Geez, what do I do if my wife doesn't like Louis Vuitton?

Dave

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:56 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm not married and it's still this way with me - and I'm not
> complaining.
> > Sometimes, like in my case, it makes sense - she's smarter than me and
> > really knows how to budget and see the big picture. If it weren't for her
> > I'd have a fleet of buses - none of them would run and I'd be deciding
> every
> > night which one I was going to be sleeping in.
> >
> > I don't make any money decisions without running it by her first - that
> is
> > the way it is and I like it.
>
>
>
> Jeff,
>
> If we let only smart people make the decisions for us, we may not own
> any Vanagons. Sometimes, it makes sense to bribe them to look the other
> way.
>
> Not Vanagon related but here's an example. Bought a 72 Opel GT ans stashed
> in at my second home. Waited a couple months and took the GF to Vegas.
> Went to Louis Vuitton and got her a nice purse for about 150% of cost of
> car.
> Then I broke the news. "Honey, I bought this Opel GT." To which she
> replied,
> "You mean that cute yellow car parked around the corner from your other
> house?
> Thanks for the purse honey. I like the car too."
>
> Plug Vanagon in place of Opel and you got the correct scenario.
>
>
>
>
> --
> BenT
>