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How to Talk to Your Spouse About Prepping: The Sliding Scale of Possibilities, by Mr. Reasonable Ohio
I’d like to thank JWR and all of you for providing such a mountain of good information! I am in my 30’s and have a family with several small children in the suburbs, and just started prepping about 18 months ago. I don’t remember the details of why I got started exactly. It just came up in conversation with a couple of friends of mine and we got serious about it.
I do remember, however, some of the events and conversations that took place to get my wife involved (I mean…at least get her permission!) and so I thought I would share it with you. Maybe there is another person out there that is interested in being prepared, but doesn’t know how to approach his or her spouse.
I am in finance and my wife was in accounting before we had children, so we both think of things very logically and practically. (Or at least we enjoy thinking that we do) So, when I explained to my wife my desire to “be prepared” I used two events to my advantage:
1 – In September 2008 Hurricane Ike slammed into the United States down south and then pushed north inland causing $7.8 billion in damages, killing hundreds, and causing power outages for hundreds of thousands. My area lost power for a couple of days, but my wife and I were both working at the time and neither of us lost power at work for very long. Curiously, our block including us were without power for 8 days, while all the houses around our block had the power turned back on after 24-48 hours. The power company was simply working on highest priorities, and we weren’t one of them. Fortunately, we didn’t have kids and we could go to work and visit friends who had power, so it wasn’t a big deal. We gave away what was in the freezer because we didn’t know what else to do with it. I visited the local store for batteries and such, but it was all gone. Again, not a big deal. We had a few yummy-smelling candles and a few spare batteries lying around.
2 – Last winter we had rain for a few days, which became freezing rain, which then just became bitterly cold and frozen everywhere. It was so beautiful!!! It was also treacherous. We have a steep driveway and when I went out to start the car for work I slid (while standing) all the way down the driveway and then fell into the street…sliding all the way into the street. Thankfully, I didn’t break anything and no cars were coming. If there were they would not have been able to stop. I went into work and didn’t notice until later that there was blood dripping from inside of my pants. I was cut up pretty bad and bruised for probably two weeks. I’m also certain I was very, very close to breaking my hip or leg. It hurt very badly!
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