I just realized that Carol now sees my instruments every day. How can I sneak a new one in the house and say, "That's the one I've always had"? I need to rethink this.  ;)

Uh, Carol doesn't visit this forum, does she?

Please let me know the answer.

I keep the "Forbidden One" (the one my wife doesn't know about and would kill me and then divorce me if she did) in a suit bag in my closet scrunch up between the wall and some old clothes hanging next to it. The rest I display in the music room.

What about, buying a new mando, tuck it away until you can get rid of one and then replace it on the wall?

It would not work in my house since I only have one mando.

Just do what I do, tell her: "I wear the pants in this house and I'll buy any damn mando that strikes my eye!"

The cast comes off in a couple weeks, and the hospital says I can go home once the internal bleeding stops completely.

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GeoMandoAlex wrote : What about, buying a new mando, tuck it away until you can get rid of one and then replace it on the wall? It would not work in my house since I only have one mando.

That's just the problem. Since she sees tham everyday, she knows exactly what they look like. Unless they look almost identical, she'll know the difference.  

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duuuude wrote : Just do what I do, tell her: "I wear the pants in this house and I'll buy any damn mando that strikes my eye!" The cast comes off in a couple weeks, and the hospital says I can go home once the internal bleeding stops completely.

You're lucky. My uncle told his wife the same thing. The funeral is Saturday.