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I laid awake for about half the nite trying to come up with a way to tell the wife about the last toy that I bought. You have to realize that after 39 years of marriage...and knowing each other since we were five....we can't slip much by each other. I'm at my shop Friday when a pal cruises by on his big rice burner motorcycle he had recently gotten. I was impressed...his wife was with him and said something like"Sure like it better than the Harley"..stupid me..I say"What did you do with the Harley" Come to find out it was in the garage and he was considering selling it. Its a beautiful 80 Sporster 1000cc. Ironhead. 11k original miles as it had been in storage for years when he found it. Two different tanks, three styles of pipes..three different sprockets and boxes of new extra parts. You guessed it...how do I make it blend in amongst all my VWs, English cars...porsche and numerous other toys at my shop?? Maybe I'll tell her its an emergency generator or an extra air compressor. It wouldn't be a big deal but when we were dating(back in the dark ages) I was on my way to her house from where I was working..about 100 miles away..when I was run over by a 66 Mercury. Woke up with a close-up view of the oil pan of a 390 V-8. Broke my left hip, rt. foot..buch of ribs...ruptured speen and other internal damage. Kinda pit her off scooters. Any creative ideas would be greatly appreciated.
 
No ideas here, just a wish for good luck to you!
 
From a woman's POV, if you can pay for it without her noticing a sizeable deficit in an account or cookie jar...

I'd just slip that sucker waaaaaaaay in the back of the shed somewhere. And when she notices it, smile coyly and say, "Oh that ol' thing? I've had that forever."

Works for me with shoes...
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My wife wanders through the garage occassionally and simply asks, "When did you get that?" Nothing else unless something hits her fancy (like the '86 Jaguar XJ6 I recently bought). Then its "Oh how nice, you bought that for ME?"
 
Jean has been a great trooper.

Only told me "No!" once...when I brought a new Mini Cooper home.

MGs...ZXs...I bought a new truck last week....

no big deal on any of these.
 
Yep, Rick, Jerri is the same...I recently mentioned I might buy a Harley. Her response, "But I thought you really wanted a Triumph. Why not keep looking for one of those."

They just don't make a lot like Jerri & Jean, eh!

Oh, & Jack Laird's wife, Kay, who just told him to go buy another Bugeye!
 
I must stay, Jenny's been very supportive. She actually told me not to sell my previous bike (she was right) and was fully behind my recent bike purchase. Even after just 5 years, she knows me well. I don't think she'll ever let me sell the Tunebug...
 
Wendy is a retired financial analyst. That's like
an expert bean counter, I think.

When she sees boxes arrive and parts being installed
on Crypty her response is always the same:

"Don't EVER tell me what you REALLY spent on this car."

Then she walks away shaking her head.

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If it were closer to Christmas I'd hang lites on it and say its a lawn decoration...HEY....Mother's Day is coming up...I'll tell her its an exercise bike from Sears!!
 
Just remember: it's easier to get forgiveness than approval. Come clean, prostrate yourself at her feet, wail and gnash your teeth. Mea culpa!

Flowers, also, might help.
 
When my husband complains about how much our sons "hobby" is costing us, I just have to remind him its cheaper than rehab and I know where he is on Friday nights.
 
I word is I just could not resist, I always wanted one. But you know me. I'll get tired of it and sell it for a profit one of these days.
 
I suppose you could tell her you're keeping it for a "friend" and he'll let you ride it once in a while just to keep it healthy....

And then at some point he moves away and "forgets" it.... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif
 
In a prior life with a prior wife, I once bought a boat
she never knew about. In the summers, I'd go fishing on
Saturdays with a few pals so it was normal I'd be gone.
Only after the divorce did she come to know I had a
23 foot Sports Fishermman at a marina.

cool.

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You bought it to resell!

Price it right and it will never move. Verbally kick yourself aloud every so often in her presence for making such a poor investment, etc.

Take her for a ride, buy her some leather chaps, etc...

Of course she'll see through it, but she'll appreciate your effort, she thinks you're still a kid anyway.
 
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