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Tinkiegrrl

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So, my husband is a vape gear thieving fiend. He stole my original iTaste VV v3. Then he stole the second one I purchased to replace it. Fine. Whatever. I have 2 MVP 2's as well. One in brushed black and the other in Petal. I meant for him to use the brushed black one as his home vape and the VV v3 he stole as his out and about. I wanted a VV v3 as my stealth device, but as the MVP apparently feels too heavy in his pocket he insists on only using the VV v3's and he needs at least two devices, as we all do really. I guess I'll buy a third, but I suspect he'll take that too because he has a habit of leaving one in the car and he hates having to go out to get it if the one he has inside is charging. I don't know how many it'll take for me to get to keep a VV v3. I can live with just the MVP2's though.

The battery thieving isn't what's bother me though. Now, he's discovered a love for carto tanks, and my beloved IBTanked tanks are at risk. At first, he didn't want any because the 510 connection looked weird on his VV v3. I got a beauty ring for them and he was sort of okay with that, but the 19mm size wasn't aesthetically pleasing to him and he still rarely used them. However, he's been puffing them a bit more lately, and the more he does so, the more he gets used to the better taste and the less appealing his precious Mini Protanks have become. The mini Protanks he also stole from me by the way.

Last night he completely claimed one of the carto tanks for his own. He also requested some in slimmer sizing for the VV v3's. Said I could have mine back when he gets them. All good and well save for this... He had it for one night, and managed to break it! I've dropped these tanks numerous times and they've never broken. How he managed to break one is astounding to me. So now he's eyeing another one of mine, which thankfully has hot pink end caps. Still, he's considering putting the black end caps from the broken one onto the one he's eyeing which has a bold black swirl design. With black end caps, it'll be suitable for a guy. This will leave me with one lonely carto tank, and as I love switching flavors around this is no good. I can barely stand any of our clearos anymore.

I know, I know. I need to make my purchases with the thought of my husband taking things. In fact, that's why I bought 3 carto tanks when I bought them. I expected one to go to him eventually. The thing is, when I make large purchases, he gets irritated. Especially when I buy him things he hasn't requested. His approach to this vaping venture has been to try what I buy for myself to see if he likes it first, then make me buy myself another because once he decides he likes it he can't part with it. I suppose he's trying to save money by doing this. Why buy two of something if he winds up not using it? He's picky. Previously, he'd ONLY use Mini Protank II's, despite the slew of clearo purchases I've made. He's tried all the clearos, but only liked the Mini Protanks and as he likes to switch around juices as well, each one I bought to replace the one he takes wound up his, so he now has them all, just like the VV v3's.

So, now I've got a slimmer 15 mm tank on the way for him and replacement glass for the one he broke on the way. The slimmer one I ordered over a week ago for myself, to use with the VV v3 I thought I was keeping. Obviously, it'll be his now, and with the beauty ring I imagine that the glass I just ordered today will be his too. Thing is, I ordered that slimmer tank over a week ago, and it just shipped NOW. Is IBTanked running behind on orders? Anyone have experience with them running so late? My first order shipped within days. I'm worried because the longer it takes, the more he takes and potentially breaks, and I'll be without stuff for myself!
 

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Oh Tink! You'll probably get lots of, "at least he supports your vaping" but thievery!!! Lol, my husband does it with juices, tanks, so far he's good with his vv3 and mvp, thank you Lord. But we will both try a flavor in the b & m, I'll get MY flavor, then two weeks later, it's his new fave and I'm vaping his choices to use them up. I know....first world problems, eh? Chin up, Sweetie!!

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If all of this is so disconcerting to you (and it probably would be to me too, I guess) just wait till he goes to sleep and round up all of your previously appropriated gear and lock it up, less a setup that you are the least attached to. Then, when he wakes up and wonders where all of his stuff went, just tell him it is back in the hands of it's rightful owner and he can find anything he wants on the Internet. He needs to take possesion of his habit and own it. You are just enabling him at this point. Stealing vape gear is akin to horse thievery, a man could be hung for it!!
 

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Married? Half his anyway.. :p And you dropped those things and made them ready to break for when he used them.. Shame on you!!
It's all your fault for not getting enough for the both of you and replacing the "damaged" goods before they went Poof!!!!!

LOL

In all seriousness, I never got anything just for me unless I had the same for the wife or knew that she would not want to touch it!! ;)
 

WillyZee

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The thing is, when I make large purchases, he gets irritated.

Speak with your girlfriends about buying stuff you don't want him to know about ... they all have successful strategies they use on things like new purses and matching shoes they don't need.

Your sisters will have your back ... and most will probably be willing to go shopping with you ;)
 

Tinkiegrrl

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Married? Half his anyway.. :p And you dropped those things and made them ready to break for when he used them.. Shame on you!!
It's all your fault for not getting enough for the both of you and replacing the "damaged" goods before they went Poof!!!!!

LOL

In all seriousness, I never got anything just for me unless I had the same for the wife or knew that she would not want to touch it!! ;)

I always, ALWAYS offer to buy him something when I'm ordering. I show him what I'm getting. I remind him on how he likes to take my crap. I tell him I research these things and when I buy something new it's typically an upgrade from what were using and he'll wind up liking it. He always says no. Don't buy two. I don't know if I'll like it. I only need what I have. Etc etc.... The tank he broke I bought plain because I expected he'd get around to taking it. It just took him weeks to decide he wanted it, and by then I was used to having three carto tanks with three flavors to choose from. I never expected to be left with one though, since he broke it so fast. And for the record, the one he broke was not one of the ones I dropped. I don't know what happened. He says I've just placed it on the tabke too hard? I'm not buying that. That glass is tougher then that for sure.
 

Tinkiegrrl

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I was actually considering the VTR at one point, but I really do need a stealthier device, and small is what he's after. As for leaving him, which is what a previous poster mentioned, he isn't my boyfriend. He's my husband an aside from this vape thing, he's a decent one. Another poster mentioned locking away all the gear he's taken. No way. He'll lock away the food. He's a chef. He does all the cooking. You don't mess with the person who cooks your food.
 
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