Originally Posted by ARFCOM

OP,

Something I learned while I was married for six years, is that I will never again in my life sell or get rid of something in order to try and make the wife/gf happy. I had sold guns & related items, a motorcycle, a TIG welder and so on thinking that it would help make the wife happier that I did so, and you know what? It made absolutely no difference in our relationship in the long run.

When a woman bends your arm or suggests that you get rid of your 'man toys', she's trying to establish some kind of dominance or control over your you. In a way she's castrating you a little bit at a time everytime you get rid of one of your man toys.