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Do you tell the wife about buying new hardware

  • No I dont

    Votes: 5 25.0%
  • yes I do, and I take the heat

    Votes: 8 40.0%
  • money is mine and I use it on my hobby

    Votes: 7 35.0%

  • Total voters
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Just give eachother fair allowances and go by that.

Oh and tell her, but do it in such a way where you already sound sad about doing it.

"Honey, I did a dumb."
 
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A lot of women are over emotional hypocrites when it comes to how shared funds are spent. Spend $250 on your PC and they'll cry foul. Shower them with $250 worth of unneeded gifts, and they love you long time.

Guess what ladies, you want REAL equality, EARN it. Stop acting like you're entitled, while living with the morals of a typical ho!

I have two suggestions for any man that wants to keep his balls, prenuptial, and separate bank accounts.

Remember guys, it was Eve that tempted Adam, not the other way around. Start asserting your manhood, you won't regret it.
 
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My fiancé and I are both computer lovers so it's exciting when he buys new hardware and has no fear to tell me!!

As far as certain other opinions have been expressed, it's a wonder some even have to worry or ponder this question!
 
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Majority of the time I tell her it costs half the price, she gets annoyed if i spend more money on my car or pc stuff than her! If its real expensive or wasteful then i got to hide it lol


but fuck em, i work for my money!
 

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She still thinks Im crazy paying 250 dollars for a PSU when I can get same amount of power for a lot less, but this one is digital and have flat cables so it fit fine in my Lian-Li cabinet.
well i think you're crazy, i dont like extremely diminished returns (for example $999 intel extreme cpus vs $350 standard that overclocks fine)

Actually I promote the entry of women in to motor sports, I also taught driving skills to people of both sexes, women are the biggest block to women entering the motoring arena.
i would love to hear stories about this, maybe make a post or article or merely PM me? i have a slightly related hypothesis... what if it's how males more commonly grow up, with videogames based on dexterity (in addition to supposedly how male brains are good at imagined 3d manipulation), could this result in a head start?
 
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