I need help, chaps. Important thing here.

ndicki

ndicki

Charter Member 2016
Now then. I have a bit of a problem, and I'm sure you have all been up against it one fine day. It's called "my wife." Most men of our sort of age have one of these, and they often get in the way when it comes to the pursuit of manly activities, such as getting pissed, driving too fast, getting pissed and driving too fast, and spending ridiculous amounts of money on unnecessary toys such as cars and computer parts.

I want a TrackIR. It doesn't cost that much, and we can actually afford it. But she is lurking... And, being a woman, fails utterly to understand why I should want to be able to follow another aircraft and shoot it to bits, rather than sit with her sipping tea and discussing the children's latest piece of pottery...

So chaps, other than pointing my SLR at her (yes, I have got one!) and making empty threats, what options lie open to me? I should like to achieve my objective with the minimum use of violent vocabulary or behaviour, or I'll end up having to make my own dinner and do my own cleaning.

I hope that with the wealth of experience we have accumulated between us, somebody may have found the key!
 
Interchange her for a TrackIR with house maid capabilities.:monkies:

No serious, not knowing your wife (ain't they all the same anyway) I'd say buy a TrackIR, and if you think it works to calm her down, buy something nice for here as well.
I gave up discussing male needs with women, they don't listen anyway and it's their nature to keep us under "tension" ever since we took up the hunter role and they began to keep the cave clean.
 
nigel you buy her a new dress and take her out to dinner,dancing,romancing.i know as an ex married man we forget what we did to get ourselves into that situation. it also gets you out.throw in a small bit of jewelery,or the shoes that go with the dress.how bad do you want a full cockpit?
 
Dont buy it FOR her. Let her buy it for herself. I tell my wife...'Hey, get whatever you want'. She goes out, has fun shoppping. When left to her own devices she doesnt go overboard, probably because I DIDNT say 'watch how much you spend' . I get the return courtesy of 'get whatever you want'. How can she not? Been married 23 years and my ever changing and expanding guitar collection says this works! lol!! Good luck!
 
i agree with Slip stream, a nite out some jewelery perhaps a pat on the $#%%^^$#@
Always seemed to help out back in the day when i was married..
 
Hmmm... All sorts of suggestions here.

Emile, first of all - absolutely not! I'm a Pom, pure through and through. We don't do things like that!

Mathias - Good thinking there! She's German, as well, though. That means she makes a mule look tractable...

As for wasting money on her, well, maybe. She wants a cashmere jumper or two. That's acceptable, because it doesn't mean I have to act the simpering fool and waste a good painting aeroplanes evening sitting in a restaurant holding hands and feeling a total doos. Jewellery is of course not on the menu. She's got plenty of the stuff already, and the sort of jewellery one finds in France is tacky, modern and over-priced. No, perhaps the jumpers are the place to start, as long as I don't have to go with her. Done that too often - always turns nasty... :icon_lol: She's just mentioned it this evening. If I'm lucky, they're on sale but they don't have her size!
 
ndicki said:
Jewellery is of course not on the menu. She's got plenty of the stuff already, and the sort of jewellery one finds in France is tacky, modern and over-priced. If I'm lucky, they're on sale but they don't have her size!
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Nigel do you really want Track IR? Really mate telling women what they need and like is a cul-de sac to your own wants. I sometimes foolishly say to my wife that she doesn't need any more shoes and what she hears is "Blah, blah, shoes, blah, blah". If you want go down the shopping route (a fairly safe bet I reckon) as has been mentioned, you are ruining your chance of success by imposing your own limits.

BTW you do seem be one helluva European having a Geman wife and living in France. :icon_lol:
 
ndicki said:
Mathias - Good thinking there! She's German, as well, though. That means she makes a mule look tractable...
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Hahahaha!! One reason more to go the no-compromise road.
It doesn't work, but neither does the soft variant.
At least you'll get the good feeling to wear the trouthers in your household. :icon29::isadizzy::bump:
 
Great love of God, man! You're in France! France! Eiffel tower, romance capital of the world (at least the French like to think so! ;) ). If you can't romance her enough to get a TrackIR in France, well, I just don't know... & what's a Pom? & Besides, any kiss you give her there is a FRENCH KISS.

Ok, I'll stop being mean, I was just pulling your chains. I generally never have to ask because I keep her pretty well showered with goodies. But we're lucky, being a little older & finally having a few bucks ahead of us. She's been really good with the money over the years, too, and we seldom have tiffs over things like that. Now the $9000 tractor I bought a couple of years back, she wasn't real happy about that, but she did allow me to make the decision - and then live with the consequences of not making the "right" decision! Oh, yeah, I paid for that in more than just cash!

As we sat around the fire one night discussing similar matters, my son's brother-in-law stated in a beautifully succinct, red-blooded American redneck way, the following maxim:

"It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission!"

Hope you enjoy my attempts at humor, and that you get your TrackIR.

Best,

Tom

BTW, my wife is German, too. There's times when she makes the Matterhorn look tractable! I told her I think it's about 0.5%, and that it needs her 99.5% Irish side to counteract it just so I can live with her! (where, oh where, is a "stir the pot" smilie?)
 
Just ignore her (at least on this). That shows who's in charge, and that you are not to be taken for granted. But first set up your own bank account.
 
Just tell her that she'll uncontrollably laugh at how silly you look every time you put that hat with the reflector clip on, and call it entertainment. Mine still laughs at me two year later. :icon_lol:
 
Nigel, please keep us posted with your "progress." This is one of those threads that can be very educational..............:bump:
 
Of course the problem that you and I (and for that matter about 50% of most married chaps) share is that we are both still on our STARTER MARRIAGES. Other chaps who have upgraded at more regular intervals will probably have the best perspective.

Still, I must strenuously protest the idea ... the mere SUGGESTION ... of actually DOING anything to assuage, appease, or otherwise mollify the goods Mrs ndicki. This MAY cause her to EXPECT NICE THINGS in the future in exchange for the right for you to satisfy your PURELY NATURAL desires to spend time apart from her!

This is a classic example of EXTORTION at its worst. Take a hint from the Brits (ignoring your own heritage of course) and DO NOT NEGOTIATE! This is Munich 1938 all over AGAIN! You watch out - or before you can say Sudetenland - you'll find yourself having to DUST THE MANTLEPIECE twice a week. It's a slippery slope, my friend.

Sorry, I have to go. Mrs Viso needs a jar opened or some darned thing.
 
You say" Darling..I am not running around Paris, the 47 year old (your avatar info) man that I am, I am sitting at home with a strange piece of computer equipment around my head, like a 15 year old, pretending to be a WW2 pilot..how much more domesticated can I get!?:jump:
 
I'd take the cop out route along the lines of 'it's an early birthday present Dear'.

rather than sit with her sipping tea and discussing the children's latest piece of pottery...
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Oh how that rings true Nigel!
 
Good Luck

Never had that problem guess I spoil them all the time so if I want something I get it ......... anyway good luck not going to say how to handle this one cause it can be a mess remember she is a women and they do not understand are love for planes and are high priced toys .......... anyway good luck I will be on my way back to the hanger where I don't have to worry about things like that plus I am single again so me and women are not really on good terms at the moment cause they simply do not make any since they say one thing and shoot you for it ......... GOOD LUCK!

Taz
 
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