My wife and I keep each other in check....if i go crazy with gear, she can always retaliate with Pampered Chef and Scrapbooking gear.
When speaking to the wife, the price of your new gear is always either half of the actual price...OR...the value of the piece is twice what you paid for it.
Example:
You just paid $300 for a new Zildjian. When speaking to the wife, either you only paid $150, for it, or you paid $300 for what is EASILY a $600. cymbal. Whatever the case, you just got a smokin' once in a fifetime deal that you would've been a fool to pass up.
You gotta speak their language, my friend.
Good luck.
It's easier to seek forgiveness than permission
Soooooo ... this is how the enemy thinks!
Always remember:
Women never forget.
Soooooo ... this is how the enemy thinks!
Cmon you guys, you're giving away our position!
I'm a big fan of seperate money. If I'm making my bills and can afford it, why should I have to ask permission or seek forgiveness? F that, just own it, loud and proud. I can't stand hearing stories of men cowering to their wives for permission to do whatever. At least it retains some value and it's not peed away like at the racetrack. It's a positive force, not a negative one.
Cmon you guys, you're giving away our position!
I'm a big fan of seperate money. If I'm making my bills and can afford it, why should I have to ask permission or seek forgiveness? F that, just own it, loud and proud. I can't stand hearing stories of men cowering to their wives for permission to do whatever. At least it retains some value and it's not peed away like at the racetrack. It's a positive force, not a negative one.
Just buy her a pair of shoes, and she won't notice all the extra drum gear.
AFter 2 divorces I not-so-quickly learned that keeping the money seperate is great. We split all bills such as mortgage, utilities and groceries right down the middle and then after that what's mine is mine and what's his and his! If I want to spend a stupid amount on clothes or concert tickets or drum equip, he can't say anything as long as my half of the bills are paid. And it's amazing how little there is to fight about when the money issue is off the table! Best "marriage" I've ever been in and it will probably last the longest too
... apart from Brady, of course ...
Yeah....he's an entirely different class of scuzball. Far above and beyond the rest of us everyday, garden variety, run-of-the-mill scuzballs.
I dub him Sir Scuz......King of Scuzballs!!