There is, however, one benefit to her horse hobby. I can use it as
leverage when I need a new gadget for the boat.

My wife does the same thing, in reverse. Whenever she decides she wants
something in the "talk about it first" category, she merely calculates the
number of "moorage months" involved in her prospective purchase. Darn, she's
shrewd.

In fact she's very shrewd. I love dogs, but I have a cat instead. My wife
*hates* dogs. She has said, "It's me, or a dog." I tease her that when I come
home with a dog, she'll know its time to pack her stuff...(more likely she'd
pack mine.)

She's smart enough to know that she doesn't want to present, "It's me or the
boat." There are some things, like a dog, that a guy could live without.....

Gould 0738 wrote:
There is, however, one benefit to her horse hobby. I can use it as
leverage when I need a new gadget for the boat.


My wife does the same thing, in reverse. Whenever she decides she wants
something in the "talk about it first" category, she merely calculates the
number of "moorage months" involved in her prospective purchase. Darn, she's
shrewd.

In fact she's very shrewd. I love dogs, but I have a cat instead. My wife
*hates* dogs. She has said, "It's me, or a dog." I tease her that when I come
home with a dog, she'll know its time to pack her stuff...(more likely she'd
pack mine.)

She's smart enough to know that she doesn't want to present, "It's me or the
boat." There are some things, like a dog, that a guy could live without.....



Oh, man. :-) Mrs.E actually suggested that once in a hypothetical way.
During one of our "conversations" she asked how I would like it if she
said that I had to choose between her and the boat, and I answered,
"Well, I suppose there is some things I can live without". She doesn't
always appreciate my humor and I damn near caught a horseshoe off the
back of my head.

Eisboch

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 06:40:26 -0500, Eisboch wrote:

Gould 0738 wrote:
There is, however, one benefit to her horse hobby. I can use it as
leverage when I need a new gadget for the boat.


My wife does the same thing, in reverse. Whenever she decides she wants
something in the "talk about it first" category, she merely calculates the
number of "moorage months" involved in her prospective purchase. Darn, she's
shrewd.

In fact she's very shrewd. I love dogs, but I have a cat instead. My wife
*hates* dogs. She has said, "It's me, or a dog." I tease her that when I come
home with a dog, she'll know its time to pack her stuff...(more likely she'd
pack mine.)

She's smart enough to know that she doesn't want to present, "It's me or the
boat." There are some things, like a dog, that a guy could live without.....

Oh, man. :-) Mrs.E actually suggested that once in a hypothetical way.
During one of our "conversations" she asked how I would like it if she
said that I had to choose between her and the boat, and I answered,
"Well, I suppose there is some things I can live without". She doesn't
always appreciate my humor and I damn near caught a horseshoe off the
back of my head.

It funny, but my family never once, even in theory, have begrudged me
the boats I've owned over the years.

Then again, it get's me out of the house and out of their hair. [1]

Later,

Tom

[1] And I make it sound much worse than it actually is. :)

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 06:40:26 -0500, Eisboch wrote:

Gould 0738 wrote:
There is, however, one benefit to her horse hobby. I can use it as
leverage when I need a new gadget for the boat.


My wife does the same thing, in reverse. Whenever she decides she wants
something in the "talk about it first" category, she merely calculates
the
number of "moorage months" involved in her prospective purchase. Darn,
she's
shrewd.

In fact she's very shrewd. I love dogs, but I have a cat instead. My
wife
*hates* dogs. She has said, "It's me, or a dog." I tease her that when
I come
home with a dog, she'll know its time to pack her stuff...(more likely
she'd
pack mine.)

She's smart enough to know that she doesn't want to present, "It's me
or the
boat." There are some things, like a dog, that a guy could live
without.....

Oh, man. :-) Mrs.E actually suggested that once in a hypothetical way.
During one of our "conversations" she asked how I would like it if she
said that I had to choose between her and the boat, and I answered,
"Well, I suppose there is some things I can live without". She doesn't
always appreciate my humor and I damn near caught a horseshoe off the
back of my head.

It funny, but my family never once, even in theory, have begrudged me
the boats I've owned over the years.

Then again, it get's me out of the house and out of their hair. [1]

Later,

Tom

I must've gotten lucky. Two months before I got my boat, my ex was
constantly feeling miserable about our financial situation. It wasn't bad -
it was just a completely different way of looking at things. Anyway, one day
I'm sitting on the couch with boat brochures. She sits down (and this is
January) and says something like "Well, I don't know the solution to the
money problem, but I think you should buy the boat anyway. It'll be like a
hundred a month on your Visa card (cheap boat), and since our son's too big
for 3 of us to fit the canoe, it'll be another way to get outside more
often. I'll wait till April to look at pianos."

I just kept my mouth shut, got up, and called the marina to find out how
late they were open. The deal was done the same day.

Gould 0738 wrote:
She's smart enough to know that she doesn't want to present, "It's me or the
boat." There are some things, like a dog, that a guy could live without.....

Eisboch wrote:
Oh, man. :-) Mrs.E actually suggested that once in a hypothetical way.
During one of our "conversations" she asked how I would like it if she
said that I had to choose between her and the boat, and I answered,
"Well, I suppose there is some things I can live without". She doesn't
always appreciate my humor and I damn near caught a horseshoe off the
back of my head.


Horses... huh, it's a good thing she's married to you and not me. But
then, I have never been able to afford more than one expensive hobby at
a time.

My situation is somewhat different... I was well on my way to being a
confirmed old batchelor when I met the girl I married. She was (and
still is) purusing a very demanding career; actually when we met she was
finishing up the tremendous amount of schooling & interning entailed in
her career path... OTOH she had a dog (I love dogs), a sailboat (I love
sailing), and had her priorities right enough that she *made* the time
for them. After a year or so of increasingly realizing that I had never
met a woman like her, we married.

She would no more ask me to give up my boat than I would ask her to give
up hers!

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
It funny, but my family never once, even in theory, have begrudged me
the boats I've owned over the years.

Then again, it get's me out of the house and out of their hair.

That's true. I used to give my family the seasons regatta schedule well
ahead of time so they'd know when I wouldn't be pestering them

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Eisboch,
You're not thinking correctly, you should have done as your wife would
have (most any woman actually), had the situation been reversed. When she
admonished you, you should immediately replied with a hurt look and an
indignant voice: "Well, it was the boat I was willing to give up!!!" You can
keep a straight face can't you? :-) If we as men are going to survive, we
have to learn their tactics.
Paul


"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

Oh, man. :-) Mrs.E actually suggested that once in a hypothetical way.
During one of our "conversations" she asked how I would like it if she
said that I had to choose between her and the boat, and I answered, "Well,
I suppose there is some things I can live without". She doesn't always
appreciate my humor and I damn near caught a horseshoe off the back of my
head.

Eisboch

Chuck,
That's what I like about you, you've got your priorities straight. :-)
Paul

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
There is, however, one benefit to her horse hobby. I can use it as
leverage when I need a new gadget for the boat.

My wife does the same thing, in reverse. Whenever she decides she wants
something in the "talk about it first" category, she merely calculates the
number of "moorage months" involved in her prospective purchase. Darn,
she's
shrewd.

In fact she's very shrewd. I love dogs, but I have a cat instead. My wife
*hates* dogs. She has said, "It's me, or a dog." I tease her that when I
come
home with a dog, she'll know its time to pack her stuff...(more likely
she'd
pack mine.)

She's smart enough to know that she doesn't want to present, "It's me or
the
boat." There are some things, like a dog, that a guy could live
without.....