*sigh* wife pissed off again.

otoro said:
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Your safety umbrella can be purchased for a mere $620.00
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I am not married, but know plenty of women and cannot figure out this handbag phenomena. Someone explain to me why a piece of leather and some straps put together by a 12 year old in Bangladesh is worth $620. At least I can tell you why a supercharger costs $10K. There is metal in there, engineering, machining, design, and a hundred and fifty parts. Made in Sweden in a real factory.

And the funny thing is... no guy gives a shit what kind of handbag a woman has. When was the last time you looked at a woman's bag and said to yourself "oh my! she has a Louis V handbag I must get her number"???

I can't even tell one bag from another. And let me tell you the handbag is the LAST thing I am looking at when I see a woman. So who is it for? other women? Or do they actually see some sort of hidden value in that thing? Do they think one is "better built" than another? do they think one makes them more beautiful than another?

I have actually given these worthless things as gifts before to the delight of the receiving female. But I still didn't get it. I did it because one female told me to get it for another female. I went in and a gay sales clerk started by showing me a $5000 one with a straight face. Perhaps he did not realize I was a straight man that was not currently on crack.

Someone that gets this please shed some light for me.
 
I was reading the above post and laughing when my wife walked in and I gave her the gist of the post. She says, "I don't get it either". I then pointed out she has a Coach purse, which she then had all sorts of justifications for :).
 
I don't think I am done. Then when they have it, you have to always watch it for them. Not to guard against the $10 worth of contents, but to guard the holder of those contents itself. We all know no one is interested in the stupid thing... but you have to watch it anyway. God have mercy on you if you forget where you put it.

When you buy that bag, what you don't realize is that you are essentialy buying a pet. An ugly expensive one with zero personality but with all the headaches.

Somehow, $2000 for one of these $2 things is OK... but $2000 for a set of forged aluminum wheels or a plasma TV is a waste of money.

The difference is that when a guy spends $2000, he can show you lots of physical parts for it.... you can hold it in your hand... but with a woman... the value is in the "style".

"style"... you know... like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy.
 
I just have to say "I think this is the funniest Thread I've EVER read on Prime" :biggrin:
 
I think it may have something to do with all the stupid magazines they read. They're brainwashed by all this 'haute couture'... (wtf is haute couture anyway, I mean I know it's French, but why should anyone give a $h1t about it)??

The bathroom upstairs contains all sorts of fun magazines like cosmopolitan and marie claire (wtf is marie claire anyway, i looked in the publishing info section and the name is licensed from some company in France, I assumed it was a person and I'd see her name as being the chief editor or something... yeah, I ran out of stuff to read sitting on the can earlier this week).

Lots and lots of pictures and next to each picture is a list of all the articles of clothing, jewelry and accessories in the picture along with an obscene price tag for each item.
 
In case anyone actually cares........ I think the French have way too much time on their hands if use of this term is actually controlled by laws.

Haute Couture
Legal status

In France, the term haute couture is protected by law and is defined by the Chambre de commerce et d’industrie de Paris based in Paris, France. Their rules state that only "those companies mentioned on the list drawn up each year by a commission domiciled at the Ministry for Industry are entitled to avail themselves" of the label haute couture. The criteria to which a fashion house must adhere in order to be categorized haute couture were established in 1945 and updated in 1992.

To earn the right to call itself a couture house and to use the term haute couture in its advertising and any other way, members of the Chambre Syndicale must follow these rules:

* Design made-to-order for private clients that require one or more fittings.
* Have a workshop (atelier) in Paris that employs full-time a minimum of fifteen people.
* Present to the press in Paris each season (spring/summer and autumn/winter) a collection of at least thirty-five runs comprising outfits for both daytime wear and evening wear.

However, the term haute couture has been misused by successive ready-to-wear brands and high street labels since the late 1980s so that its true meaning has become blurred with that of prêt-à-porter (the French term for ready-to-wear fashion) in the public perception. Every haute couture house also markets prêt-à-porter collections, which typically deliver a higher return on investment than their custom clothing. In fact, much of the haute couture displayed at fashion shows today is rarely sold; it is created to enhance the good name of the house. Falling revenues have forced a few couture houses to abandon their less profitable couture division and concentrate solely on the less prestigious prêt-à-porter. These houses, such as Italian designer Antonio Capucci, all of whom have their workshops in Italy, are no longer considered haute couture.

Many top designer fashion houses also use the word for some of their collections.
 
robr said:
They're brainwashed by all this 'haute couture'... (wtf is haute couture anyway?
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I don't know. Does anyone here know what 'haute couture' is? The only couture I know is Randy.

Robr maybe you should quietly go into the bathroom, get rid of those Marie Claire things and replace them with some NOPI catalogs. She might notice though...
 
TURBO2GO said:
I don't know. Does anyone here know what 'haute couture' is? The only couture I know is Randy.

Robr maybe you should quietly go into the bathroom, get rid of those Marie Claire things and replace them with some NOPI catalogs. She might notice though...
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I think she already does that to me. All my magazine subscriptions seemed to have stopped. I haven't received a new issue of any magazine in 2 months. I even called one of the publishers last week and they verified my address and said they'd send another copy out (in 4-6 weeks).
 
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HA!

update to the story. Turns out she never realized I spent the $3000. She was mad about me loaning my sister $5000. We never discussed the specifics of why she was mad. I just assumed since it was a money issue, and i had just bought the stuff, that's what was the inciting agent. Dumbass that I am, two weeks later (yesterday) i mention the chip, assuming she knows about it and has gotten over it. she says "what chip? how much was it?" oh brother. Now she's mad all over again.:frown:
 
peiserg said:
HA!

update to the story. Turns out she never realized I spent the $3000. She was mad about me loaning my sister $5000. We never discussed the specifics of why she was mad. I just assumed since it was a money issue, and i had just bought the stuff, that's what was the inciting agent. Dumbass that I am, two weeks later (yesterday) i mention the chip, assuming she knows about it and has gotten over it. she says "what chip? how much was it?" oh brother. Now she's mad all over again.:frown:
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Ahh The Circle Of Life :biggrin:

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peiserg said:
well, our agreement works as follows.

1:Peiserg makes as much money as he can

2:Peiserg gives it all to the wife (unless i can sneak some off to buy toys like supercharger for nsx)
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You have to give all of your money to your wife??? What kind of inequality is that? You are being treated like a child. Or worse, like she is a dictator that confiscates all of your earnings and "lets" you have some of it back IF she sees fit. Wow. That is BS. Or slavery.

My wife and I split the bills 50/50, and once those are paid, we can spend our remainders on whatever we wish. Is it a perfect system? No, we still have issues occasionally. But I believe it is better than all of the others.
 
TURBO2GO, AMEN!

Robr All those materialistic, pink, superficial, over perfumed, over priced, over egoed, "pamper me because I deserve it < snap >" magazines are the DEVIL. My advice to you is burn them all, hang some garlic around the house and put a nice big stack of car mags on the can.
 
Didn't a wise man once say, women care about their accessories like men care about cars?

I think it's true.
I have no idea what women see in having 300 pairs of boots, 75 hand bags, trillion earrings, necklace and rings either, but I know for a fact, if I had the dough, I would have at LEAST 7 cars. ;) and my girl friend doesn't get that....

so.. i guess it's the same either way.
 
Being married is so fun!

1. Telling her the truth = you're in trouble
2. Lying to her = you're in big trouble
3. Neglecting to tell her something and she finds out later anyway = you're in really big trouble
4. Just buying all kinds of stuff for yourself and taking her out for dinner and buying her stuff to = she'll find something else to yell at you about later = you're in trouble

Moral of the story, do what you must, because you'll wear it for something you didn't even do, if you're always good anyway.

Honestly, I just tell my wife. As long as everything else is taken care of she doesn't mind. I'm just certain that I do something real nice for her regularly. More regularly if I was buying a supercharger or a LCD TV.:biggrin:
 
ericwgnsx said:
You have to give all of your money to your wife??? What kind of inequality is that? You are being treated like a child. Or worse, like she is a dictator that confiscates all of your earnings and "lets" you have some of it back IF she sees fit. Wow. That is BS. Or slavery.

My wife and I split the bills 50/50, and once those are paid, we can spend our remainders on whatever we wish. Is it a perfect system? No, we still have issues occasionally. But I believe it is better than all of the others.
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No, I don't have to give her all my money. I do, because she pays all the bills, and it makes my life simpler. I make enough money that I could buy anything i want and she won't notice the missing money. But she's pretty frugal.. I'm not complaining about that, since it's financially healthy, but it leaves me no room to say "oh see...you bought that for $1000, so now it's my turn." The "giving" her all the money simply means it sits in our account and she does with it whatever needs doing.. It's not like I don't have access to it because she has it in her own personal account. In the last year I've blown well over $100,000 on "stuff," so when she sees another purchase or expenditure, she gets mad. It's pretty straightforward. she is the saver, I'm the spender. lucky for me i have the fall back excuse of "breadwinner."
 
haha! this thread is funny :biggrin:


Purses to women is like cars to guys.....we want a bunch of cars and toys.....they like a bunch of shoes and purses.......

With girls I notice they never want to be caught wearing the same thing.....they are very self-conscientious so they want to stand out and look pretty......not all girls are like this ok but from my experiences it seems like thats how it is.....plus shopping is fun for them....kinda like us going to the car shops to hangout..........


Well I have been adjusting to being single.........so I guess I can't say I have to worry about being in your married guys shoes.
 
interesting thread.

my wife and i have been married for 22 years and have never had a "my money, your money" discussion - we've always combined our resources, period. i believe this has worked pretty well for us because it has fostered a "team" mindset - simply said, we're in everything as equal partners. if either of us want to buy something, we'll mention it and if there aren't any objections, we're good. if there are objections, we'll discuss them and abide by the final decision. (neither of us subscribes to "better to do the deed and beg forgiveness than ask permission" as a way of life, either personally or professionally because we feel that approach reduces trust.)

recently i wanted to buy something and asked my wife if she had any issues with me moving forward on it. without citing specific reasons, she said she'd rather hold off for a bit. ok with me, no biggee. after mulling over her position for a few days, i casually mentioned that it would be nice if she could reconsider her position. without hesitation she said, "sure, go ahead with that and when you're done with that could you take care of this <hal-delayed> other issue, please?". yup, i'm on it.

hal
 
queenlives said:
interesting thread.

my wife and i have been married for 22 years and have never had a "my money, your money" discussion - we've always combined our resources, period. i believe this has worked pretty well for us because it has fostered a "team" mindset - simply said, we're in everything as equal partners. if either of us want to buy something, we'll mention it and if there aren't any objections, we're good. if there are objections, we'll discuss them and abide by the final decision.
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Hal, that's the same approach Lisa and I use and it works well. We've always had a sharing / team approach and we feel that makes for a stronger relationship. We wouldn't want it any other way.

In fact, we had a shared bank account six years before we even got married (back in college together). Been married seven years now and have been together for a total of 16 years. Bank account is still shared.
 
I don't mean to barge in in this convo, but I think you guys may not really be thinking correctly on this matter. What you have to do is this - use the fact that women think all men are stupid cavemen.:biggrin: What I mean is this : Act like you're all happy to be doing something nice for your wife or girlfriend by buying them a gift. Just buy them something they can never use. You know, lean in and act all romantic and say, "I was thinking about you today so I got a little something for you" When she opens the package and finds that it's a Comptech supercharger, she'll be like "What the hell am I supposed to do with this?" :smile: By then it's already too late, and the Comptech's now your's.:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: Act disappointed that she doesn't like your gift, and it makes it look like she's the ungrateful one. She'll be sucking up again in no time.:biggrin: See? A win-win situaution! I fu**in' geni-ass!:smile:
 
steveny said:
Some of you guys crack me up with the responses. There is no way I would ever ask my wife or any of the girls I dated in the past permission on how to spend the money I earn...AND... if they had anything to say about how I spent the money I have earned I would throw them out on their ass before they finished their sentence. I would also expect the same if I questioned them on how they spent their money.
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Best answer so far, fully agree. :wink: Show them where the hammer hangs!
 
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