Top excuses you tell your wife!

It's for the boys. Yeah, they're only two, but they'll grow into it.

 

For purchases....I usually start with a phone call and "Honey I found something..." She knows I am not that type of yes ma'am; so this really gives good marks.
Even when I left her with a flat in the desert. I went looking for help. I came back with ice cold coke and a cold water. I looked her with a smile and all I had to say was "I found something" "it screamed at me when I rode by" Matter fact this is where I got the coke and water." Turns out she is getting a good end of this deal too! The guy owns a animal that she has been wanting for quite some time. So we both win.

 

I just tell her what I bought it for..... and then I tell her how much they go for on E-bay.LOL I set aside money out of my check each week and give her the two thirds for our bills. She loves to save money and i love to blow it! We balance each other out perfectly.

She is in tune to what is in the garage and my truck more than she leads on. Example... I was wiring a new amplifier for the burb that I "forgot" to mention to her about the other night and she comes out to see how I'm doing and looks right at the damn thing and says " That isn't the same one you had, where did you get that one? The damn thing stays under the seat out of view from everthing! How did she know? We later went to an event and I turned the radio on and the new 7 band cross over I bought to replace the old one without an aux. input lights up. I thought shit here we go, she definetly noticed that, and she never said a word.

 

"Not one fucking word"!



(Guess it's why I ain't married nomore.)

 

Upto a couple hundred I'm normally ok, anything above that will normally be a discussion. Sometimes I'll buy the odd car to part out, she's normally ok with that as she knows I'll then be self financing the project with the proceeds. I find its better to tell her up front how much I want to spend. This month she let me buy a set of wheels and tires and a new chrome tilt/shift column.

 

Just tell her your keeping it for a friend that didn't have room to store it and he said you could use it until he was ready for it.

 

i tell her either i buy this stuff or I fuck your sister........AGAIN.

 

Never,ever lie to her about cars or parts,,she knows what the cost and never complains,,,she also knows they are better than money in the bank! HRP

 

It seems to me we have enough money for anything my wifes wants, but if I want something, it is always "And where are we getting the money for that"? She buys clothes every other day (literally) and I don't rag on her too much about that so basically, I buy what I want. Most of the money spent on cars comes from my Ebay money anyway.

 

She's never said anything until I brought home number 12...which was a pile of junk, literally..and she just said "why?" She was happy when I sold it a week later. Other than that, all she says is "when is xxxx going to be finished so we can drive it." Good hotrod woman.

 

i live in one house she lives in another..dont tell her shit.....we get along great as long as we dont see or speak to each other

 

I am on my 4th one and my old reply was that if she didn't like it her replacement was on a barstool . Now I have a wife who understands the junk yard in men and their toys. no problems as long as she gets whatever she wants I get what I want. I would say do what ever works to keep her happy and most purchases are in cash or paypal so they are not real easy to trace and a white lie about price aint bad either

 

For big stuff, I wait until she wants something expensive. And we make a deal. Smaller stuff I take out of my stash. Money I have made buying and selling old parts and skimming from my walking around money. If it becomes contentious I cut off her sex until she comes around.

 

I tell my fiance, KIRK was going to buy it and I beat him to it.

Brian

 

Hey Babe, Gotcha a carberator fer yer birthday! Doncha want the carberator?
OK, I'll take care of yer carberator fer ya.

 

The old girl is pretty smart and she thought this car game was all a bunch of shit I just dreamed up to make me happy. So we are at Starbirds and this cat shows up at are display and wants to buy one of "OUR" rides!! When she saw what I turned down for that car she said and I quote "IT ALL MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE NOW". You gotta luv a women like that I think I'll keep her!! Honesty is the best policy!! But the best excuse would have to be Honey she looked just like you in the dark and naked!! How did she get into our bedroom anyhow???? Holy Shit this my 1000th post!! We have a winner>>>>.

 

Me: "Look what I bought for you, a three deuce intake for your pickup!"
Her: "Isn't that a FLATHEAD intake? My truck has a 283."
Me: "Oh it sure is, my bad. So I guess you don't want it? Well I'll be it will fit on the '41."
Her: "Whatever. Dinner will be ready in 15 minutes. Better get that thing on so we can go cruisin'."

WHAT A WOMAN!!!

 

Hey fiftyfive, I went to the fridge for a drink and you stole my post!

 

This thread just reminds me how lucky I got It. Just respect her and it's never a problem.

 

I have learned the easiest way to end any argument,about anything, ever. Money, parts, didn't take out the trash, out too late drinking with Your homies, whatever. this is "The Ender"

"I'm Sorry, I'm stupid, and it's all my fault."

There is simply no reply for that.

 

Yes she is..........she built her own car and is quite proud of it.

I got a pair of matching original headlamps for my '35 sedan and she grabbed the chrome 7" hot rod headlights that I had on it for many years. She put them on her roadster and will probably hand down the converted "tractor" lights she had on her car to our son next door for their latest hot rod project.

 

HAHAHA!!!!...........that's a good one!!!!!

 

1. It was on sale.

2. I had a 50% off coupon.

 

If I said that I,d be dead since I actually did her sister more than once......On the other hand I pay all of the bills including doing the shopping so I buy what ever I want. She also bought herself a camper trailer to come to the swap meets with me. She was concerned that camping fees would cut into my spending money....

 

We each get a monthly allowance, she spends hers on what she wants and I spend mine on what I want. NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

 

There's four cars out back that don't run, yet. Wife bought two of them and when I needed a new sawsall to work on a third, She went to the store and bought it so I wouldn't have to stop working on it.

If she doesn't at least understand your passion, you may have made a mistake.
That's alright. It took me three times to get it right. Just had our 20th wedding anniversary two weeks ago

 

BINGO ...
Mine knows what I spend. In fact she was the one who handed over the cash for my 32 3W to the previuos owner.

When I die, I do not want her to be uninformed and taken advantage of when she sells off my stash. She has seen 300 dollars grill shells grow in value to 1200 or more. She was with me when I bought a NICE 25 vent 32 hood for 3 hundred. She also saw one change hands on eBay for over 55 hundred.

 

When my wife comes home from a shopping trip, almost a weekly event, she no longer tells me how much she saved; she tells me how much I get to spend on hot rod parts. So naturally, I NEVER tell her no when she wants to buy something becuase that directly effects me and the 'needed' parts list.

 

I am a contractor and my wife worked in my office for 15 years,So when i got into working on my cars she kept bithcing about the money i was spending .So to answer this post.

Baby would you like to consider retiring....

she had her shit out of her office in less then one day....Don't miss her around here!!!!

 

No wife = No worries.