You are 100% correct. I would never dream of asking permission to go play golf, or go away with my friends. In fact I'm leaving Friday for a week in Belize with old college pals. My wife would never give me grief about stuff like this. Imagine this bizarre marital situation; my wife loves me and wants me to be happy. Strange, huh? On the flip side, I never try to micro-manage my wife. Never. I can't imagine living in a marriage with a woman who has "control" issues. A marriage should not feel like a prison sentence. I've been married for 24 years and I cannot bear to think of what my life would be like without my wife and kids.

Oh, in the event of a tie, I win.

And you thought liberals were delusional!

:)

In the event of a tie, we do rock, paper, scissors.

In the event of a tie, I do a double-Windsor.

LOL:)

Don't know how I missed that! A pre-nup that specifies "I'm the boss". No way I could sell that at home. Not a chance.

Guys, you read waaaaay to much into that. What we agreed is that if we ever come to a stalemate where we simply cannot agree, that there must be a final say. My wife (being intelligent) would never agree to this with a person she did not trust to never abuse it. I have not and like I said, it has onlt occured once in our 14 years together. It does not get used on ewhere we are going to dinner or other trivial matters.

For you enginer types, shouldn't this be simple math. I use my numbers

raising a child thourgh age 18 = 250,000 or 13,888 per year
Wife:
Engagement ring $10,000
Wedding $ 5,000
Honeymoon $5,000
aniversary ring $5,000
Tennis bracelet $6,000
Dia. earings $5,000
total: $36,000
2 year old child: $27,776
Grand total $63,776

Now compare to quarterly visit to the Mustang ranch near Reno
$4,000 per year

$63,000/24 months of marriage $2,657 per mo.
$8,000 total cost of mustang ranch $333 per month.

Stay single, get a chick on the side, but not serious to keep expenses down , to supliment the Mustang Ranch... come out way ahead.

Well... they have said... if it flies, floats or f***s, RENT IT.

Amen

I know it was only an example, but they tore down the place after they went out of business.

If you can't find the situation I ouitlined.....the by ALL means you are absolutely correct!:)

This was actually my point in the first place.

Yea,
I forgot about them closing the Mustang Ranch. I should have said the Bunny Ranch in Carson City. But the Idea still holds :0)

My wife loves me and wants me to paint the kitchen.

So stop posting and hop to it! You might get some when you finish. ;)

HA! That's exactly what she said!

You meant supper, right?

This conversation made me think of the (relatively recent) legalisation of prostitution here in NZ. One of the biggest, err, Gentlemen's Clubs (there was even a reality TV show about the strip club in it) is called the Whitehouse. It even has a presidential seal.

Cam, would that be of the 'whitehouse.com' fame?

Many a yankee got suckered by that domain name.... The site for the actual White House is 'whitehouse.gov'...

Different I assume. Mostly because I am not especially keen to type it into my browser at work to check.

Moses - OK, your a successful Doc, drive a P-car that rips and you have a wife that is hot, smart and understanding. So you are the guy that most all other guys hate because you are the "guy" we aspire to be - so ne it, we all need that...

Lendaddy - FMEAs are fun if you can tie compensation into them! ID thr fialure mode, understand the $$$ impact, establish corrective measures and get compensated on a % of the savings.

Can't argue with that. Does type of work exist in the looking glass?:)

Yup! But keep in mind, the numbers get whack - where 1 = 7.24 and 2 = 18.364, base everything on that!

LAst one I did had me, yea little ole' me, deciding how the parts different potential failures would affect the not only the safety of the passenger vehicle they went on, but the attitude of the owner.

"Are you kidding me, is this a f'cking joke?"

These were my exact statements to the idiot that passed it off on me.

He wasn't and I did it. Want to know how that makes you feel? Cause apparently I know:)

Yes, yes far more clever you are grasshopper.

Yet, DSC00044.JPG would have to get my vote from this lot.

Not bad Thom - I wooda pinch hit it for ya any day.

Lendaddy: This is a great example of marketing guys trying to use an engineering tool. Had a similar experience when I worked for GE years ago - I was a 6 Sigma Master Black Belt - the powers that be wanted to apply those principles to sales and marketing. WHAT A WASTE OF TALENT AND RESOURCES! That sort of thing actually harms you rather than establishing credibility...

I'm married, and I'd have to say it's all about who you marry.

I rebuilt a 5 speed transmission in my living, on the carpet. Her only complaint, I got a tranny fluid stain on the carpet :D

I used a circular saw to cut some particle board in the Kitchen. She asked my why I did it in the Kitchen, and I said to keep the sawdust out of the carpet.

Last one... I helped a friend fiberglass a bad spot on his tailgate in my living room. When she got home, my friend and I were pretty 'loopy' from the fumes. The only thing she asked was "Why didn't you open a window?".

All of the above was done in a place that I had no garage, and the outside weather was pretty miserable at the time, so the work was done inside the house :D

Well, thats a good excuse, but I have a garage and the weather has been pretty nice lately. ;)

DAMN STRAIGHT!!!

Happily married and brat-free since 1997. . . I figure I only have to hold off a few more years and then nature will take over and I'll never have to worry about it. . .

My plan was to remain child free, but unfortunately my ex had other ideas on the subject than the ones we discussed.

accidents happen...

or not

Thirty years ago, most of my girlfriends were between 21 and 26 years old.
Today, they still are.... I just have fewer girlfriends.