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Your Spouse's Most Hated Purchase

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Pete Incaviglia, Oct 15, 2007.

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  1. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    Re: You're Spouse's Most Hated Purchase

    Well, I can't say it now.

    Mine was probably buying my 40-inch HDTV, a week before I was hosting a Super Bowl party. At least I got it in the divorce.
     
    Angola!, Oct 15, 2007
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  2. Idaho

    Idaho Active Member

    Re: You're Spouse's Most Hated Purchase

    Also ...

    It hasn't happened yet, but I can only imagine my wife's reaction when I show her my new TT/Tri bike next spring.
     
    Idaho, Oct 15, 2007
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  3. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Re: You're Spouse's Most Hated Purchase

    The HD package from my satellite provider. My wife doesn't think the HD picture is that much of an improvement from standard, which blows my mind. I have pointed out the sweat beads on football players' faces and the blades of grass at Augusta during HD telecasts, and she's unimpressed. Ditto for her beloved HGTV in high-def. ("Honey, look at the definition on those cedar closet hangers!")

    Oddly, she was in favor of buying the 42-inch flatscreen. But almost every time we watch it she's gotta complain about the $30 a month or whatever it is for the HD programming. It's beyond maddening.
     
    playthrough, Oct 15, 2007
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  4. andyouare?

    andyouare? Guest

    Re: You're Spouse's Most Hated Purchase

    $50 lapdance.
     
    andyouare?, Oct 15, 2007
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  5. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Re: You're Spouse's Most Hated Purchase

    So that's how you met...
     
    slappy4428, Oct 15, 2007
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  6. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    Re: You're Spouse's Most Hated Purchase

    According to the subject line, I am my spouse's most hated purchase . . . . . . . . .

    This changes every few months, but she's still holding a grudge about getting tickets to Rush on consecutive nights this summer. Not the cost as much as her having to see that band even once, much less twice.

    I'm more in a situation where she urges me to make purchases that will make me happy (a new bike, the new Guitar Hero, tickets to the Ozzy Osbourne/Rob Zombie show, etc.), basically so she can buy herself stuff.
     
    Piotr Rasputin, Oct 15, 2007
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  7. Eagles1 in London

    Eagles1 in London Guest

    Re: You're Spouse's Most Hated Purchase

    definitely has to be any time i've gone away to a bachelor party...

    she is also never too crazy about the various sports packages i buy a year......
     
    Eagles1 in London, Oct 15, 2007
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  8. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    Re: You're Spouse's Most Hated Purchase

    I'm shocked she stayed after you subjected her to Rush twice. That's grounds for divorce in some states :D
     
    sportschick, Oct 15, 2007
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  9. Faithless

    Faithless Member

    Re: You're Spouse's Most Hated Purchase

    Hell, mine is still ticked at me for subjecting her to Rush once. Our getaway to Atlanta this summer included the kickoff show of Rush's Snakes and Arrows Tour, which she didn't know about until we got there. She said she could think of better things to do than to hear that guy who sounds like a woman. To me, it was payback for having to sit through a freakin' Air Supply concert with her 22 years ago.

    Any time she'd gripe about seeing Rush, I should've said, "Well, those dates I took to Rush shows in the early '80s didn't complain. They enjoyed it. So shut your yapper and enjoy 'Tom Sawyer'." (The only song she recognized the entire show).
     
    Faithless, Oct 15, 2007
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  10. imjustagirl2

    imjustagirl2 New Member

    Re: You're Spouse's Most Hated Purchase

    Unmarried, but I think everything I buy pisses off my boyfriend. I'm not good with money. He won't buy anything to save his life. We're kind of opposites that way.
     
    imjustagirl2, Oct 15, 2007
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  11. Editude

    Editude Active Member

    Re: You're Spouse's Most Hated Purchase

    Mrs. Editude wasn't thrilled when I contributed to my ex-wife's house restoration fund.
    I wasn't thrilled when she bought a third cat.
     
    Editude, Oct 15, 2007
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  12. novelist_wannabe

    novelist_wannabe Well-Known Member

    Re: You're Spouse's Most Hated Purchase

    Season tickets. When I told her, her response was, "OK, when do I get to go to NY for a Broadway musical?" Still hasn't happened yet, but she did get to see Josh Groban. Not sure we're even yet. I am sure it's not healthy to keep score on such things.
     
    novelist_wannabe, Oct 15, 2007
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