We live in an apartment and are paying student and car loans but we (family income) make 78K, isn't SHE way out of line?
She knew I was in a pool but my buddy slipped out how much the brackets cost.
(My bracket is busted too - which didn't help)
We live in an apartment and are paying student and car loans but we (family income) make 78K, isn't SHE way out of line?
She knew I was in a pool but my buddy slipped out how much the brackets cost.
(My bracket is busted too - which didn't help)
Let's try a little logic.
Does your wife understand why you did 2 brackets?
Do you understand why, if she doesn't understand why you did 2, she might be upset?
Do you understand why you did 2?
Increases my chances to win. More fun if I'm competitive in the pool for longer.
aj57 wrote:
Let's try a little logic.
Does your wife understand why you did 2 brackets?
Do you understand why, if she doesn't understand why you did 2, she might be upset?
Do you understand why you did 2?
Married 12 years and counting... spend $100 on her (haircut, facial, or spa). Simple solution.
When is she preparing this bird? Is this going to be an oven stuffer turkey? If a chicken you may want to prepare it with a vertical roaster as that seals in the juices.
Happy Dining!!
26 married last summer wrote:
We live in an apartment and are paying student and car loans but we (family income) make 78K, isn't SHE way out of line?
She knew I was in a pool but my buddy slipped out how much the brackets cost.
(My bracket is busted too - which didn't help)
Buying things should be a mutual decision for a married couple. You obviously didn't want her to know how much you spent and wished to keep it from her, so I say you are out of line. Next time, talk to her about it BEFORE.
Oh, and if you have student loan debt and car loans, then you don't just have money to throw away, so her anger is understandable. Lots of ways to enter FREE brackets. I'm in one.
showing my ignorance here - what is a bracket, apart from something that holds up a shelf?
Why are you wasting money on that when you have loans to pay off? And why don't you have your wife under control? You got issues, dude.
there is an easy solution to this, and i'm always amazed more couples don't do this.
my wife and i have three checking accounts: one joint, and each of us gets a personal account. all of our pay goes into the joint account. we set up a recurring withdrawal every 2 weeks for an "allowance" into our personal accounts - we both get the same amount of course.
that money is used for whatever we want, and we don't have to run the purchase by the other person. all clothes are purchased through that personal account. we use it for gifts for the other person so it's like you're really spending your own money on them. i like to eat lunch out once a week, she doesn't. well, that's my choice. i wanna go to new york with my buddies for a weekend and spend $500 on drinking and hotels? no problem, it's my money.
takes all the drama out of the "spending OUR money" discussion. of course, there are things that are not okay for me to use the money on, like a hooker. but that's on marital and moral grounds. i really don't see many flaws in this system and try to convince as many people as possible that this will solve a lot of their marital money problems.
IKEA has great brackets for far less. These for $2 do the job.
She's right. Sports gambling is hopeless.
Fill in the free ESPN bracket.
just tell her you're investing in your future. And on the outside chance that it doesn't payoff, remind her that you've got money to burn.
You and your wife should already have an understanding of the maximum amount you should spend without consulting the other. Apparently, in your case she thinks it's less than $100. You should apologize (even if you are not sorry) and then discuss this threshold for future. That way when she spends $200 on a pair of shoes, you can get on her for that.
I think this just makes you a huge idiot for actually paying to create a bracket honestly. I don't even waste my time with a free one because I know its not gonna happen. But paying for one? Thats pathetic man. Maybe if it was $100 on something not necessary but still really cool like a watch or phone or something, but NCAA brackets? Thats just such a massive waste of time and money. You obviously aren't mature enough to decipher important from non-important.
You come out behind people who play the lottery a few times a year and ahead of people who spend a week in Vegas. All 3 of you will end up winning nothing. Of all the things to gamble on, this seems like one of the dumbest. $200 really isn't that bad though if you don't gamble regularly.
Johnny Foreigner wrote:
showing my ignorance here - what is a bracket, apart from something that holds up a shelf?
I got your back Johnny Foreigner or anyone else.
He is referring to the NCAA College Basketball Tournament, which comprising 68 teams. The American traditional is to predict the winner of every game before the tournament starts. It is colloquially referred to as March Madness because the tournament is often times unpredictable with many lower ranked teams upsetting the favorite. All across America groups of friends/coworkers fill out the tournament bracket and put in a certain dollar amount into the pool with the winner taking the money. Filling out your "bracket" is usually done for fun with a small amount of money bet, like 5 dollars.
So the OP's wife is angry because he bet 200 dollars on a series of unpredictable basketball games when he has other more important expenses to worry about.
My advice to the OP is to have a separate bank account from his wife, so he can spend his money on whatever he wants, as long as all the bills are paid first.
Johnny Foreigner wrote:
showing my ignorance here - what is a bracket, apart from something that holds up a shelf?
Tax bracket?
tell your wife that she married a baller and that's just how you roll. Since you have your pick of the ladies, she'll let you off and give you some hot and heavy make up sex.
Leirbag wrote:
Married 12 years and counting... spend $100 on her (haircut, facial, or spa). Simple solution.
Why pay for the facial when you can give her one for free?
It's none of her business. Turn it back on her, get really pissed about her reaction. March comes once a year and next year you plan on having ten brackets so she better come to terms with it now. Then smack her on the butt and tell her to get you a beer and a sandwich for the NC State game.