Not in a cruel way... but definitely in an indulgent Isn't-Her-Paranoia-So-Cute way.
Since the day I got married, I've always kept a plastic tote of "emergency" canned food in our basement. It was just a few extra things, and would maybe have fed me and Hubby for a week. Hubby was always resistant about it, because every two years or so the food would come close to expiring, and we'd have to haul it to the food bank for donation. He considered it a pain in the ass.
A little more than a year ago, Hubby heard Glenn Beck discuss food storage and the possibility of a future crisis. So he (in sheeple fashion, except in this case the shepherd was Beck), purchased some freeze-dried food from the company Beck was promoting. It wasn't much... not even enough to feed our whole family for a month. But it did open the floodgates for me to bring my thoughts about prepping to the forefront of our marriage.
Since then, I've been a lot more worried about the direction this country (and our economy) is headed. (Although I'm still pretty sure a virus that turns everyone into zombies will be the end of us all.) So I buy some extra cans of SPAM when it's on sale, and an extra can of chicken broth or kidney beans, and I constantly tell Hubby that we need to divert more of our money into preparing for a potential crisis.
And he laughs at me.
I admit that this is one time when I'd like to be proven wrong. But I still don't like my concerns being pushed aside like some type of paranoid hysteria.
Anyone else dealing with a spouse who thinks prepping is ridiculous?
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My husband never really thought prepping was ridiculous; at least to my knowledge. He never really supported the endeavour, but didn't prevent me from prepping either.
What got him on board was when I asked him if we had enough ammo. We have a nice variety of firearms, but I didn't think we had enough ammo to keep the zombies at bay. Suddenly, he became very interested LOL.
Joseph's been much more concerned about the "state of the world" and need for prepping than I have. As the world continues to become more chaotic though, I see increased value in what we've done to prepare. We certainly aren't where he'd like us to be, but we're miles from where we started.
Emma
City Roots, Country Life
Micah thinks I'm insane and when I talk about prepping for more than 15 minutes he starts to get testy and anxious. He will be the person in our family to suffer the most without cheap, easy energy or food. I love him so I do what I can to make that transition easier for him but there will come a day where he will have to eat green beans whether he likes it or not.
He is on board with the security portion of prepping thankfully since I'm just too overwhelmed with everything else to really focus on that. He makes sure we have enough ammo and weapons and periodically we go shooting or he takes a probable mooching family member out.
He also lets me garden and attend classes and helps organize storage since he's good at that. Overall though, he thinks I'm nuts.
My hubby is a confirmed, dedicated grasshopper who won't even watch the news 'cause it's "depressing". However, the recent huge jump in gas prices did penetrate his consciousness, so who knows?
I told my hubs to read "One Second After". I told him it was a gritty, cool novel I thought he would like...He read it, and has not stopped making prepping plans. He is even telling is friends about prepping now! He really was changed. I am so thankful for that book, before e would just roll his eyes at me!
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