My wife is a little the same. We both work three jobs tho so see just see it as unneceddary expense spending on my bike since its basically brand new (2011 norco). Went to the auctions n went halfers (40 on an 80$ bid) on a slightly thrashed Trek 4700. He didn't have the cash n I'm waitin on a measly 40 bux. She wants to make a big deal of it but I'm not too worried. I got a deore rd, alivio shiftersn and tektro pulls, he kept the frame and front end (had a shot judy fork). Perhaps the other half just doesn't see the way I do n maybe I shoulda talked about spending more than I should have but it just doesn't always happen that way. The wonders of relationships and the effects money has on them.
I apologize if that ran on abit but figured I'd add in my two cents