WTF is wrong with wifes????

[Baked]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: Baked
How old is your son, and what has he done to earn $500 worth of toys?

He made a sad face. 🙁

Actually...

In that case :thumbsup: for you and your kid.

 

[WraithETC]

Epic fail. Systematic lowering of expectations needed in this case. You should have bought him a hunting rifle and then returned that for the 360.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
**UPDATE** She told me to return it- we're getting him a swing set instead. *sigh*, mark it up to another case of "do what I'm told, not what I want to do."

Epic fail?

 

[Leros]

Awww poor kid. He's gonna start hating his mother if she keeps doing stuff like this.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Fritzo
**UPDATE** She told me to return it- we're getting him a swing set instead. *sigh*, mark it up to another case of "do what I'm told, not what I want to do."

Do you guys keep any separate discretionary spending accounts, where you can spend the money on "fun" stuff without having to justify it to each other?

Eh...we have separate accounts, but we talk to each other about big purchases. We don't generally spend a lot, so it doesn't come up often. She just doesn't want to spend $500 on a game console, so I have to respect that.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
**UPDATE** She told me to return it- we're getting him a swing set instead. *sigh*, mark it up to another case of "do what I'm told, not what I want to do."

Who is the main bread winner in the household?

 

[cubeless]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: Fritzo
**UPDATE** She told me to return it- we're getting him a swing set instead. *sigh*, mark it up to another case of "do what I'm told, not what I want to do."

Who is the main bread winner in the household?

like that has any bearing on any situation???

and a $500 swing set is a waste of $$$... i built a big fancy one for my kids years back and they used it for a couple weeks... i built them all pc's and now my house is full of kids every weekend... maybe the free soda and pizza is a draw, too...

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I called my wife to tell her, and now she's ticked that I spent $500 without telling her. WTF??? I DID tell her! I'm in trouble because I tried to do something nice!

Nope, you didn't tell her you were spending $500, you told her you were buying an XBOX 360. Communication man, communication! 😛

This is exactly what happened. In her mind, you saying you were going to get an XBOX 360 did not equal "I'm spending $500".

 

[finite automaton]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Fritzo
**UPDATE** She told me to return it- we're getting him a swing set instead. *sigh*, mark it up to another case of "do what I'm told, not what I want to do."

Do you guys keep any separate discretionary spending accounts, where you can spend the money on "fun" stuff without having to justify it to each other?

Eh...we have separate accounts, but we talk to each other about big purchases. We don't generally spend a lot, so it doesn't come up often. She just doesn't want to spend $500 on a game console, so I have to respect that.

Dude. Are you serious?

You told her you were buying an Xbox 360. Did she ask you how much it would cost? No. She said "Ok." I'd tell her the only way the Xbox is getting returned is if it's pried from my cold dead fingers.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: finite automaton

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Fritzo
**UPDATE** She told me to return it- we're getting him a swing set instead. *sigh*, mark it up to another case of "do what I'm told, not what I want to do."

Do you guys keep any separate discretionary spending accounts, where you can spend the money on "fun" stuff without having to justify it to each other?

Eh...we have separate accounts, but we talk to each other about big purchases. We don't generally spend a lot, so it doesn't come up often. She just doesn't want to spend $500 on a game console, so I have to respect that.

Dude. Are you serious?

You told her you were buying an Xbox 360. Did she ask you how much it would cost? No. She said "Ok." I'd tell her the only way the Xbox is getting returned is if it's pried from my cold dead fingers.

Not married, eh?

 

[XMan]

She's being unreasonable if your son has seen the XBox. If not, no harm.

It is silly to spend that much money on a swingset. Heck, you can build one for a couple of hundred.

 

[Chryso]

Pics of wife?

 

[KK]

why not pick up a regular xbox instead of the 360?

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: finite automaton

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Fritzo
**UPDATE** She told me to return it- we're getting him a swing set instead. *sigh*, mark it up to another case of "do what I'm told, not what I want to do."

Do you guys keep any separate discretionary spending accounts, where you can spend the money on "fun" stuff without having to justify it to each other?

Eh...we have separate accounts, but we talk to each other about big purchases. We don't generally spend a lot, so it doesn't come up often. She just doesn't want to spend $500 on a game console, so I have to respect that.

Dude. Are you serious?

You told her you were buying an Xbox 360. Did she ask you how much it would cost? No. She said "Ok." I'd tell her the only way the Xbox is getting returned is if it's pried from my cold dead fingers.

Not married, eh?

So what would happen if you just let your son keep it?

I am not married, but I just don't understand why there seems to be this stereotype that men have absolutely no say in what goes on in a marriage. Why don't the guys just stand up for themselves when they believe they are correct?

Any married men want to comment? 😕

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: finite automaton

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Fritzo
**UPDATE** She told me to return it- we're getting him a swing set instead. *sigh*, mark it up to another case of "do what I'm told, not what I want to do."

Do you guys keep any separate discretionary spending accounts, where you can spend the money on "fun" stuff without having to justify it to each other?

Eh...we have separate accounts, but we talk to each other about big purchases. We don't generally spend a lot, so it doesn't come up often. She just doesn't want to spend $500 on a game console, so I have to respect that.

Dude. Are you serious?

You told her you were buying an Xbox 360. Did she ask you how much it would cost? No. She said "Ok." I'd tell her the only way the Xbox is getting returned is if it's pried from my cold dead fingers.

Not married, eh?

So what would happen if you just let your son keep it?

I am not married, but I just don't understand why there seems to be this stereotype that men have absolutely no say in what goes on in a marriage. Why don't the guys just stand up for themselves when they believe they are correct?

Any married men want to comment? 😕

sex

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: finite automaton

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Fritzo
**UPDATE** She told me to return it- we're getting him a swing set instead. *sigh*, mark it up to another case of "do what I'm told, not what I want to do."

Do you guys keep any separate discretionary spending accounts, where you can spend the money on "fun" stuff without having to justify it to each other?

Eh...we have separate accounts, but we talk to each other about big purchases. We don't generally spend a lot, so it doesn't come up often. She just doesn't want to spend $500 on a game console, so I have to respect that.

Dude. Are you serious?

You told her you were buying an Xbox 360. Did she ask you how much it would cost? No. She said "Ok." I'd tell her the only way the Xbox is getting returned is if it's pried from my cold dead fingers.

Not married, eh?

So what would happen if you just let your son keep it?

I am not married, but I just don't understand why there seems to be this stereotype that men have absolutely no say in what goes on in a marriage. Why don't the guys just stand up for themselves when they believe they are correct?

Any married men want to comment? 😕

My wife would never tell me to do something. And I wouldn't tell her to do something.
If we were in that position my wife would have probably said something like, "that's a lot of money but if you think he should have it..."
That's assuming Fritzo's wife wasn't aware of the cost when she agreed to his buying it.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: finite automaton

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Fritzo
**UPDATE** She told me to return it- we're getting him a swing set instead. *sigh*, mark it up to another case of "do what I'm told, not what I want to do."

Do you guys keep any separate discretionary spending accounts, where you can spend the money on "fun" stuff without having to justify it to each other?

Eh...we have separate accounts, but we talk to each other about big purchases. We don't generally spend a lot, so it doesn't come up often. She just doesn't want to spend $500 on a game console, so I have to respect that.

Dude. Are you serious?

You told her you were buying an Xbox 360. Did she ask you how much it would cost? No. She said "Ok." I'd tell her the only way the Xbox is getting returned is if it's pried from my cold dead fingers.

Not married, eh?

So what would happen if you just let your son keep it?

I am not married, but I just don't understand why there seems to be this stereotype that men have absolutely no say in what goes on in a marriage. Why don't the guys just stand up for themselves when they believe they are correct?

Any married men want to comment? 😕

sex

I don't understand this either. No guy wants to go without sex, but personally I've endured far worse for years on end. Then again, I'm also one of the rare breed that's immune to several hour shopping trips with females. I loath the activity and will try to avoid it, but if forced I flirt/joke/make the best of it, and can generally end up impressing said females and get some sort of compensation at the end.

Digression/immunization story: My mom made my sister and I buy our clothes in the same trip since I was born (up until we got our driver's licenses), and my mom would typically throw in her own shopping in the process. I was trained by circumstance to sit for hours on end in the shoe section/chairs waiting for my mom/sister to finish trying on clothes (I was always the quickest by far). Back then I generally read a book to pass the time and got a deck of Magic the Gathering cards at the end. Nowadays the only girl I'd go shopping with is my GF (if I had one at the moment). I'd have her to hang out with/flirt with to pass the time and could probably throw in dinner/impromptu movie/who knows at the end.

Edit: Also, any woman who will hold any kind of actual grudge over something of this nature needs to loosen up a bit. Unless you needed the money for something better, she has no justification. As it stands, you are a doormat.

 

[beat mania]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
My son came up to my in a panic today. "Dad...I need your help!" I was cutting the grass at the time, so I flipped off the mower and walked over to the door to see what was up.

"My XBox won't start anymore!" I went over to take a look, and sure enough, it's got a red light that shows up when it starts (this is the old XBox version). I told him it looks like it's dead. The look on his face broke my heart.

Anyway, I whispered in my wife's ear as I was leaving for work that I was going to pick him up an Xbox 360. She said "OK", and I left for work. Once at work, I checked my mailbox and saw I got some 10% off coupons for Best Buy + I have some Reward Zone cash stored up, so I ran over and picked up the Xbox 360 and some games (totalled about $500 + 6 mos. same as cash).

I called my wife to tell her, and now she's ticked that I spent $500 without telling her. WTF??? I DID tell her! I'm in trouble because I tried to do something nice!

One of these days I'm going to have to get one of those marriage manuals to see how the heck these things are supposed to work, because I'm not doing it right.

XBox costs like $250 with the 10% off. And yet you spent $500.
She probably saw right through that you used your son as an excuse and picked up extra games for yourself 🙂

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: beat mania

Originally posted by: Fritzo
My son came up to my in a panic today. "Dad...I need your help!" I was cutting the grass at the time, so I flipped off the mower and walked over to the door to see what was up.

"My XBox won't start anymore!" I went over to take a look, and sure enough, it's got a red light that shows up when it starts (this is the old XBox version). I told him it looks like it's dead. The look on his face broke my heart.

Anyway, I whispered in my wife's ear as I was leaving for work that I was going to pick him up an Xbox 360. She said "OK", and I left for work. Once at work, I checked my mailbox and saw I got some 10% off coupons for Best Buy + I have some Reward Zone cash stored up, so I ran over and picked up the Xbox 360 and some games (totalled about $500 + 6 mos. same as cash).

I called my wife to tell her, and now she's ticked that I spent $500 without telling her. WTF??? I DID tell her! I'm in trouble because I tried to do something nice!

One of these days I'm going to have to get one of those marriage manuals to see how the heck these things are supposed to work, because I'm not doing it right.

XBox costs like $250 with the 10% off. And yet you spent $500.
She probably saw right through that you used your son as an excuse and picked up extra games for yourself 🙂

Nooooo.....Xbox costs $349 (there's a crappy $279 stripped version), + wireless controller, + rechargeable batteries, +2 games = $500.

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: murphy55d
this morning i went to the store quick for some iced tea and something to eat for breakfast...asked my wife if she wanted a doughnut, or a cinnamon roll...she said no thanks.

i come back, she asks where her doughnut is.

"dont you know by know, when i say no, it means yes?"

There's a line that will likely come back to haunt her... 🙂

 

[TallBill]

All women are insane, period.

 

[Kadarin]

Wifey had better be hot to be worth all this aggravation.

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: TallBill
All women are insane, period.

yes, periods do contribute to the condition.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: finite automaton

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Fritzo
**UPDATE** She told me to return it- we're getting him a swing set instead. *sigh*, mark it up to another case of "do what I'm told, not what I want to do."

Do you guys keep any separate discretionary spending accounts, where you can spend the money on "fun" stuff without having to justify it to each other?

Eh...we have separate accounts, but we talk to each other about big purchases. We don't generally spend a lot, so it doesn't come up often. She just doesn't want to spend $500 on a game console, so I have to respect that.

Dude. Are you serious?

You told her you were buying an Xbox 360. Did she ask you how much it would cost? No. She said "Ok." I'd tell her the only way the Xbox is getting returned is if it's pried from my cold dead fingers.

That's the only way you'd be getting any too...what you could pry from your cold fingers...


I won't take either side in this, but $500 is a lot of $$ to drop for no reason at all. Granted, your kid may be "special needs" but he still should have to learn that you can't just buy expensive toys when ever he wants them.
Personally, I think an expensive swing set is a waste of money, (do you have more than one kid) but it might get him out of the house for some exercise, which is always good for kids.
(BTW, you SHOULD have told the wife it would be about $500 before you bought, since you admit that neither of you spends that kind of $$ without discussing it.)

 

[Skeeedunt]

Your wife hates happiness and you're an enabler.