How to "adjust" your wife accordingly

[Jon L]

A lot of relationships have two different types of people - a saver and a spender. A written budget that you both agree on would help here. It does for my wife and me. If we both agree to spend 'x' on a certain category, then individual discussions over how much money we should spend for a cup of coffee (yes, we had a major argument over that at one point), don't happen very often.

In a budget, you both have to give in a little...and you do that in the abstract before you get into the heated discussion portion of a purchase. When you're actually buying carpet, you can say, 'we have enough in the budget for this nicer carpet, and I'd really like to get it.' She can say, 'ok, but I don't want to use up the whole budget for just the carpet, can we get this slightly cheaper one instead. Then you can say, 'ok, sounds good to me.'

 

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[Andy Black]

I skimmed the thread and there seemed to be some useful comments.

Don't use your own way of reasoning to persuade someone else, use theirs instead was my takeaway.

Meh, it could be landfill or it could be not, but OP agrees so in it goes.

 

[EvanOkanagan]

This thread should be called "How to adjust myself accordingly"

- Next time I'll use all the time I wasted making a chart to make the extra money and pay for the expensive carpet

 

[Swam010]

This thread should be called "How to adjust myself accordingly"

- Next time I'll use all the time I wasted making a chart to make the extra money and pay for the expensive carpet

REPS! I realize this now...
Thanks!

 

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[Andy Black]

*You're, you idiot.

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This phrase springs to mind:

"How you do anything is how you do everything."

Read (and live by) @IceCreamKid's thread.

 

[AllenCrawley]

*You're, you idiot.

Enough already! I will start deleting your grammar nazi posts. It's ridiculous.

 

[IrishSpring600]

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This phrase springs to mind:


Read (and live by) @IceCreamKid's thread.

I do.

Enough already! I will start deleting your grammar nazi posts. It's ridiculous.

I refuse to take anyone who can't differentiate between "you're" and "your" or "they're", "their", and "there" seriously.

I'm sure people that people that read business propositions, such as Shark Tank judges, feel the same way.

Oh, we're on a internet forum? "How you do anything is how you do everything." I completely agree with @Andy Black. If a person slacks off when no one's watching, it tells a lot about that person's consistency and character.

 

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[OldFaithful]

people that people that

Just a quick question. How to you take people that mistakenly repeat themselves?

 

[Dinaa]

You can't, and i can almost guarantee failure. Men for thousands of years have tried to convince women to think like them, 99% of these men have failed and will continue to do so for another thousand years. I wish you luck, your going to need it. Your logical mind prevents you from understanding an emotional mind.

And vice versa! Women for thousands of years have tried to convince men to think like them, 99% of these women have failed and will continue to do so for another thousand years. I do wish him luck too. He certainly needs it like you pointed out. logical minds prevent most people from understanding an emotional mind.