Top excuses you tell your wife!

"I promise this is the last car I'll buy. This is the one!"

I wore that line out 20 cars ago. She finally gave up & could care less what I drag home.

 

She just asks if I paid $2 for it.

 

I've made a few mistakes in my life , spoiling a perfectly good relationship by getting married was not one of them .....

But seriously my girl is my best friend , so i'm always honest with my best friend .

 

got rid of the wife....met grilfreind at a car show....she thinks my falcon is sexy....well not really, she is a Chevy Girl....72 SS Nova, 57 4door Hardtop, 73 454 Vette.....and if she had wheels, she'd be gone...I have have 190+ cars in 30 years....

 

I am pretty lucky with my wife letting me get pretty much anything i want for my car, as long as we have money for it that is. She loves the fact that i work on my cars. She has her hobby and spends all she wants on it and so do i.

But for fun sake i would tell her building this car as a family would build on the family bonding. Then when she told me she doesn't want to do it. I would say oops, i was only thinking of us..... then give the sad face.

 

No wife No excuses

 

I tell her: It's a great deal and I might not get another chance. I get a dirty look, but she gives in, most of the time. She loves to go with me to pick up cars and parts.

 

What the hell is a wife? WARNING DANGER WILL ROBINSON!....

 

The wife and I just celebrated our 44th anniversary. We have NEVER had an arguement over the cost or need for a car or parts. It has something to do with "buying smart". Over that 44 years I've managed to sell for more than I've spent. It also has a lot to do with finding a partner who is on the same page by working with you not against you and that works in both directions, never forget that.
I like to think Paul has the key. If you lie to your partner once, you can never quit and that covers more than just cars or parts.

Frank

 

Boy it is gettin deep in here!

 

Not to brag, but my wife just bought me a blown 392 for my project.
She handles the money, I just make it.
While she doesn't understand why I need it, she respects the need.
No secrets, no lies.
Truth is, while she hates the time spent working on the cars, she actually gets off on the ride.........

 

Just a post that lead to the creation of this post... a response to a fellow hamber who
bought some ladder bars for his truck...

Honey im gonna have to get me some ladder bars for my truck... **WHAT!!!*** well babe.. When pullin them stumps in the yard you want I cant get traction... if you want those stumps gone babe.. Im just gonna have to go by me some ladder bars...thinking to myself... while im at it Ill throw in some new gears, new tires, maybe wheels?, emm been needing a paint job... ooo yeah the windshield has a crack in it.... got a busted tail light.. seat needs coverin... yep that orta do it for a few stumps. ***she sighs.. while your thinking*** well ok... just get those stumps out of my yard. **sigh. maybe a few mumbled choice words under her breathe. lol.

These are the true excuses I was hopeing to get! but I love what were getting! Any of you got any stories like this?

 

A friend tells his wife: "Cars or bars, it's your choice. But I've got to have an outlet."

Obviously, she'd rather he waste all his money on old rusty junk he stays home to work on that waste it all on booze in a dive bar.

 

Years ago when I was making 6bucks and change an hour my wife bought herself a pair of FRYE boots that set me back a couple days wages. Since then we have an agreement, She never tells me what her shoes cost and for the most part I'm free to buy what I need. Major purchases we discuss and try to never sweat the small stuff.

 

The truth......she dont care......As a matter of fact she buys stuff for hers and mine

 

My gilrfriend told me she would leave me if I was starting to build the car. Sometimes I mis her...

 

Never give her an excuse to do your brother......AGAIN?

No wife, no worries= sore wrench hand.

 

AWWWWWW.

Ouch

 

that's what's nice about owning your own shop, i just tell her it's a customers car, and when it's done, i tell her the guy couldn't come up with the loot so it's mine now! has worked every time so far!

 

I was fortunate to have collected a huge amount of parts before we were married, so now when I want something and its not in the family budget I sell some stuff I already have to buy whatever it is I need. As long as the bills are paid and theres food on the table she doesn't care too much about what I buy, within reason. When it comes to the really big stuff I wait til Christmas, casually mention how cool it would be to have one of those, and it usually ends up under the tree. She listens better than me.

 

"It was half off - think about all the money I saved!"

 

My wife and I both work, we roughly total what the bills are, add 8% for the savings, divide it by 2 and that's our share of the bills. It works great, the extra out ofthe paycheck is mine to do with as I please (same with her). If I work overtime, it is extra Hot Rod money.
On a side note, married 9 yrs, only ever had 1 fight over money ( I tapped into the savings for a Hemi, but hey--IT's a HEMI!!) of course I deserved that fight

 

Good topic. I have a side job and maintain a separate "slush fund" for my own purposes. I take almost zero money out of my main-job bank account, direct deposit, ya gots to love it.

My wife is car-friendly and she likes rods and cars in general. As soon as our finances improve, I'll be car shopping.

Excuses I use:

"It'll be worth its weight in gold in 5 years."

"It followed me home."

"This old thing? I had it in the back of the garage for years covered up."

"I traded my spleen for it."

Bob

 

When we started dating... I said there is one thing that I will always do, she asked what it was and I told her build custom cars/hot rods/choppers.

I said if she wanted to stay she would live with that and I would live with whatever one thing turned her crank... its books.

Therefore, we both get what we want and no questions asked

 

Got a coffee cup thrown at me when the UPS guy arrived one morning....She asked "What is THAT?" Me, being the smartass that I am, replied "You mean I didn't tell you? Must not be any of your fuckin' business, then."

 

Early in our marriage, (after trying other ways) I learned to be considerate of her... for every dollar I spent on my cars, Either I spent one on her, or she got one to spend on herself. It worked well that way for years, with never a complaint. However, the last few years money has been REALLY tight. I sold my 31 Model A to fund my 47 Ford project. She knew the money from the sale was all for the new project and was okay with that. Now that the finds are gone, I need more $ and she is helping me to scrimp and scrape to finish this one. She is as excited as I am to see it done, and she'll even give me a couple bucks here and there. She is always wanting an update on how it is coming. She takes an interest in it, even though she is not a "car gal" per se. It has taken 21 years of conditioning to get her to that point... Openness, honesty, and no bull shit are the best policy. Early on I tried hiding things and it never went well. Plus I was always paranoid and defensive, and I hated living that way. So I adopted the policy I mentione above, and it went MUCH better. Hmmm.... maybe 21 years of conditioning have gotten me to this point????

Of course, she also knows that if we EVER get back on our feet again, I will be happy to give her more spending money. (she doesn't have her own income...) She also knows that if I croak she has a NICE nest egg of cars to sell off. Hmm, maybe that is why my coffee has been tasting wierd these past few months...

 

KIRK wrote:Note: I keep my own hot rod fund separate from our joint money. I supplement it with selling stuff I find at swap meets on eBay. That probably helps the situation a lot.

same for me.....and it works very well....once in a while I'll dip into the every day house fund..... but I try not to do this very often.....<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

 

It will make the car safe and you always say the car needs to be safe!

 

Yeah, thats a good one...I actually just used that one for my disc brake swap...of course I threw in the power steering and various other parts...but I said " babe I am doing this for you ... If something were to happen and you needed to drive it... now you can"

worked ... it was true! my wife is 5'2 120 pds. no way she could tug a lug that truck around... and stand up on those old brakes..... lol.

 

Havent heard anything for awhile...thought Id bring it back to the top.