How to hide new bling bike from wife
08-22-12, 02:42 PM
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I'm pretty good at hiding the small bling. I handle the bookkeeping and am good at creative accounting. Been tipping the UPS and FedEx drivers to leave packages in the bushes for years. Packages that require a signature get delivered to a friend's house. But a whole bike is a different matter. I'm thinking about camouflaging the frame to look like a beater - maybe tape it over. She doesn't know enough to notice high-end components.
Creative ideas?
Creative ideas?
08-22-12, 02:44 PM
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When I tell my wife I'm agonizing over getting a new bike she says "Just go do it and quit talking about it, jeez."
Of course, until recently she had more bikes than I did. We're tied now.
Of course, until recently she had more bikes than I did. We're tied now.
08-22-12, 09:14 PM
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This post is amazing! I just kept talking about a new bike for so long my finance finally gave in and said I should get one thinking that would shut me up and bring back the old me. The new bike just made it worse because now all I talk about how amazing it is. Oh if they only knew
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I heard a guy who does a lot of marriage counseling give some advice once which I thought was good and wise: "Men, spend a little money on your marriage from time to time. If you don't, you'll end up spending a lot more on the lawyers."
Maybe you could convince her somehow that you're spending money on the marriage. Get her a matching bling bike. In for a penny, in for a pound, right?
Seriously, there is a difference between "want" and "need." If you have to lie about it, it's clearly not a "need."
The OP has been absent for a few pages here. Maybe he could tell us what she would probably do if 1) she found out about the bling bike purchase, and 2) found out hubby lied about the bling bike purchase.
Maybe you could convince her somehow that you're spending money on the marriage. Get her a matching bling bike. In for a penny, in for a pound, right?
Seriously, there is a difference between "want" and "need." If you have to lie about it, it's clearly not a "need."
The OP has been absent for a few pages here. Maybe he could tell us what she would probably do if 1) she found out about the bling bike purchase, and 2) found out hubby lied about the bling bike purchase.
08-23-12, 05:25 AM
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Methinks many posters could do well with women's specific seats as it appears their wives/girlfriends have already relieved them of their testicles. My wife and I keep our personal finances completely separate. Each month we tally the joint bills and each pay half. Our personal bills are our own problems as long as we can pay the joint bills.
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Methinks many posters could do well with women's specific seats as it appears their wives/girlfriends have already relieved them of their testicles. My wife and I keep our personal finances completely separate. Each month we tally the joint bills and each pay half. Our personal bills are our own problems as long as we can pay the joint bills.
Me and my wife, though, we just have one money-pool of which everyone gets whatever he or she likes and we trust each other not to overdo it.
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