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Originally Posted by UGAd13 
It's easy... just have a pregnant wife on bed rest for the last 3 months of the pregnancy. Take care of your 2 1/2 yr old boy, do all housework, yard work, and grocery shopping while working 40+ hours a week. Then, mention in passing that since we'll be sending more time at the house with our young family you'd like for them to have the same enjoyment that you had as a child watching movies with your family... Next, drop hints of what type of new gear you want for Christmas but then say it's too expensive to get all at once. She may say "well, you've been working hard and you deserve some new stuff".
That may not work for everyone, but it worked for me.
I just replaced my old DLP that died with a bigger and better plasma and I think my wife is starting to enjoy the TV/movie watching experience a lot more, which helps too.
We’re both sort of low maintenance and just go-with-the-flow types and she’s not impressed with expensive things (saves me $$$ in jewelry!). We’d both rather rent a condo on a beach for 2 weeks than spend $ on frivolous things so anytime we have a bigger purchase ($300+ or so) we talk about it first. As most have stated already, marriage is about compromise and understanding. It’s not about who wins or loses.
It's easy... just have a pregnant wife on bed rest for the last 3 months of the pregnancy. Take care of your 2 1/2 yr old boy, do all housework, yard work, and grocery shopping while working 40+ hours a week. Then, mention in passing that since we'll be sending more time at the house with our young family you'd like for them to have the same enjoyment that you had as a child watching movies with your family... Next, drop hints of what type of new gear you want for Christmas but then say it's too expensive to get all at once. She may say "well, you've been working hard and you deserve some new stuff".
That may not work for everyone, but it worked for me.
I just replaced my old DLP that died with a bigger and better plasma and I think my wife is starting to enjoy the TV/movie watching experience a lot more, which helps too.
We’re both sort of low maintenance and just go-with-the-flow types and she’s not impressed with expensive things (saves me $$$ in jewelry!). We’d both rather rent a condo on a beach for 2 weeks than spend $ on frivolous things so anytime we have a bigger purchase ($300+ or so) we talk about it first. As most have stated already, marriage is about compromise and understanding. It’s not about who wins or loses.
Marriage definitely is all about compromises with toys, money and hobbies.
Side note - Georgia is going to club Nebraska.
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