How to break the news of expensive bike purchases to your spouse - Page 2

02-21-2005, 07:29 AM

hhu wrote:
> Why tell her at all?
>
> My wife's brother bought himself a Ferrari Testarossa. He parked it
> at home and one night, the angry wife proceeded to do about $20k
> damage to the side of the car with a shoe.
>
> Later, when he joined a club, he told others about the incident and
> their universal and instant reply was "you told her you bought a
> Ferrari? Are you nuts?"

My husband has an old car that he keeps in mint condition. He loves
this care more than he loves anything human. He spends money on it, but
he usually does not tell me since I have no interest in the car, the
car has been around forever, and I know diddley about cars. I found a
receipt once and he had the car repainted in the original color and it
cost 4,000 dollars. Now who the hell would tell their wife they just
spent 4,000 to have a car restored to its original color so that
everything says stayed exactly original on the car.

He replaces things but being an old car it costs alot to find the
original and keep it mint. He wants to be buried in it when he dies.
As a woman and a wife, I would say that if you are going to do things
like come home with a Ferrari without telling your wife, you deserve
whatever you get. I have dreams of going into the garage and taking
an axe to that stupid car. It is garage kept, does not come out in bad
weather and it is treated better than me. I actually do not want to
know what he spends on that car. I am better off not knowing. Just as
he is better off not knowing what I spend on my hair, nails and
accessories. He sees a purse and thinks it costs 20 dollars. How many
men know how much their wives can spend on a purse. NOT MANY. Some
things are better left unsaid. Sometimes ignorance CAN be bliss.
All Good Things,
Maggie.

02-21-2005, 08:35 AM

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:29:02 -0800, Maggie wrote:

> he is better off not knowing what I spend on my hair, nails and
> accessories. He sees a purse and thinks it costs 20 dollars. How many
> men know how much their wives can spend on a purse.

What, a purse can cost _more_ than $20? A purse? I figured $15, tops.

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02-21-2005, 08:35 AM

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:29:02 -0800, Maggie wrote:

> he is better off not knowing what I spend on my hair, nails and
> accessories. He sees a purse and thinks it costs 20 dollars. How many
> men know how much their wives can spend on a purse.

What, a purse can cost _more_ than $20? A purse? I figured $15, tops.

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02-21-2005, 08:45 AM

David L. Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:29:02 -0800, Maggie wrote:
>
>
>> he is better off not knowing what I spend on my hair, nails and
>> accessories. He sees a purse and thinks it costs 20 dollars. How many
>> men know how much their wives can spend on a purse.
>
> What, a purse can cost _more_ than $20? A purse? I figured $15,
> tops.

You never had a La Jolla fiancee for whom you bought Louis Vuitton purses?

Lucky man.

02-21-2005, 08:45 AM

David L. Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:29:02 -0800, Maggie wrote:
>
>
>> he is better off not knowing what I spend on my hair, nails and
>> accessories. He sees a purse and thinks it costs 20 dollars. How many
>> men know how much their wives can spend on a purse.
>
> What, a purse can cost _more_ than $20? A purse? I figured $15,
> tops.

You never had a La Jolla fiancee for whom you bought Louis Vuitton purses?

Lucky man.

02-21-2005, 08:46 AM

Dave Mayer Wrote:
> A pal of mine on a budget just brought a high-zoot pair of race wheels
> I'
> looking for recommendations as to how to break the news to your spouse
> This is what I've come up with so far
>
> As a true pal, one feels obligated to offer the following
>
> - Garage space renta
> - Cover story: these are Dave's wheels. I borrowed them...
> - Cover story: Dave sold these to me for X (cheap price
> - Cover story: Dave traded these for X (invented bike name parts here
> - Cover story: My 1971 Suntour Hero derailleur was worth gold. Dav
> sold i
> to a Japanese collector on Ebay and netted enough to get these
>
>
> Or pick the following line
>
> - I won them.
> - I found at the side of the road while a bike race was going o
> - I'm now sponsored. I get free stuff all the time
> - My team felt sorry for me and gave me these.
>
>
> Or my tried and true line
>
> "What, these old things?"Your doing it all wrong. Don't go out and just buy some budget breakin
bicycle and expect the wife to be happy about it. Would you be happy i
you came home one day and found your wife had just bought $XXXX.XX wort
of whatever that you have no use for
Start ahead of time. Talk about the stuff you want as if it's the mos
vital thing to your well being except for her. Show how your going t
do without this wheelset/carbon dodad/bicycle, even though all the guy
you ride with have it, for her's and the family's needs. Talk about it
Sigh. etc
Eventually the wife will get so guilty and fed up with you moping tha
she will shove you out the door and tell you not to come home withou
the g-d wheelset/carbon dodad/bicycle
Don't forget to take her out to dinner afterwards.:cool

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02-21-2005, 08:46 AM

Dave Mayer Wrote:
> A pal of mine on a budget just brought a high-zoot pair of race wheels
> I'
> looking for recommendations as to how to break the news to your spouse
> This is what I've come up with so far
>
> As a true pal, one feels obligated to offer the following
>
> - Garage space renta
> - Cover story: these are Dave's wheels. I borrowed them...
> - Cover story: Dave sold these to me for X (cheap price
> - Cover story: Dave traded these for X (invented bike name parts here
> - Cover story: My 1971 Suntour Hero derailleur was worth gold. Dav
> sold i
> to a Japanese collector on Ebay and netted enough to get these
>
>
> Or pick the following line
>
> - I won them.
> - I found at the side of the road while a bike race was going o
> - I'm now sponsored. I get free stuff all the time
> - My team felt sorry for me and gave me these.
>
>
> Or my tried and true line
>
> "What, these old things?"Your doing it all wrong. Don't go out and just buy some budget breakin
bicycle and expect the wife to be happy about it. Would you be happy i
you came home one day and found your wife had just bought $XXXX.XX wort
of whatever that you have no use for
Start ahead of time. Talk about the stuff you want as if it's the mos
vital thing to your well being except for her. Show how your going t
do without this wheelset/carbon dodad/bicycle, even though all the guy
you ride with have it, for her's and the family's needs. Talk about it
Sigh. etc
Eventually the wife will get so guilty and fed up with you moping tha
she will shove you out the door and tell you not to come home withou
the g-d wheelset/carbon dodad/bicycle
Don't forget to take her out to dinner afterwards.:cool

--
waxbytes

02-21-2005, 10:22 AM

"Dave Mayer" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:x7bSd.446979$6l.381187@pd7tw2no...
> A pal of mine on a budget just brought a high-zoot pair of race wheels.
I'm
> looking for recommendations as to how to break the news to your spouse.
> This is what I've come up with so far:
>
> As a true pal, one feels obligated to offer the following:
>

Jeez, are men really this clueless? Just buy HER something expensive. DOH!
(I made not even a peep when the hub bought the SECOND BMW
motorcycle.....guess why???)

Cat

02-21-2005, 10:22 AM

"Dave Mayer" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:x7bSd.446979$6l.381187@pd7tw2no...
> A pal of mine on a budget just brought a high-zoot pair of race wheels.
I'm
> looking for recommendations as to how to break the news to your spouse.
> This is what I've come up with so far:
>
> As a true pal, one feels obligated to offer the following:
>

Jeez, are men really this clueless? Just buy HER something expensive. DOH!
(I made not even a peep when the hub bought the SECOND BMW
motorcycle.....guess why???)

Cat

02-21-2005, 11:25 AM

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:45:29 +0000, S o r n i wrote:

>> What, a purse can cost _more_ than $20? A purse? I figured $15,
>> tops.
>
> You never had a La Jolla fiancee for whom you bought Louis Vuitton purses?
>
> Lucky man.

I guess. I've only had 2 fiancees in my time, one from N. Dakota and the
other from Witchita Falls, Texas. Neither were big on purses, thank God.

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