Can we make fun of our wife's spending habits in here?

[Alexwwjd]

Originally Posted by blufinz52

When my credit card was stolen I didn't report it. The thief was spending less than my wife did.

ha ha ha... problem solved!

[breitlings]

she has so many purses that you could floor the entire house in purses... I asked her about it, laying down the purses then epoxying the top... she declined.

[Go Bucs]

Originally Posted by Thatguy

I can’t. My wife doesn’t really buy anything for herself. No expensive purses and she hates shopping. This is good until I am looking for leverage to buy a new watch......


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Sounds like you just described my wife, same here, and she doesn’t care about my buying habits. The most I hear is...that a new watch or nice boots.


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[brandrea]

Three words come to mind: Amazon prime shoes

[Old Geezer]

I’m probably worse than my wife when it comes to spending. We have been blessed to be able to enjoy our lifestyle and have prepared ourselves for our retirement. Now, my wife does have a penchant for home decor stuff that blows my mind. We have more freaking pillows, throws, mirrors, vases, lamps than the Vanderbilt Estate in Asheville North Carolina which I believe remains the biggest private residence in the USA. I love her nonetheless and like Chadri just grin and bear it as I haul off the old and watch her put the new stuff out.

[Boothroyd]

My wife invariably finds the $1000 dress on sale for $100, or the $500 boots for $25, and looks stylish doing it. And she is encouraging me to buy another steel sport Rolex as they "hold their value". She won't wear a watch, and refuses to let me buy her a Rolex.

I am a lucky guy!

[airchitect]

My wife literally buys nothing for herself. She never goes shopping, or buys jewelry, or hits the spa....it all has to come from me. Yet......somehow she manages to spend money like she’s at a strip club. I mean it’s just gone with nothing to show for it.....is chuck e cheez really that damn expensive?

[Dr.Brian]

My wife isn’t a big spender and we live well below our means, but when she does get the itch, she really knows how to plow through a mountain of Benjamin’s.
I stopped buying her jewelry because it just sits in the vault, so if she needs a $2800 pair of Chanel boots, who cares, go for it. I think she has Jimmy Choo on speed dial as well.
She thinks the watches are silly but she’s got 10x as much, easily.
You can’t take it with you!

[Andad]

Originally Posted by tbonesteak

I'm sure if I went onto purseblogforum.com or wherever they congregate, I can find a thread with my wife discussing what an idiot I am for buying expensive watches, I'm sure there are some funny tales to be told here, in secrecy.

We have wives here on the Forum - your call.

[Gaijin]

Umm.. I don’t think you can. But yea go for it. Should be entertaining if you keep up with the updates till your divorce is finalized.


Stay single my friends..

[armen34]

Originally Posted by rfatm3f

I’m the one who wants Hermès throws and pillows. My wife is happy with langes, day dates, and birkins.

Well, if she gets the birkin, then you definitely deserve the Hermes pillow and throw... they are very nice after all!

[armen34]

Originally Posted by blufinz52

When my credit card was stolen I didn't report it. The thief was spending less than my wife did.

[armen34]

Originally Posted by Jimbogigolo

I spend a lot, but surely my wife can outspend me. Anytime, any day.


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Agree... and too bad Chanel and Hermes don't have sales to her defense though, the items she buys have excellent resell value and they even appreciate in price.

[bdex75]

My wife’s nick name is “Death by a thousand papercuts”. She complains about my purchasing a $1000 watch but will but 20 $50 shirts and shoes etc.

Killing me slowly.


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[daveathall]

I try to point out to my wife when she comes home with something reduced from 500 to 300 to 100 to 50, that the reason is, because that no one else in the world wants it.

[swils8610]

Originally Posted by armen34

Lol. That my friend is awesome! I once was teasing my wife while out to dinner with some other couples. I said I often hid my wife’s Xmas and birthday gifts in the oven...that’s the last place she’d look! She was much less amused than I was!


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[gbpritf]

Originally Posted by tbonesteak

My floor looks like Antietam (had the battle been fought with decorative pillows) around our bed when we sleep.

[GB-man]

Originally Posted by daveathall

I try to point out to my wife when she comes home with something reduced from 500 to 300 to 100 to 50, that the reason is, because that no one else in the world wants it.

Lol I’ve made the same point a hundred times Dave!

[Ruud Van Driver]

Originally Posted by Carrera911

My wife can't get enough of shoes..I just don't get it.
She always has an excuse why she needs to buy this shoe or that one. And she has like 10 types of flip flops...

I feel your pain. Every time I look in Mrs Van D's wardrobe, I could swear I was married to a millipede

[Ruud Van Driver]

Originally Posted by MILGAUSS88

With a raise and overtime, I made 40% more this year than I did last year. I should have more money then, right.
No, my wife racked up 20% of my gross pay in debt. Don't know where, don't know when, don't know how.

I sincerely hope that you're joking. If you're serious, this could be a very real cause for concern.

I have an ex-gf like this. When we were living together, for every pound I earned she spent two and there was never anything to show for it. I found out a few months after I packed my bags and walked that she had a habit of 'consuming' things that we're not allowed to talk about here.

[MILGAUSS88]

Originally Posted by Ruud Van Driver

I sincerely hope that you're joking. If you're serious, this could be a very real cause for concern.

I have an ex-gf like this. When we were living together, for every pound I earned she spent two and there was never anything to show for it. I found out a few months after I packed my bags and walked that she had a habit of 'consuming' things that we're not allowed to talk about here.

No I am not joking.
I am sure she does not have the problem that you are discussing.

The problem is I work on the road most of the time I don't get to see the bills.
It's more along the line of this:

Originally Posted by airchitect

I mean it’s just gone with nothing to show for it.....is chuck e cheez really that damn expensive?

[Rock]

Saving hard for the price of the house before we married followed by 15 years of raising kids on one salary kind of stamped out any real tendency to be extravagant in both of us.
Mrs Rocky is not really interested in jewelry, bags or fashion, and apart from nice watches I am not really into anything expensive.
I sometimes think it is a bit of a shame that when you can afford it, you are no longer motivated to do it.

[Ruud Van Driver]

Originally Posted by MILGAUSS88

No I am not joking.
I am sure she does not have the problem that you are discussing.

The problem is I work on the road most of the time I don't get to see the bills.
It's more along the line of this:

Fair enough

Even though I could see things were not right, as far as THAT sort of thing goes I was too naïve to recognise the signs.

[daveathall]

Some time ago, my wife appeared from upstairs to declare, "It's official, you have more pairs of shoes than me," I was utterly stunned, after a couple of times of trying to answer, only to find that my mouth wasn't working, I managed to usher her back upstairs. I knew that the sum total of my "more shoe's than hers" amounted to 12 pairs, I knew that she had many places where her shoes were stored and picked one that I knew probably tripled the 12 pairs I owned. With a smug look I opened the door and just indicated with both arms outstretched the legions of shoes peering back at us. This was an easy win.

She seemed undeterred and replied, "Ahh, they don't count, I dont wear them all."

[Widows Son]

The warden rarely buys things for herself. She didn't work outside the home until our son started school and now works part time. She does spend, but 90% of the time it's on him, not herself. We always geared ourselves to being able to live on one income and below our means. Extra money, inheritances ect all go into long term investments and 529 plans.

[NewEnthusiast]

I'd love to join this game but my wife is the prudent one. Rarely spends money on herself and then does so conservatively. Meanwhile I think of money in terms of "Rolex Tokens"

[Cobain]

we're all victims to marketing my friends

[encarter13]

To add a little more to the thread, my wife and I just spend very differently. I rarely buy anything, she has to force me to buy clothes, shoes, etc. However, when I do it is something expensive - boats, cars, watches, motorcycles, etc but very few and far between.

My wife rarely buys anything expensive, but she spends money EVERY SINGLE DAY on something. Maybe a shirt here, some boots there, decorative pillows, etc. It drives me crazy all the money that I think she is "wasting" on a daily basis.

[BLACKHORSE 6]

My wife loves to cook and is always going to the grocery store and buying the craziest stuff that no one had ever heard of to try in a new recipe. To keep things interesting, she will then deviate from said recipe and make so many additions/changes that it never comes out the way it’s supposed to and the results are mixed. It would be cheaper for us to eat out every meal than have her cook.

[kilyung]

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