take an ex to the range?
 

OK...here's an interesting one. Discussing my new hobby with my ex, and she expressed interest in blowing some holes in paper targets. I was somewhat surprised, but another part of me wasn't as she used to really like doing explosion demos in chem lab/lecture.

The divorce is farily amicable, just sorting the last bits of paperwork. Still the occasional flare up, but mostly pleasant.

So would you take your ex to the range and teach her how to shoot? :p

Now, let's hope Kevin doesn't see this...

Nope. Being a gun owner carries social baggage that i would not want to mix in with divorce.

Are you crazy?:eek:

I think it's somewhere in the safety booklet they give you..........no Ex.

its been suggested before...

Is this a trick question?

Todd, I say no, but not for the reasons stated. No doubt your marriage is the stuff of soap operas. While you want to stay on a civil basis with the ex for the sake of your child, her asking to go shooting with you is just another way of her ****king with your mind. Nice then *****. Nice then *****. See the pattern here?

There is a reason you divorced her. Unless you have kids together there is no reason t oever even see her again.

And no, I would not do anything with my ex let alone put a loaded weapon in her hands with me standing next to her.

interesting responses. I figure this would be the trend, but the question came up, so I figured why not put it to the pelicans.

We do have a kid, so there will always be a "relationship" necessary between the two of us. We actually get along rather well except on a few fronts that distinguish a friendship from a marriage.

Kurt, the nice then nuts thing has been a bit of a pattern. What is frustrating is that you want to give someone the benefit of the doubt and see the good, but it invariably ends up being somewhat like a yoyo.

OK...how about taking a current g/f to the range?

Now that is a whole 'nother question. It's like taking them motorcycle riding. Something about the range and riding seems to get them, shall we say, a bit aroused.

Only if it makes her real hot and want to do you in the parking lot.

Sex trumps common sense.............we are all proof of that.:D

Todd, dood,

I wouldn't do it. Just let your lives go on and keep the contact/discussions about your son.

If you start hanging out together, you'll have sex with her again.

I'm serious.

Reminds me of a bumper-sticker I saw "I miss my ex-wife, but my aim is improving"

Todd .. PUT THE CRACK PIPE DOWN!
 

Ok Read this sentance and tell me what you see wrong. This is a test.

TEACH YOUR EX WIFE HOW TO USE A GUN.


Ready ....GO!

Not always...some women are terrified of bikes. Usually the ones who've had a class in stats.

sorry todd, but you are talking crazy talk.

You need to go thrash the car at Willow to get all the divorce/re-org/4-Runner/Subaru/Triumph/baby-sitter issues out of your head for a while.

LOL! No *****!

Todd - I say do it. What's the matter with you guys? Divorce doesn't mean Todd and his ex can't be social...

It's not like they're going to shoot each other. :rolleyes:

Not YET!

"Day ain't over, yet."

What a riot! :D

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Are you planning to bed here again? It will lead down that path. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Ex-sex can be fun. SmileWavy

Split ups are best done cold turkey - no contact other than the essential. An ex and I saw eachother for a year after spliting up. It was kind of like we were weaning ourselves off eachother.

However... A new chicky, she may think it's a real laugh going to a shooting range and the rather empowering feeling of handing a handgun well may pull the two of you together.

Attention aussies and kiwis: there is a place out by Sydney airport where you get a half hour talk, safety talk, and handle a few handguns. Then go through to the range where you blast off about 40 rounds from a .22 pistol, about 20 rounds through a .38 revolver, 20 rounds from a 9mm pistol, 10 from a Colt .45, 6 from a .356 magnum, and half a dozen (****e, that was enough from this handgun) from a "make my day" .45 magnum. It only cost AUD$95, and they will drop you off at the airport afterwards.

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The best kind of f-buddy. For sure.

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Exactly what I was thinking. I know my parents still knock boots every year or so, despite being re-married.

I'd have to say its probably a bad idea, just based on the context of the hobby itself. Although it could be a new idea for an odd primal scream kind of therapy, I suppose. You could even bring pictures of each other and place them on the targets? You seem to have a pretty good sense of humor, so maybe this is up your alley?

Nostatus...just be sure there isn't a target taped to your back when you go out to change the targets....

I think a person needs all the friends/support they can get whether it's the ex or not.

November will have 5 track days if everything goes well. Definitely right on this count...I haven't been on track since early September...

I say take her. It could be fun and maybe you'll get your bone smooched. Just give her the .22, keep the 9mm for yourself.

Todds a cool dude. And he has a son who could only benefit if his parents have a healthy relationship after they have separated. Chicks dig guns. I think it's some big macho, power, danger thing with them. Granted I'd never go down this path with my ex but thats a whole different matter. Not only that but maybe it would give them a neutral venue to approach the few things they don't see eye to eye on. I'd say give it a try. What have you got to lose?

A few years back a guy was killed by his girlfriend at a local range in Bellevue, Washington. If memory serves, he was standing behind his her when she lost control of an auto .45

BAM! – the first shot went down range.
BAM! - the second shot went down range high and
BAM! BAM! BAM! until
BAM! – went straight back over her shoulder and right between his eyes!

I think the Bellevue cops had some difficult questions for her. I don’t remember if charges were filed.

Higgens or one of the other local marksmen can probably elaborate.

In any event, nostatic, I don't think it's smart to mix exes and firearms.

Dang you guys are being harsh. You all know Todds character and intent is beyond question here. And most of us don't even know his ex. And I would think that even fewer of us know the details as to why they divorced. If this woman were a total psycho I doubt Todd would even give the question a second of serious consideration. It's been my observation that some people make better friends than they do husband/wife and maybe this is true for them.

I don't recognize this new, mellow Kevin. I suspect some Dr Phil fan has hijacked his account.

Truer words have never been spoken.

Well, except maybe, "I could use another beer."

Basically true but...it wasn't her boyfriend. It was a church social event for singles. The way Jeff tells it (his friend/coworker was there) is that the chick had never handled a gun before and "the guys" thought it would be fun to have her fire a high caliber weapon (don't recall the size) with hot loaded rounds. Not exactly a good idea in retrospect.

Ah, a statement that worked during our fathers' generation - but unfortunately not during ours.

"I took my ex to the range....ONCE!"

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Randy

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Randy - is that your ex? How open-minded...:D

So NS, When is the date?

After I divorced my daughter's mother, she used to stop by occasionally. I would share my stash with her (back when I used to do that sort of thing) until one day she threatened to call my boss & tell him that I was a pothead. Needless to say, I didn't hook her up with any more free buzz (talk about shooting yourself in the foot) & kept our relationship at a very shallow need to know basis that continues to this day.

After my daughter turns 18 next January, I hope to never speak to her again & close that bitter chapter of my life.

:eek:

LOL!

Randy

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Make up sex is the best kind there is!