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