Reply to: Things women say

[OwlHoot]

Drives me fecking mad.

I sit at the opposite end of a long living room to the telly, but seem to have a semi-permanent football crowd behind my right ear.

Well you should be ok, as long as they don't start throwing bottles.

[SimonMac]

Things women say

Thank you, may I have another 😜

[NotAllThere]

I should have said "despised sad lonely old man".

[cojak]

This one's yours NAT...

Nope, I really didn't like this one.

[SQLSwerver]

But you watch Dr Who on the 4K projector, yes?

She has some say in what items she has to dust. You see we have what is known as "a relationship". This involves sharing and living together. Also, my self worth isn't bound up in having control over my income, and I won't die a sad lonely man.

True, but clearly your self-worth IS wholly dependant upon having any relationship whatsoever, regardless of how one-sided it is.

As for your status at the time of death...jury is still out on that one, bud.

Forget the wife for an evening and try a strip club. Should inject some much needed testosterone, methinks.

[SueEllen]

How does it sound from the kitchen?

[SimonMac]

Drives me fecking mad.

I sit at the opposite end of a long living room to the telly, but seem to have a semi-permanent football crowd behind my right ear.

How does it sound from the kitchen?

[NotAllThere]

Things men say:

"What?! There's years left in that and the picture's excellent!"

So I'm stuck with a humongous 36" CRT (it was expensive new, mind...)

But you watch Dr Who on the 4K projector, yes?

I don't see what it has to do with either wife...

She has some say in what items she has to dust. You see we have what is known as "a relationship". This involves sharing and living together. Also, my self worth isn't bound up in having control over my income, and I won't die a sad lonely man.

[suityou01]

FYI, I'm in a permanently bad mood.

Finally we have something in common.

[SQLSwerver]

1) It's not about the money, it's about whether you want your living room to be a living room or a shrine to the TV - something that can have very detrimental effect on a relationship.

It's a telly.

2) They may or may not "substantially outearn" their wives. However, that's a huge assumption on your part. At least one of the wives in question has a career which probably means she substantially outearns the average sql server contractor.

You do realise that men (do I need to specify "as a group"?) outearn women, don't you? Given that you do, then no, actually it's a pretty safe estimate. As for this alleged superwoman - well, I'll see her, and raise you my girlfriends Kelly Brook and Jessica Alba.

3) The concept of a relationship is that each party contributes in the way that suits the relationship best. Saying that the money is mine and I'll spend it on whatever I want is a fairly sure fire way to ensure you lose half of it in the divorce courts...

That's a very long-standing argument against marriage, but you've just put it better than I've read in years.

But each to their own.

Better yet, to each his own.

[cojak]

I don't see what it has to do with either wife - statistically, the odds are very high indeed that you are substantially outearning your respective spouses, he who pays the 4k chooses the screen size and all that, so both girls need to get their paws out of your wallets.

Not that high....

[mudskipper]

Does rather explain your mood swings.

FYI, I'm in a permanently bad mood.

[mudskipper]

I don't see what it has to do with either wife - statistically, the odds are very high indeed that you are substantially outearning your respective spouses, he who pays the 4k chooses the screen size and all that, so both girls need to get their paws out of your wallets.

1) It's not about the money, it's about whether you want your living room to be a living room or a shrine to the TV - something that can have very detrimental effect on a relationship.

2) They may or may not "substantially outearn" their wives. However, that's a huge assumption on your part. At least one of the wives in question has a career which probably means she substantially outearns the average sql server contractor.

3) The concept of a relationship is that each party contributes in the way that suits the relationship best. Saying that the money is mine and I'll spend it on whatever I want is a fairly sure fire way to ensure you lose half of it in the divorce courts...

But each to their own.

[norrahe]

I don't see what it has to do with either wife - statistically, the odds are very high indeed that you are substantially outearning your respective spouses, he who pays the 4k chooses the screen size and all that, so both girls need to get their paws out of your wallets.

I was the one who bought said TV in the end.

As Mr N is a permie I don't think I'll be getting a similarly expensive prezzie for my 40th this year.

[SQLSwerver]

My wife's response when we saw one when we were out shopping was "oooh, we should get one".

I don't see what it has to do with either wife - statistically, the odds are very high indeed that you are substantially outearning your respective spouses, he who pays the 4k chooses the screen size and all that, so both girls need to get their paws out of your wallets.