Wife Acceptance Factor

[Andy R]

Why do i need my wife's acceptance? If she doesn't like it tuff.

Because marriage is supposed to be a partnership, not one person dictating to the other what happens :roll: .
My wife doesn't ride bikes nearly as much as I do but she appreciates that it's an important part of my life, just as I appreciate that she would rather spend the afternoon walking, rather than riding, in the hills.

However, she's more than happy to get involved with cutting trails, building ladder bridges etc and walking is the best way of discovering new routes too.
A little mutual respect and consideration works wonders....

 

[Andy R]

they just whisk it passed the wife quickly saying, 'This old thing, love? Nah, bought it second hand off a mate on the forum' and hope she never looks at it too closely .

Or checks the bank and credit card statements presumably..... :roll:

 

[Neil]

Hitchcock had the right idea with 'Strangers on a Train'! :twisted:

Wasn't his idea, though ;-)

Most of the big films you'd think of as his, he doesn't have any writing credit for.

 

[cce]

it's a big thing in hi-fi

my speaker cable (Linn K400) has a very low WAF. but then, it does look like this

 

[Neil G]

What goes in the garage is my business

 

[johntheboy]

the other half got a new hover this week so I think its fair I buy another new bike. She's got three hovers now. I have 6 bikes soon to be 7, fairs fair.

 

[Andy R]

There's quite an underlying air of chauvinism here, what with this idea that women actually want to spend money on vacuum cleaners and stuff like that......
Well, trust me, they don't want to spend money on Hoovers, washing machines, irons, fridges etc etc. They don't "want" to spend money on things like that any more than I want to spend money on central heating pumps, brake discs, brake pads and exhausts for our car.
Nor do they want to spend time ironing any more than I want to spend time lying under a f*cking car fitting new brake pipes.

But until walls plaster themselves, cars fit their own oil filters, food keeps itself fresh and carpets clean themselves we all need to buy the tools to accomplish this and we need to divide our labour to make sure that these tasks get done, hopefully leaving us some time to do the things that we really want to do.

C'mon guys - we live in the 21st century, not a time when women were considered mere chattels. It's time to give up on all this macho "I do want I want to do, I'm the breadwinner" posturing -you know that it's all bullshit anyway and, as Pickle so succinctly put it, it'll come back to bite you on the arse one day (if it hasn't done so already, in one subtle way or another).

And no, I'm not some pathetic under-the-thumb saddo. I don't put up with any bullshit from Karen and, what's equally important, she doesn't put up with any from me. What money comes into the household is our money, regardless of who brought it home. It's a combined effort and we each contribute as best we can.
I don't think that there's any other way - as always YMMV of course... :roll:

 

[johntheboy]

To be fair the hover was bought for me as I'm the one that does the hovering, dusting, cooking, gardening to be fair she does do the ironing buts that because i would not bother :roll: But we both don't take life that seriously, it's good to have a laugh

 

[Mr Panda]

it's a big thing in hi-fi

my speaker cable (Linn K400) has a very low WAF. but then, it does look like this

I have this cable

My spouse (hate that word) likes it too as its big and chunky like me

She on the other hand has a strange and varied collection of academic stuff, which is just fine in my book, poor taste in music, but excellent and essential "family management abilites" - which is great. Doesn't hovver much though, except around haloween :shock:

 

[Easy_Rider]

Caught Mrs E_R smiling at me the other day while I was setting up the cantis on the Dawes (in the Kitchen!!), I asked what's up, she said, nothing just nice that you have a hobby