COLIN LAMB wrote:
"Oh it's an old radio I am fixing for my buddy, Joe."

What happens when she sees you do this three times and says "you are
spending a lot of time helping your friends but you do not have time to
paint the house, repair the front door lock or fix my vacuum cleaner", what
do you say?

It's far better to foster a relationship of mutual respect, and trust.
I could never live with a woman that scrutinized my every move. Nor
would I ever think I had the right to scrutinize my wife's every move.

Respect and trust. It is the only way. Trickiness and deceit will only
result in a divorce.

-Chuck