What to tell the spouse

[cb5150]

Never understood these kinds of posts. How does a marriage work when the husband...or wife...has to sneak around when buying things? Makes no sense to me.

Hiding your purchase implies that you either can't afford it or its something offensive/illegal. If you can afford it and you want it, then just buy it. If it's offensive/illegal, then you shouldn't be buying it in the first place.

Man up. Grow a beard. Eat bacon.

 

[divad]

Man up. Grow a beard. Eat bacon.

And fart proudly......

 

[Steve_C]

Who earned the bonus? This money should not be included in your actual budget nor income. It is a BONUS so in my opinion you should be able to spend it on what ever you want. Now it might be nice to spend sometime on her too.

Who took care of other things so you could earn the bonus? You are either a team or not.

 

[Imla]

Go back to the shop... And buy one more...

 

[djtimmy77]

You guys are slacking.

Here is what you do:

Take the AI computer back to the store. Buy a Petrel 2. Then tell her.

 

[RandomGuy1]

What works for myself and my wife. We automatically discuss any purchase over $100. For other people in different income brackets that number may be different. Anything less than $100 we can spend without talking first. Having a hard and fast rule like that helps to curb those impulse purchases.

 

[kelemvor]

No problem here. Wife bought a $7000 Bernina sewing machine. I have a lot of catching up.

Holy cow! Does it spit out fully loaded bucket seats automatically or something?

 

[crunchiespg]

the issue isn't you spent the money.
the issue is you spent the money and didn't leave the store with a petrel...

 

[phoenix31tt]

What works for myself and my wife. We automatically discuss any purchase over $100. For other people in different income brackets that number may be different. Anything less than $100 we can spend without talking first. Having a hard and fast rule like that helps to curb those impulse purchases.

what if you pay for it over some months... does that count as spending under 100??

 

[RandomGuy1]

Still discuss it even if payments are spread out.


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