[Z06] Your Significant Other or Your Z?
05-19-2010, 05:26 PM
#22
Le Mans Master
100% Dump here like a hot potato there is plenty of fish in the sea, she is not your wife, and this is not a girl you want to marry as she will be 100000% more bossy and controlling once you marry her.If cars are a BIG part of your life and you want to share that with your woman, if she does not share that passion, get rid of her, and go find your soul mate she is out there.
Also, 50 RED FLAGS go off on mind when she is dictating to you and your not even married!
BIG RED FLAG. I wouldn't even be thinking about the car or finances at this point, but how you are going to get yourself out of that situation. Like stated above, ALLLL women become much more controlling once they are married, so in your case that would be scary.
Mine was the biggest sweatheart before we said "I do". Honestly, after 6 months of being married (but after 4 years of dating) I FINALLY got to meet her for the first time...(no kidding here).
Be careful, lots of guys have choosen their wife, but think about the ones that are increadibly misearable (many and many). You have a 1 in 4 shot of being the happy one and 3 in 4 of being misereable. Tread with extreme caution.
05-19-2010, 05:36 PM
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By the way, my wife is the best. Just yesterday I told her again I really would like to do another interior mod, DSV sunvisors, but I thought they were rather expensive and as usual her reply was, "If you want them, get them." She is a keeper for sure!
05-19-2010, 05:56 PM
#25
Safety Car
I'd choose my wife. But if I wasn't married and a GF said something like that to me, I'd show her the door and find another.
because I bought a new 2009 Z yesterday.
05-19-2010, 07:13 PM
#26
Race Director
If it's all your money and you two had no prior commitments to each other regarding goals or major purchases she needs to step back and quit trying to control you. As stated by others, if she's a controlling type now that will only get worse with time- trusssst me on that! Good luck working this out.
05-19-2010, 07:53 PM
#29
Le Mans Master
If its a girlfriend - then thats a different story. I would tell her to get used to the Z if she didn't get used to the Z, I would tell her "don't let the screen door hit you in the A$$ as you walk out the door. However once you do this and if you do in fact marry her later, this will be in the back of her mind, and it will come back to haunt you in some form or another later.
Bottom line - Always Choose the significant other.
Last edited by Mr. Gizmo; 05-19-2010 at 08:00 PM.
05-19-2010, 07:55 PM
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Le Mans Master
05-19-2010, 08:02 PM
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nice, gf should not have a say, it's your money, right?But maybe that (bad) attitude is why I'm single and have my toys!
When you are done with the car, for all the money spent on it, it still has resale value,... when you are done with the gf, for all the money spent on her, no resale value!
05-19-2010, 08:10 PM
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05-19-2010, 08:36 PM
#36
Burning Brakes
Ugh feminism. It will make the best looking woman in the world ugly.
My wife wouldn't have dared to say something about my spending habits while we were still dating. That sort of power grab would have landed her on the dumped curb.
Now, we make decisions together based on our priorities. I want her to be happy and she wants me to be happy, but as the head of the house I choose to make her priorities important. This is because her priorities aren't materialistic and unreasonable...where mine usually are.
For example, We bought our house first, than we bought me a Z06. With the right attitude you both know its not a matter of selfishness. So she doesn't care if I come home with a new AR15 tomorrow, because the important stuff (my attitude towards her) is right.
When you don't have to decide between a car and a girl then you've found the right one.
My wife wouldn't have dared to say something about my spending habits while we were still dating. That sort of power grab would have landed her on the dumped curb.
Now, we make decisions together based on our priorities. I want her to be happy and she wants me to be happy, but as the head of the house I choose to make her priorities important. This is because her priorities aren't materialistic and unreasonable...where mine usually are.
For example, We bought our house first, than we bought me a Z06. With the right attitude you both know its not a matter of selfishness. So she doesn't care if I come home with a new AR15 tomorrow, because the important stuff (my attitude towards her) is right.
When you don't have to decide between a car and a girl then you've found the right one.
05-19-2010, 08:40 PM
#37
Melting Slicks
A good Wife is more important than any car. You will always have more girlfriends than wifes. It is best to stay with a loving wife than listen to a jealous girlfriend (IMO).
Life is short and try to find a good wife is so difficult! You must believe in what you do, especially if you make good decisions. God bless!
Life is short and try to find a good wife is so difficult! You must believe in what you do, especially if you make good decisions. God bless!
05-19-2010, 09:12 PM
#38
Melting Slicks
R.
