Disclosure of costs/mods to the wife!
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I have a totally different problem. I had a girl friend that I was with for 7 years, she didnt mind me modding for the most part. I thought this was great she knew EVERYTHING and I was laughing at my buddy who had to always hide the truth from his wife. Everything was great until it came time to get engaged. The $12k ring I bought her wasnt good enough, she wanted a $25k ring..thats when all the info I gave here came flying back at me. She was like,"how can you spend nearly $70k for a car but you cant even buy me a 25K ring." I kicked her to the curb right after that conversation.
So you dont have to be married to run into problems disclosing your expenses to a women.
So you dont have to be married to run into problems disclosing your expenses to a women.
John
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We talk all the (major) expenses over, never had disagreements.
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This still has me laughing since the night you told me that. So what does she think has been going on lately? Muffler problems?
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When he did mufflers it didn't NEED tailpipes, NOW it needs tailpipes...
No S.O. to ***** at me about stuff like that... Just a set of parents who can't stand modded cars. "Why do you waste your money on making that nice car a **** box!?" It's my money so they can't tell me no, but they will ***** and moan the whole time we are in the garage working on it.
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+1. Not quite hassled, but more like: "What wasn't good enough about the original part?" That's for everything except the exhaust which she understood right away.
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OK, this is a very complex subject which I deal with regularly.
I'm married 23 years and my wife is great. I'm very lucky. She has given me 5 great kids and still looks fantastic. I MEAN FANTASTIC.
By the same token, I have given her a great lifestyle. 9 bedroom house, live in housekeeper, she never has to cook, clean, or do laundry. This summer I'm taking her to London for a two week cruise on HMS Queen Victoria. Her job is to go to the gym and ask me what she should wear before we go out to the Wynn or Bellagio on Saturday nights. Sounds great, huh?
Not so fast. For some reason, she has made it her business to scrutinize my so called "car crazyness". She loves my 750Li, but when it comes to my other cars, all bets are off. It was bad enough that I bought an M Coupe a couple of years ago, but when I got my GT2, it took weeks to get her to accept it. The good thing is I don't keep anything from her. My philosophy is it's easier to be honest and be forgiven than try to keep my lies straight.
But I agree with many of the other married guys. It's easy for the single guys to do the chest pounding as to how they would never be in that situation, but the reality is that if you are married to a woman who's worth being married to, you will have to "adjust" your "bad assness" once in a while, if only for the sake of peace at home.
But hey, what do I know, I'm the genius that, when asked by my wife what I thought marriage was all about (before we were married), I said:
"Well, it's been a negotiation for millions of years, women need protection, men need pu**y. Marriage is when the man trades protection for a guaranteed piece of pu**y. It's a cave man thing!" I can't believe she married me.
I'm married 23 years and my wife is great. I'm very lucky. She has given me 5 great kids and still looks fantastic. I MEAN FANTASTIC.
By the same token, I have given her a great lifestyle. 9 bedroom house, live in housekeeper, she never has to cook, clean, or do laundry. This summer I'm taking her to London for a two week cruise on HMS Queen Victoria. Her job is to go to the gym and ask me what she should wear before we go out to the Wynn or Bellagio on Saturday nights. Sounds great, huh?
Not so fast. For some reason, she has made it her business to scrutinize my so called "car crazyness". She loves my 750Li, but when it comes to my other cars, all bets are off. It was bad enough that I bought an M Coupe a couple of years ago, but when I got my GT2, it took weeks to get her to accept it. The good thing is I don't keep anything from her. My philosophy is it's easier to be honest and be forgiven than try to keep my lies straight.
But I agree with many of the other married guys. It's easy for the single guys to do the chest pounding as to how they would never be in that situation, but the reality is that if you are married to a woman who's worth being married to, you will have to "adjust" your "bad assness" once in a while, if only for the sake of peace at home.
But hey, what do I know, I'm the genius that, when asked by my wife what I thought marriage was all about (before we were married), I said:
"Well, it's been a negotiation for millions of years, women need protection, men need pu**y. Marriage is when the man trades protection for a guaranteed piece of pu**y. It's a cave man thing!" I can't believe she married me.
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But hey, what do I know, I'm the genius that, when asked by my wife what I thought marriage was all about (before we were married), I said:
"Well, it's been a negotiation for millions of years, women need protection, men need pu**y. Marriage is when the man trades protection for a guaranteed piece of pu**y. It's a cave man thing!" I can't believe she married me.
"Well, it's been a negotiation for millions of years, women need protection, men need pu**y. Marriage is when the man trades protection for a guaranteed piece of pu**y. It's a cave man thing!" I can't believe she married me.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/...6;&version=51;
