popbumper Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 My wife is another one of those unique women who is very willing to allow me to experience my life and enjoy my hobbies without any retribution or remark. I have been involved in no less than three hobbies in the time we have been together (11 years), and she has been supportive of each. Interestingly, the second hobby I got involved with (arcade games) still makes me a nice small income by which I am able to not only support these hobbies (hey, it's how my Klipsch stuff got paid for!), let alone provide me enough pocket money that I never have to touch the regular account. It also ia a very nice way for the family to share some time together, as we all enjoy the games. The recent setup of my HT has benefitted the family as a whole, so there's just one more reason for "no complaint" (besides, the Forte's are HERS - can you beat that)? I feel very fortunate to have a wife who is interested in my hapiness, and I in turn do what I can to support her efforts as a stay-home Mom, who only works part time. Everyone benefits! Popbumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Actually, after parting ways with a wife who totally disapproved of my "big ugly audio junk", I have reason to hope already with a new love interest I've begun to develop - we were talking about the trip to Indy and how wonderful those Khorns sounded - showed her a picture from the Klipsch website and told her the dimensions - she was like "are you kidding? They look beautiful - like antique furniture!" Come to find out, she actually has some massive speakers in her living room and completely understands the need for size to produce high-quality sound at high volumes. A keeper if ever I saw one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelman Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 ---------------- On 6/25/2004 3:41:36 PM Griffinator wrote: Actually, after parting ways with a wife who totally disapproved of my "big ugly audio junk", I have reason to hope already with a new love interest I've begun to develop - we were talking about the trip to Indy and how wonderful those Khorns sounded - showed her a picture from the Klipsch website and told her the dimensions - she was like "are you kidding? They look beautiful - like antique furniture!" Come to find out, she actually has some massive speakers in her living room and completely understands the need for size to produce high-quality sound at high volumes. A keeper if ever I saw one! ---------------- Yes chicks with speakers Rock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurs Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 maybe your wife is just expressing her fear that you'll tire of her and want a newer or better wife, and sees the potential for that manifest itself in your behavior with your audio gear. in trying to change your thinking it's not actually about the speakers, it's about her and your relationship. you might want to spend some time focusing less on audio and more on her until you can both work through the significant emotional quandry she finds herself in..... okay, that was pretty funny, now go shop for the 3805 so you can drown out the sound of her telling you to be happy with what you have... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Tell ya something that works for us (well, mostly me) is having sepparate checking accounts. I have mine, she has hers. She pays one set of bills I pay other. If she wants something, she does not have to worry about me having taken money out of our checking accout and vice versa. All she does ask for is that I put in some each month for our joint savings account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonrpayne Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 I think the separate checking accounts thing really only works if a) Your significant doesn't care a whit about money or you both make about the same amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 My wife talked me into going "art" shopping today. I said yes. Big mistake on my part. $3600 later we have a very nice oil painting above the sofa in our family room. Worst part is I picked it out. Could have bought 2 nice pairs of khorns for that! Oh well. It's only money, right? I owed her one anyway. She's put up with a lot of gear purchases over the past year or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Did not mean to offend SO SOR Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Who's the artist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piranha Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 ---------------- On 6/27/2004 12:09:52 AM garymd wrote: My wife talked me into going "art" shopping today. I said yes. Big mistake on my part. $3600 later we have a very nice oil painting above the sofa in our family room. Worst part is I picked it out. Could have bought 2 nice pairs of khorns for that! Oh well. It's only money, right? I owed her one anyway. She's put up with a lot of gear purchases over the past year or so. ---------------- I think it's about time to buy those new 2004 Khorns that you've dreamed about isn't it Gare? Better yet, wait until the 05's come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustyoldsarge Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Earlier this year my girlfriend came to visit me from Taegu while I was on a business trip to Seoul. Guess what I was doing when she walked up to the front of my hotel? Loading (with great effort) my newly purchased ChorusII's into the back of my VW Golf! Mind you, she has never said a WORD about this purchase, however ever since then, I have noticed an upward creep in the price and quantity of the designer skirts, shoes, etc., that she has asked me to buy for her! Good thing she is worth it! I have not yet computed the final price of my audio upgrade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandi Posted June 27, 2004 Author Share Posted June 27, 2004 Hey Moon,,,,,, We have seperate checking accounts and she puts about 200 bucks into mine every two weeks, I get to put my entire paycheck into mine. Pretty good eh? Well, my account is the electronic account and every bill we have to include savings investments is taken out of my electronic account. I get about 100 bucks a month to call my own. We "live" off her account and she said "more" speakers do not help us live. So the latest word is the only way I get more is if I sell. I then clarified, if I sell "a pair" I can purchase another "pair". Hmmm, not anytime soon, but something has to go to get Khorns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 ---------------- On 6/27/2004 12:16:51 AM DDE wrote: Who's the artist? ---------------- An Englishman named Michael John Hill. He named the painting "Lonely But Wise Old Tree." We thought the frame may be too much for the family room but we like it so much we'll decorate around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Did not mean to offend SO SOR Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 This guy? http://www.centaurgalleries.com/Art/00321/I04384-500h.jpg Nice landscape artist-- very good trees in winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 After initial concerns with my own painting, I also came to realize how much a great frame adds to the room. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 ---------------- On 6/27/2004 1:45:38 PM Did not mean to offend SO SORRY wrote: This guy? Nice landscape artist-- very good trees in winter. ---------------- Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 More like this but with a bigger more gaudy frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clipped and Shorn Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Nice landscape artist-- very good trees in winter. More like A tree with a hair-net......echhhh! Is this guy the T. Kincaid of trees? Am I correct in assuming this is not an actual one of kind original painting, but rather a commercial series (found in shopping malls) utilizing some form of industrial duplication technique. c&s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 ---------------- On 6/27/2004 4:08:34 PM Clipped and Shorn wrote: Nice landscape artist-- very good trees in winter. More like A tree with a hair-net......echhhh! Is this guy the T. Kincaid of trees? Am I correct in assuming this is not an actual one of kind original painting, but rather a commercial series (found in shopping malls) utilizing some form of industrial duplication technique. c&s ---------------- No. They are all one of a kinds. No prints. He does seem to be fairly one dimensional. They look much better in real life then on the screen. No shopping malls either, just galleries. He's actually very popular but to each his own. I can't stand Kincaid BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 mandi: I hear ya, man. My wife is a bank teller and every couple of days she leaves my "allowance" sitting on top of my wallet. It's usually a couple of $10s or $20s. HAH! But, I have it all figured out.....I still have my DEBIT CARD! WOO-HOO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 It isn't winter in that painting. The grass is still green and the other trees still have their leaves. Beech trees keep their leaves thorugh the winter (although they are dead leaves), and drop them in the spring. Other trees do similar things. Still looks nice Gary (I looked up the one you got). You just have to both agree it's okay! Marvel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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