I tried showing her pics of scrooge and bonanzadriver pipe dens, but I think it just scared her about what I'm likely to become. I'll hold off for a couple weeks I guess. Besides, I have plans to try to make some pipes, which will require a whole OTHER set of hobbyist stuff.

Discover Fader's in Baltimore, or W Curtis Draper's in Bethesda, or even DC.

Fly right under her nose and support your local tobacco man!

For Pete's sake is a good response. You're helping to keep Peterson in business.

I buy 1 50g tin per month. She hasn't figured that out yet. I've not been hiding it from her, but if I get a package in the post and she's not around, I put it in the cellar and don't broadcast it. It is way less than what my wife spends on her stuff each month anyway, so I think, when that conversation comes around, I'll be ok.

Yeah, the problem right now is that she's a teacher, and off for the summer. That means she gets the mail before I do. Come September, it'll be a different story!