A few weeks ago I took my girlfriend to a gun show. On the way there says, “Since I’m going to the gun show with you, will you go to a bridal show with me?” So, thinking that the next bridal show is months away, and she’ll forget by then, I say sure I will. So I’m planning to go to another gun show this weekend. She says I won’t be able to go since we have plans. Plans?..what plans? Turns out there’s a bridal show this weekend too!!
How do I get out of this!!???!! 
Or am I screwed?
Mention that you think her sister is hot. 
Go with her, and keep mama happy. Use it as an opportunity to polish and experiment with your concealment methods in a new non-permissive environment. Look for new ideas in carrying your many acoutrements. Practice your situational awareness and people watching. Eavesdrop on conversations. Role play with strangers. Hunt down swag. Find people assembly marketing lists and add people you don’t like.
There are ways to enjoy most places when you have a plan.
You don’t looks so good…are you feeling alright? That cough is horrible and you’re eyes are all glassy. Holy smokes you’re running a fever!
She’s not your wife. If you don’t say no now, you never will.
Either way, I wish you luck.
I have been married 17 yr’s, it’s give and take.
Erm…
Not to overstep my bounds but are you planning on marrying this one? If you’re unsure and shes dragging you to bridal shows i would start running…as of last week.
GET OUT NOW!!!
IF you are considering marrying her i would say go for it. Then again, i dont really ask my significant other if i can have permission to do things in the first place. Relationships are give and take but they’re also based off of equality. There should be an understanding there that you’re your own person and you need to do what you need to do, just like she feels the need to attend bridal shows. She can either choose to go to the gun show or not. Just the same as you should be able to choose to go to the bridal show or not.
I agree with that but considering…
…there should also be an understanding that when you agree to a “trade-off” you’ll keep your end of the deal.
I think your best chance is if there is another bridal show next month then you can offer to go to that one instead. But, keep in mind that I’ve officailly been decalred “a box of rocks” when it comes to relationship stuff and probably shouldn’t give advice about it 
Mention that you think her brother is hot. You’ll never have to go anywhere with her again.
Or, as an alternative, you could man up and keep your end of the bargain like she did.
+1. If you didn’t mean it you shouldn’t have said it.
She really is a great girl. She likes fast cars, motorcycles, sports, has no problem with guns, and makes more money than I do. So…Bridal show here I come!! Maybe we will have time to do both!
I’m gonna go with Skintop on this one.
Plus use it as another opportunity to scout for hotties.
Yup I agree, you should go and man up. Keep in mind that if you want to buy guns in the future you need her on your side. If she sees that you have a double standard she will probably hold the “guns” against you. Keep her on your side and maybe she will buy guns for your birthday!
That’s as wrong as two boys…
My, real non-childish response is; if you are serious about this girl, keep your end of the bargain. If you are not, follow either mine or Todd’s initial ideas.
ahahaha that would do it.
Go to the show and tell her “You’d look great in that dress”. Then tell her that you’re getting really turned on, and you want to go do it in the coat room. I’ll bet she’d do it.
Either that, or go drunk. You’d be keeping your end of the bargain!
Even better: combine options #1 and #2 and then later deny saying #1.
Time to put on your Sea Lawyer hat! There is an inherent danger in splitting hairs like this, since it can come back to bite you in the ass later, but…
If she said A bridal show, she did not specify THIS bridal show. Tell her you’re going to the gun show, agree to go to a different bridal shower, find the where/when, set the date, the suck up the pain when your penance comes due. In fact, check the websites of conference centers in your area, find another bridal show, and bring that date/location with you to the discussion. Gives the illusion that you’re putting effort into the thing, even if you’re inwardly groaning at the prospect of a warehouse full of clucking bridezillas.
This is all presumptive of the idea that you’re not going to tell her something akin to “I’m a grown-ass man, I’ll do what I want! Make me a sammich!” Maybe not the best idea if she’s a shooter, too.
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This is positively diabolical.
Ha! You fell for the classic rope-a-dope.
Fair warning: If you go back on your word, you run the risk of losing all credibility. In your haste, You made the fool’s bargain, after all…
If you are an honorable man, keep your word, otherwise it is useless, but be more careful what you agree to in the future…
The last couple of years, gun shows have sucked so much, I’d just as soon go to the bridal thing.
Bob