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Crazy prepping wife
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission #5:
Top 10: You Know You Married a Frugal Prepper If…
10.) Your wife scours neighbor’s refuse, dumpsters, and roadsides (sometimes roads) the night before garbage pick-up day. She even gives the stink-eye to like-minded people who are out trash-picking and is known to come home from a run early to grab the car and bring some unnecessary thing home.
9.) Your wife has decided that the basement (in our present and first home) need not house exercise equipment, shop tools, or “man cave”-like materials. Instead we need to house dehydrated food and large barrels of water. Nothing exciting down there, folks.
8.) Wifey buys RV toilet tablets–when you don’t own an RV! (“to disintegrate the waste in our makeshift toilet…just in case…”)
7.) Piggybacking on number 8, when whatever explanation for a newfound contraption around the house is prefaced with a “just in case.” (yes, we have two back-up charcoal bbq’s, even though we own a gas bbq. and two small and extra freezer chests. “just in case…“)
6.) Your wife won’t pay for cable. But she’s obsessed with “Doomsday Preppers” and waits and waits until a kind soul posts it on Youtube for her to devour and re-watch, taking notes all the while. The conversation start-ups afterward are not for the faint of heart. (Including fish antibiotics, self-defense, former military transportation, electromagnetic pulse (still not sure what that is), owning/fishing/eating tilapia fish, and lots of guns and ammo).
5.) Same said wife will dicker over a 34-cent charge difference with Comcast but will take on a part-time job to afford some food storage for our family of four.
4.) Instead of wanting a wedding band for our 5-year anniversary (which she never got when we first married) she keeps asking for a solar oven, tazer gun, more dehydrated food, solar panels (ouch!–pricey), “off-the-grid” living.
3.) Wife insists on planning evacuation routes by foot, bike and trailer (our kids are 3 and 1), car, lawn mower (yes, really), in case something really bad happens in our peaceful suburbia.
2.) Time is spent on preparing “bug-out” bags for our family instead of Friday night movie night.
and the number
1.) Wife now sizes up our geriatric neighbors to see what sort of threat they might be to us in her many and varied “just in case” scenarios.
I’m just wondering where my wife of nearly five years has gone and when (if) I’ll get her back.
J.L. IL
118 Comments
Katey · April 17, 2012 at 4:53 am
So true. And funny! My hubs can relate!
Andrea · April 17, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Katey, let’s be friends. My hubby can relate, too! 🙂
Andrea · April 17, 2012 at 2:06 pm
very witty writing. her husband must be super smart!
Andrea · April 17, 2012 at 2:07 pm
Vote them #1!
Andrea · April 17, 2012 at 2:07 pm
they got my vote.
Andrea · April 17, 2012 at 2:08 pm
he’s hilarious. and so is his wife!
Anna Larsen · April 17, 2012 at 2:16 pm
My vote!
Anna Larsen · April 17, 2012 at 2:16 pm
I vote for them!
JL · April 17, 2012 at 2:17 pm
I cast my vote.
JL · April 17, 2012 at 2:17 pm
I can commiserate.
JL · April 17, 2012 at 2:17 pm
vote.
JL · April 17, 2012 at 2:18 pm
another vote.
JL · April 17, 2012 at 2:19 pm
vote!
Mr Hottie's Housewife · April 17, 2012 at 2:19 pm
LOL!
Mr Hottie's Housewife · April 17, 2012 at 2:20 pm
made my day. hahaha
Mr Hottie's Housewife · April 17, 2012 at 2:23 pm
good fun.
Mr Hottie's Housewife · April 17, 2012 at 2:28 pm
vote!
Mr Hottie's Housewife · April 17, 2012 at 2:31 pm
i vote!
Blair · April 17, 2012 at 3:10 pm
What a hoot! I love this guy’s humor. Seriously though, I hope he realizes that he is so blessed to have a wife like that. I wish my DH was more supportive of my endeavors.
rachel b. · April 17, 2012 at 6:13 pm
🙂
Yvonne · April 17, 2012 at 8:03 pm
I vote for this guy. Sounds like my husband complmenting ME! Except we are just getting started. Excellent, entertaining post, haha 🙂
Kellene Bishop · April 17, 2012 at 11:09 pm
The Preparedness Pro gives one of her 5 votes to THIS one! Nicely done guys. It was one of only 2 that I felt went for the humor factor, and we can all use more of that! Thanks!
Monica Hoffmann · April 17, 2012 at 11:46 pm
You crazy!
Monica Hoffmann · April 17, 2012 at 11:46 pm
Su Clazy!
Monica Hoffmann · April 17, 2012 at 11:47 pm
Ru Clazy!
Monica Hoffmann · April 17, 2012 at 11:47 pm
Poor James.
Monica Hoffmann · April 17, 2012 at 11:48 pm
Poor Anna.
peggy · April 18, 2012 at 12:16 am
I voted for her!
Doug in Arkansas · April 18, 2012 at 12:44 am
This definitely brought a smile.
Cousin Matt · April 18, 2012 at 1:30 am
You’ve got my vote!
Doug · April 18, 2012 at 1:42 am
vote #1
Doug · April 18, 2012 at 1:43 am
vote for him, poor guy
Doug · April 18, 2012 at 1:43 am
the wife sounds pretty eccentric and funny. I’d date her. 🙂
Doug · April 18, 2012 at 1:44 am
the last one was a joke. obviously she’s married.
Doug · April 18, 2012 at 1:44 am
vote!
Rachael · April 18, 2012 at 1:45 am
yay! that’s my sister we’re talking about!
Rachael · April 18, 2012 at 1:45 am
She never wins anything so this would be good for her.
Rachael · April 18, 2012 at 1:46 am
and p.s.) her husband loves and adores her. this preparing is definitely a newfound quirk but he’s (mostly/nearly) behind her, too.
Rachael · April 18, 2012 at 1:46 am
I VOTE!
Rachael · April 18, 2012 at 1:46 am
WHO DARE?
James · April 18, 2012 at 1:47 am
I suppose I should vote for myself.
James · April 18, 2012 at 1:48 am
and another time. it seems appropriate.
James · April 18, 2012 at 1:48 am
thanks for the props, you guys.
James · April 18, 2012 at 1:48 am
let’s win!
James · April 18, 2012 at 1:49 am
i voted.
Atricia Lebourne · April 18, 2012 at 1:51 am
oh he sounds terrific!
Atricia Lebourne · April 18, 2012 at 1:51 am
can I vote just by commenting here? hope this works…
Atricia Lebourne · April 18, 2012 at 1:52 am
hello? I voted and loved it!
Atricia Lebourne · April 18, 2012 at 1:52 am
put me in for a vote.
Atricia Lebourne · April 18, 2012 at 1:52 am
me voted.
Tiago OLarsen · April 18, 2012 at 1:55 am
priceless. funny vote right here!
Tiago OLarsen · April 18, 2012 at 1:56 am
count this guy in!
Tiago OLarsen · April 18, 2012 at 1:56 am
vote!
Tiago OLarsen · April 18, 2012 at 1:57 am
and yet another…
Tawny · April 18, 2012 at 1:59 am
I am dying right now!!! I am picturing James buying a tazer gun and telling the cashier that it’s your anniversary present!!! You are so quirky and I love it!!!
Tiago OLarsen · April 18, 2012 at 1:59 am
here’s to a vote.
Liz · April 18, 2012 at 2:40 am
So funny! Got my vote!
Beth Nickeson · April 18, 2012 at 4:34 am
You can never be too prepared!!
Beth Nickeson · April 18, 2012 at 4:35 am
I cast my vote!
Beth Nickeson · April 18, 2012 at 4:35 am
I can relate!
Beth Nickeson · April 18, 2012 at 4:36 am
We just bought a power generator!
Beth Nickeson · April 18, 2012 at 4:36 am
And we just planted a garden too!
Jennifer · April 18, 2012 at 5:20 pm
Good and funny. This gets my vote for sure.
Candice T · April 18, 2012 at 7:25 pm
Love that lady!!! 😉 Vote #1
Candice T · April 18, 2012 at 7:26 pm
Vote!
Candice T · April 18, 2012 at 7:26 pm
Voting again!
Candice T · April 18, 2012 at 7:27 pm
…and again! 😉
Candice T · April 18, 2012 at 7:28 pm
and my final vote! Good luck guys! 😉
Connie · April 19, 2012 at 3:04 am
funny!
Connie · April 19, 2012 at 3:04 am
I vote for him.
Connie · April 19, 2012 at 12:00 pm
vote
Connie · April 19, 2012 at 12:06 pm
my vote for here!
Connie · April 19, 2012 at 12:06 pm
🙂 this one’s great.
RCK · April 19, 2012 at 12:07 pm
here’s to the geriatric neighbors. haha
RCK · April 19, 2012 at 12:08 pm
and the stink eye to other trash pickers
RCK · April 19, 2012 at 7:35 pm
haha
Sueann · April 24, 2012 at 4:52 am
This is great! I’m not sure if my giggles are due to the content or the late hour, but I LOVE this post. Here’s my vote #5.
Monica · April 24, 2012 at 11:51 am
I vote!
Monica · April 24, 2012 at 11:51 am
this guy’s hilarious.
Monica · April 24, 2012 at 11:52 am
let’s help them win a solar oven. I know that’s what the said frugal prepper gal wants!
Monica · April 24, 2012 at 11:52 am
help a sista out!
Monica · April 24, 2012 at 11:53 am
I voted!
BK · April 24, 2012 at 11:53 am
Here’s a vote!
BK · April 24, 2012 at 11:53 am
🙂 too funny
BK · April 24, 2012 at 11:54 am
geriatric neighbors, huh? 🙂
BK · April 24, 2012 at 11:54 am
yikes. today’s garbage day. better watch out!
BK · April 24, 2012 at 11:54 am
last one.
Chanda · April 24, 2012 at 11:55 am
estou a votar.
Chanda · April 24, 2012 at 11:55 am
podes contar isso para a sister?
Chanda · April 24, 2012 at 11:56 am
vote!
Chanda · April 24, 2012 at 11:56 am
helping him..
Chanda · April 24, 2012 at 11:56 am
me vote
Chaz · April 24, 2012 at 11:58 am
holla
Chaz · April 24, 2012 at 6:05 pm
vote!
Ramon · April 25, 2012 at 4:39 pm
🙂 i like his humor
Ramon · April 25, 2012 at 4:39 pm
🙂
Ramon · April 25, 2012 at 4:40 pm
double vote
Ramon · April 25, 2012 at 4:40 pm
here’s hopin
Ramon · April 25, 2012 at 4:40 pm
trash picker!
Elvia Garcia Ramos · April 25, 2012 at 7:35 pm
super divertido
Elvia Garcia Ramos · April 25, 2012 at 7:36 pm
chistoso
Elvia Garcia Ramos · April 25, 2012 at 7:36 pm
alli es super chistoso
RJ · April 25, 2012 at 10:25 pm
Not just frugal, but resourceful! Good luck!
peggy · April 27, 2012 at 2:50 am
Voted
peggy · April 27, 2012 at 2:51 am
I hope you win!
peggy · April 27, 2012 at 2:51 am
:0)
peggy · April 27, 2012 at 2:53 am
Voted sweet friend
peggy · April 27, 2012 at 2:54 am
LYLAS!
DIney · April 27, 2012 at 4:01 am
I vote for this one!
DIney · April 27, 2012 at 4:02 am
My vote
DIney · April 27, 2012 at 4:02 am
Vote
DIney · April 27, 2012 at 4:03 am
A vote for this one
DIney · April 27, 2012 at 4:03 am
VOte for sure
mindthemommy · April 27, 2012 at 4:23 am
Good luck.
mindthemommy · April 27, 2012 at 4:24 am
I know where to go in a disaster!
mindthemommy · April 27, 2012 at 4:24 am
Vote three
mindthemommy · April 27, 2012 at 4:25 am
Four
mindthemommy · April 27, 2012 at 4:26 am
And five.
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