Squib: a partnership and marriage are often full of compromises - that is the aspect of having to work together to build a home, life and family. This doesn't mean you have to back off what you want, just consider her in the process and treat her needs or wants as you would treat your own, and be realistic about it.
There were many times in my first marriage when compromise was necessary to restore peace. This did not mean that I caved in - I got what I wanted but made certain she would not have any complaints about it as she got what she wanted too.
You get what you need to assure the safety of your home and family, and this includes your fiance; most anything after that is a toy, unless you need it for a specific purpose - ie., a long range shooter that puts meat in the freezer when the shots are way beyond shotgun or pistol range. If the worst she did was to roll her eyes and to express her desire for more furniture, which is often the wont of women as it means you approve of her 'nesting', then she is most likely a 'keeper' who won't care a whit about a additonal gun or two or whatever, over the years as long as you keep her happy. You keep her happy and she keeps you happy.
As to costs of things and ammo and the like - start reloadin' pal, it pays off in many more ways than most think of.
I have seen many marriages so bereft of emotion and caring that the idea of those people staying together until death did them part reminds me of the one about the miser who died and left his wife specific instructions to put his money in his coffin with him so he could take it with him. When he died, she showed up at the funeral in a new dress and shoes with a matching purse, and a new hairdoo. Just before the coffin was sealed she placed a slip of paper in the coffin with him - while onlookers thought this a wonderfully loving thing to do, thinking it was a note or letter to her late husband, she admitted later it was simply a check for the full amount of his wealth and said that he could have whatever he wanted when he could cash it....... If you are planning on starting a life with your fiance, ya'll oughta make sure it doesn't end like that.............jmtcw. And blindhari has it right.
