PDA

View Full Version : What did you buy your significant other this year..... because you HAD to?


spalding12
12-23-2006, 09:01 AM
we all spend money on bikes that our significant others either don't understand or even know about.

so....
what did you buy YOUR S.O. for THIS holiday... only out of the guilt of spending so much on your 2-wheeled obsession?

Rajin Cajun
12-23-2006, 09:14 AM
A really nice pair of boots shes been wanting and Perfumes, etc.

Phil
12-23-2006, 02:48 PM
we all spend money on bikes that our significant others either don't understand or even know about.

so....
what did you buy YOUR S.O. for THIS holiday... only out of the guilt of spending so much on your 2-wheeled obsession?

Diamonds....:hung

I still don't know why those shiny little rocks cost so damn much. I don't wear a watch, and for a long time never wore my wedding ring. Jewelry is over rated

spalding12
12-23-2006, 03:01 PM
A really nice pair of boots shes been wanting and Perfumes, etc.

well done
i know she'll appreciate them

spalding12
12-23-2006, 03:02 PM
Diamonds....:hung

I still don't know why those shiny little rocks cost so damn much. I don't wear a watch, and for a long time never wore my wedding ring. Jewelry is over rated

nothing has a higher MARKUP than jewelry

Phil
12-23-2006, 03:05 PM
nothing has a higher MARKUP than jewelry

I dunno, I bought her some crap (some kind of kit) for facial cleansing and moisturizing etc... One from Clinique and the other from Lacome or something like that. For both.......$160 :hung

That is a trackday and fuel.

yoageallen
12-23-2006, 03:20 PM
:lp I had to buy my wife a new Nissan Murano so I could get my 1098S. Beat that. $23,495.00! Beat that! So i will have a 1098S that cost me $46,490.00. :badteeth

spalding12
12-23-2006, 04:39 PM
I dunno, I bought her some crap (some kind of kit) for facial cleansing and moisturizing etc... One from Clinique and the other from Lacome or something like that. For both.......$160 :hung

That is a trackday and fuel.

very nice...
i hope she likes it and doesn't find it offensive enough to POISON YOU IN YOUR SLEEP :lmao :Jiggy :badteeth

spalding12
12-23-2006, 04:39 PM
:lp I had to buy my wife a new Nissan Murano so I could get my 1098S. Beat that. $23,495.00! Beat that! So i will have a 1098S that cost me $46,490.00. :badteeth


you'll probably get some GOOD KARMA from this "deal" so... it won't be all bad

Biga
12-23-2006, 04:56 PM
That pretty funny, cause my wife got the same thing :biggrin


A really nice pair of boots shes been wanting and Perfumes, etc.

Rajin Cajun
12-23-2006, 05:03 PM
That pretty funny, cause my wife got the same thing :biggrin

They say GREAT minds think alike :biggrin

gtoast
12-23-2006, 05:29 PM
and fools seldom differ :biggrin

no sig other here...luckily my parents only want me home which i can accomodate :)

Rajin Cajun
12-23-2006, 05:58 PM
and fools seldom differ :biggrin


Hey I resemble that :biggrin

2wheels4me
12-26-2006, 04:09 PM
Jeez, guys, what's all this buying wives off crap, Grow some G**D*mn balls already. What did you marry, a mommy? I didn't "ask" before putting down a deposit on my 1098S. I don't ask, I tell. I don't like seeing guys asking permission. We are adults, we make money and we spend it!

Just trying to help! Listen to Tom Leikus - you'll learn a lot!

Rhett
12-26-2006, 04:11 PM
I was pretty good this year and bought her a diamond necklace and earrings with our daughters birthstone on them too...

She was in tears...

It made the day... :beer

Phil
12-26-2006, 06:42 PM
Jeez, guys, what's all this buying wives off crap, Grow some G**D*mn balls already. What did you marry, a mommy? I didn't "ask" before putting down a deposit on my 1098S. I don't ask, I tell. I don't like seeing guys asking permission. We are adults, we make money and we spend it!

Just trying to help! Listen to Tom Leikus - you'll learn a lot!

Sounds like you bought a slave? I married a partner :biggrin

spalding12
12-26-2006, 06:45 PM
Jeez, guys, what's all this buying wives off crap, Grow some G**D*mn balls already. What did you marry, a mommy? I didn't "ask" before putting down a deposit on my 1098S. I don't ask, I tell. I don't like seeing guys asking permission. We are adults, we make money and we spend it!

Just trying to help! Listen to Tom Leikus - you'll learn a lot!


hmmmm
let me ask you this?
do you put some kind of cast iron protection over your balls at night when you sleep....? :badteeth :hung

because, if your wife read this... i GUARANTEE you wouldn't see the light of day tomorrow :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

spalding12
12-26-2006, 06:47 PM
I was pretty good this year and bought her a diamond necklace and earrings with our daughters birthstone on them too...

She was in tears...

It made the day... :beer


well done, my friend
and... well deserved as well, i'm sure

Biga
12-26-2006, 06:48 PM
I married a partner :biggrin


:stupid but also everything we have is in our names together. It's not a matter of growing balls, it's a matter of respect, at least that is how I feel.:biggrin

spalding12
12-26-2006, 06:48 PM
Sounds like you bought a slave? I married a partner :biggrin

i'm glad you said that phil

i love his post... though,
it's a bunch of crap...
we all know there is NO way in hell his life is REALLY like that.... unless he has a BLOW-UP doll for a wife :lmao :lmao

spalding12
12-26-2006, 06:50 PM
:stupid but also everything we have is in our names together. It's not a matter of growing balls, it's a matter of respect, at least that is how I feel.:biggrin

i've been married 21 years...
and, if i TRIED to treat my life the way he mentioned above....
i wouldn't have been married 21 days...
not because we'd be divorced.... but, someone would have killed me
and.... i would have deserved it

there HAS to be give-and-take
my wife doesn't have my passion for bikes.... of course
so....
it must be made up for in other ways

it doesn't matter who "MAKES" the money...
it's a partnership...
otherwise, why even get married

yoageallen
12-26-2006, 06:57 PM
:lp Haven't had any of that lately have you?:biggrin If It wasn't mutual,I wouldn't get any either.By the way, my "old lady" went down and put the deposit on my 1098s. Maybe it was just to stop me from crying like a little girl. :baby

2wheels4me
12-26-2006, 07:14 PM
Gimme a little break, I'm not ALL horrible (just mostly)...

What I didn't say (because I was trying to get a rise out of you guys) is that I also don't tell her what to do. She doesn't ask permission either; we just allow each other to do what makes us happy! Believe me she's no slave.

We've been happily married for 24 years. We do many things together and share many of the same tastes. And she got several very nice and not-inexpensive presents for Christmas, because they were things I thought of on my own that I was sure she would appreciate. Which she did. However she didn't expect anything as payback for my purchase that I did on impulse. She knows I'm passionate like that (and the rest of you guys) but still manage money pretty well overall.

Kidding around always has some truth to it, in my case my favorite riding buddy was forbidden by his wife to ride anymore. He stopped because she said so, not because he wanted to. That is hard to watch. And I miss riding with him. Several more guys at work also ceased due to spousal orders. Also hard to take!

Enjoy your Holiday time and tell your wives that you know this horrible guy who...

And then they'll think you are pretty good!
Peace

Biga
12-26-2006, 07:20 PM
^ 24 years of marriage now I understand :lmao

Talking about your buddy where the wife does not let him ride is BS, however I diagnose that as major PW

2wheels4me
12-26-2006, 07:23 PM
^ 24 years of marrige now I understand :lmao

Good Point!:wflag

Biga
12-26-2006, 07:26 PM
^ You should have said that in the first place, and I bet nobody would have said a word, well accept for Spalding12 :lmao

Phil
12-26-2006, 08:04 PM
Gimme a little break, I'm not ALL horrible (just mostly)...

What I didn't say (because I was trying to get a rise out of you guys) is that I also don't tell her what to do. She doesn't ask permission either; we just allow each other to do what makes us happy! Believe me she's no slave.

We've been happily married for 24 years. We do many things together and share many of the same tastes. And she got several very nice and not-inexpensive presents for Christmas, because they were things I thought of on my own that I was sure she would appreciate. Which she did. However she didn't expect anything as payback for my purchase that I did on impulse. She knows I'm passionate like that (and the rest of you guys) but still manage money pretty well overall.

Kidding around always has some truth to it, in my case my favorite riding buddy was forbidden by his wife to ride anymore. He stopped because she said so, not because he wanted to. That is hard to watch. And I miss riding with him. Several more guys at work also ceased due to spousal orders. Also hard to take!

Enjoy your Holiday time and tell your wives that you know this horrible guy who...

And then they'll think you are pretty good!
Peace



I hear what you are saying, and you have some vaild points. My wife and I keep seperate accounts, pay our own bills, but don't hesitate to share when necessary. I don't like either extreme to be honest. The 1st extreme are those who are more like business associates than a married couple, and the 2nd are those who can't step 1 foot out of each other's shadow....ever.

I want my wife to appreciate and love me, but I want her to be an independant woman who can take care of herself as well. I also want her to be an understanding person when I bring new bikes home without telling her about it :phil

spalding12
12-27-2006, 03:05 AM
Gimme a little break, I'm not ALL horrible (just mostly)...

What I didn't say (because I was trying to get a rise out of you guys) is that I also don't tell her what to do. She doesn't ask permission either; we just allow each other to do what makes us happy! Believe me she's no slave.

We've been happily married for 24 years. We do many things together and share many of the same tastes. And she got several very nice and not-inexpensive presents for Christmas, because they were things I thought of on my own that I was sure she would appreciate. Which she did. However she didn't expect anything as payback for my purchase that I did on impulse. She knows I'm passionate like that (and the rest of you guys) but still manage money pretty well overall.

Kidding around always has some truth to it, in my case my favorite riding buddy was forbidden by his wife to ride anymore. He stopped because she said so, not because he wanted to. That is hard to watch. And I miss riding with him. Several more guys at work also ceased due to spousal orders. Also hard to take!

Enjoy your Holiday time and tell your wives that you know this horrible guy who...

And then they'll think you are pretty good!
Peace

ah......
thanks for the CLARIFICATION :)
24 years....
well done, sir
glad that you told us that

enjoy your bike(s)
i know that i do

spalding12
12-27-2006, 03:06 AM
^ You should have said that in the first place, and I bet nobody would have said a word, well accept for Spalding12 :lmao

hell, not even me.... had i known that...... :moped

KRG
12-27-2006, 10:29 AM
Wasn't a case of "had to" but I got the GF a new stereo for her car which she had been wanting.

I've been down the "living in the shadow of" type of marriage and IF I get married again, it will be MUCH more of a partnership. That much I promised myself!!

I personally think Phil has the right idea. Your own accounts, your own responsibilities but cherish each other as a partner in the relationship.

Good on you!

MV-999R
12-27-2006, 10:47 AM
I gave her 2 dresses :inc

Phil 1098
12-27-2006, 03:02 PM
I have been married 21 years..................of course that's cumulative, does that count? Seven years this go around and I bought her Roberto Coin Italian diamond ear rings. They match the necklace I bought her for mothers day.:lp

spalding12
12-27-2006, 03:51 PM
I have been married 21 years..................of course that's cumulative, does that count? Seven years this go around and I bought her Roberto Coin Italian diamond ear rings. They match the necklace I bought her for mothers day.:lp

those sound beautiful
i'm sure that she loved them

CAG
12-28-2006, 03:57 AM
:lp I had to buy my wife a new Nissan Murano so I could get my 1098S. Beat that. $23,495.00! Beat that! So i will have a 1098S that cost me $46,490.00. :badteeth

I don't care who you are or where you're from, THAT'S funny!!

CAG

CAG
12-28-2006, 03:59 AM
A diamond engagement ring. Fortunately my sister is a jeweller and I didn't have to pay retail.

spalding12
12-28-2006, 04:10 AM
A diamond engagement ring. Fortunately my sister is a jeweller and I didn't have to pay retail.

hmmmmm
we'll all be calling YOU next time :)

MV-999R
12-28-2006, 07:30 AM
hmmmmm
we'll all be calling YOU next time :)

Next time? :confused

Thinking about divorce? :badteeth

spalding12
12-28-2006, 11:21 AM
Next time? :confused

Thinking about divorce? :badteeth

NO....
for Valentine's Day
or Mother's Day...

or....

I'm going to bring home my Tricolore Day :biggrin

CAG
12-29-2006, 06:06 PM
You don't have to call me on mohters' day or St. Valentine's day. Just a little post here wishing me well is all I need.

Oh, wait you mean a hook up on a ring? Call my sister for that; I'll give you her number.

CAG