I convinced my wife that buying a new raptor was a responsible decision. All hail the king.

[pastorwug]

I do what I want. Wife can be happy or get over it. I provide for her and mom and our son. Its my money. Haha

It's always good to have good and bad examples at a Marriage Retreat. Wonder where yours fits?

 

[Keith88]

It's always good to have good and bad examples at a Marriage Retreat. Wonder where yours fits?

Mine sits on : pedal your chit somewhere else

 

[NinjaRaptor]

Congrats.. It did take me a bit to convince my wife to get a "Truck" traded in my Merc Benz SUV. She now really likes the Raptor.

 

[yoopercharged]

Nice truck, welcome to the spot!

 

[Sage]

My swing was way easier! The Raptor was CHEAPER than the F-150 with all the options I wanted!!!

 

[Gumby]

A Nice truck is like a Nice A$$. You gonna turn and look every time you see one.
Nice Truck!!!!!

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

morning...........

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

WCE: Welcome, congrats, enjoy !

(I don't understand why it's necessary to convince someone, perhaps, bcs she pays half price of the truck ?)

no its cause she takes your half in the end

 

[HighwaySentinel]

I am pleased to share my greatest marital triumph to date, convincing my wife that my buying a new raptor was responsible. Sharing my process below for other men who may seek Valhalla:

Place (no money down) pre-order on Porsche. Any sports car will do but make sure it's a two seater, this is key.

I have a not-so-stellar track record with owning fast things (BMW M3 almost cost me my license) but even if you do not, I'm sure it won't be a stretch to convince your wife of the same. This is a forum dedicated to adults who buy big expensive toys after all...SHE SEES YOU!

Start planting seeds of hesitancy about the implications of having yet another vehicle to insure, maintain, etc. She will extol your virtue as a responsible man.

Watch the movie inception again...this is the sauce. Now casually start planting raptor seeds and positioning the reasons why one vehicle, a truck no less, is perfect for the commonplace American burb-dwelling dad that you are.

Let her do the rest. You are now a hero for canceling your sports car order. Boom.

Anyway....yea, so I got a new raptor. Pleased to meet my fellow overgrown children and excited to join the forum!

The funny thing is that she is probably telling her friends about how you think you pulled a fast one on her when in fact she wanted the truck all along.

 

[Old-Raptor-guy]

Other approach (this takes meticulous planning and not always letting the little head do the thinking) is to find a spouse with similar values/likes and is basically a soul mate.

My wife has never in 30 years told me NO, some things have taken a little planning to make happen but never NO.

That is why she is getting a six figure home remodel right now.