Thread: The Wife

To set the scene my wife and I are currently having a house built. They were suppose to be ready for us to move in on Monday but no dice. After canceling my moving truck, help, and paying another month on the storage this conversation took place on the ride home to her parents where we are currently staying.

Me-Silence (Angry)
Wife-It will work out fine..actually the timing will be better now..
Me-Another week with parents? Sure...if you think so.
Wife- Now the dog fence will be done when we move in.
Me-Good thing I won that bid on that new straight razor yesterday to tide me over through the next week.
Wife-Silence (Daggers)
Wife- You have a serious problem.
Me- I didn't think I would get it but no one bid on it. I got a really good deal.
Wife-You have a serious problem (More Daggers)
Me-I only paid like thirty dollars...it was a great deal. It is easy a hundred dollar razor.
Wife-Good well then you can sell it for that and we can buy some blinds.
Me-Yeah I could but I need to see how it shaves first.
Wife-Silence
Me-You said you didn't like the scales on the last razor.
Wife-So you are blaming this on me.
Me-Absolutely.
Wife-Laughter (shaking head)

He guys second razor this month....I got an new razor in the mail!!!

That's awesome! Always keep your priorities straight

Here is where you went wrong.

Me-Good thing I won that bid on that new straight razor yesterday to tide me over through the next week.

What you should have said was "yes dear." That is, agree with her and shut up--end of conversation and no freakin' mention of a razor purchase.

Typically I would agree with you utopian. But in this case he played it right for what he wanted at the time. He will pay for it later but served its purpose at the time.

"Wife- You have a serious problem."

Yup, familiar, I hear that one a lot too!

Pretty funny
I wonder how many times some iteration of this conversation has been acted out?

I stopped mentioning all EBay purchases to my wife ages ago. Of course she usually takes in the mail first and knows about them, but we passed the point of talking about it several years ago. Perseverance is key my friend.

Unless you are buying vinyl mini blinds from china for a doll house, Your unrealized $70 profit won't get you 5 sq ft of a quality energy efficient window covering (I know...I sell them). Much wiser choice to spend it on a razor!

I kept buying on eBay, got rid of the wife and I have a nice razor collection with motorized blinds on all my windows! Economizing can take many forms...

First off how did the new straight shave?
Second sometimes you just gotta say what ya gotta say.
Third good luck with the new house hoep there are no more delays

I guess I should have included that her anger is very tongue in cheek. She has to laugh because she started the whole straight razor journey. Two years ago she brought home some higher dollar shaving cream saying I should treat myself. Well, she started the ball rolling and it was all downhill from there. She is actually quite cool about the whole thing but she thinks I am crazy buying all the razors. I tell her I am rescuing little pieces of history from being destroyed in some horrible non-descript way. She just rolls her eyes.