How does your significant other feel about your FI investment?
How does your significant other feel about your FI investment?
I'm not sure if this thread has been posted yet. I'm curious how married spouses or soon to be married spouses feel about your choice to go spend the big bucks for FI.
If you have a story to share (or tips), this is the place to discuss your experience!
If you did your own labor and were gone for hours a day how did you get around that one also? Thanks in advance!
-Mike
If you have a story to share (or tips), this is the place to discuss your experience!
If you did your own labor and were gone for hours a day how did you get around that one also? Thanks in advance!
-Mike
It cost me 2x the amount I had to spend with my setup.. Half went to FI and the other half went to FRANCE!! Our deal is if I spend X amount on my car then my wife get X amount that she can spend on Vacation or Jewelry.. Not a bad deal coz I ended up going with her on her vacation at her expense... lol
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Whatever I spend, I use to cut the amount in half and tell her that's what it cost me, then she caught on and started doubling what I tell her..... So now I quarter the price and tell her that's how much I spent.
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My GF of nearly 6 years loves cars, she used to have an 06' Z
She has NEVER given my crap for how I spend my $$$, cars, paintball stuff, photography (camera/lenses), guns, etc Im into everything she doesnt say a word. She knows I like to keep busy with "hobbies" and is cool with it.
If your S.O. gives you crap you need to re-evaluate your relationship.
She has NEVER given my crap for how I spend my $$$, cars, paintball stuff, photography (camera/lenses), guns, etc Im into everything she doesnt say a word. She knows I like to keep busy with "hobbies" and is cool with it.
If your S.O. gives you crap you need to re-evaluate your relationship.
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It cost me 2x the amount I had to spend with my setup.. Half went to FI and the other half went to FRANCE!! Our deal is if I spend X amount on my car then my wife get X amount that she can spend on Vacation or Jewelry.. Not a bad deal coz I ended up going with her on her vacation at her expense... lol
Everytime i buy something expensive, i gotta think about hers so...
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I'm not sure if this thread has been posted yet. I'm curious how married spouses or soon to be married spouses feel about your choice to go spend the big bucks for FI.
If you have a story to share (or tips), this is the place to discuss your experience!
If you did your own labor and were gone for hours a day how did you get around that one also? Thanks in advance!
-Mike
If you have a story to share (or tips), this is the place to discuss your experience!
If you did your own labor and were gone for hours a day how did you get around that one also? Thanks in advance!
-Mike
my money + my car = none of her business
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As a long as I support her fuking Bingo habit I'm good! She looks out for me through, when we were apt looking she wouldnt look at places w/o garages. Now we're at a house and she keeps talking about hardwood floors...I dont know what to do!
gotta love it!!!! well mine notice when I she saw the car up on jack stands and the whole front of it missing.... but she was OK with it after about a month of sucking up.....and then i wrecked it and thats what she thinks its from
.....now i'm not allowed to do it again to the HR....
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FI & being married
Long ago (20+ years of married life to the same person) both of us agreed to have separate accounts for our wish-list purchases. Mine - cars; hers jewerly/shoes.
Whatever is not earmarked for normal bills (house,insurance,food,normal day-to-day items, retirement,normal savings,vacations,etc.) can go into your wish-list fun account! I purchase a turbo kit, BBK kit, SS exhaust,,etc over the last three+ years saving this way. No worries and everything is great between us.
Whatever is not earmarked for normal bills (house,insurance,food,normal day-to-day items, retirement,normal savings,vacations,etc.) can go into your wish-list fun account! I purchase a turbo kit, BBK kit, SS exhaust,,etc over the last three+ years saving this way. No worries and everything is great between us.
My GF of nearly 6 years loves cars, she used to have an 06' Z
She has NEVER given my crap for how I spend my $$$, cars, paintball stuff, photography (camera/lenses), guns, etc Im into everything she doesnt say a word. She knows I like to keep busy with "hobbies" and is cool with it.
If your S.O. gives you crap you need to re-evaluate your relationship.
She has NEVER given my crap for how I spend my $$$, cars, paintball stuff, photography (camera/lenses), guns, etc Im into everything she doesnt say a word. She knows I like to keep busy with "hobbies" and is cool with it.
If your S.O. gives you crap you need to re-evaluate your relationship.
Our situations sound very similar. (my gf has a G sedan I have a coupe)
-George
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