Can't Convince the Wife

[204 Escape]

Re: Can't Convince the Wife

Just make her an offer she can't refuse !!!!!!

 

[phwrd]

Re: Can't Convince the Wife

Dude, you will be better off finding a buddy with a boat that you can ride in, fish from and share expenses for a while.

You have another child on the way, I have 3 that I love dearly but them things take money.

Don't give up on your dream of a boat and don't stop communicating to her your dreams. (not daily). Put a little money aside when you can and be patient.

Just my 2 cents, after waiting 30 years to buy my first boat.

 

[Jeep Man]

Re: Can't Convince the Wife

The 3 worst investments are: A boat, a racehorse and a swimming pool.

WHOOPS,.....got 2 outta 3. Did I tell you I was at the track a couple of weeks ago. I was thinking.............no, I better not.

 

[jkust]

Re: Can't Convince the Wife

If we were expecting, that would be the end of our boating for a while. It was simple for me to convince my wife. I had been wanting a boat for a year or so and we also wanted to get our deck rebuilt. The deck bids were close to $20,000 and ultimatly so was the boat. Hard to believe some Trex and fastners add up to that much so weighing the two potential purchases, the deck lost with not too much convincing. That said she has nagged me several times this season that we don't use it enough to justify the purchase price. I looked at it as $20,000 unneeded dollars sitting in an account somewhere or a boat we can plan our summers around. Probably better I spent the money than lost it in the market given the actual timing.

 

[CheapboatKev]

Re: Can't Convince the Wife

My wife has two horses and a donkey. Maybe I need to buy two more boats to even up the score!

She wants a bigger boat too, though. I may keep the skiff and get a pontoon or deck boat.

Sounds like an Ark would be a good investment

 

[CheapboatKev]

Re: Can't Convince the Wife

OK, for all you macho guy's that are gonna get one anyway, more power to you. I was going to add a bunch of thoughts but probably wouldn't be worth the effort.

Maybe I'll pick it up then...

If you have the spare money and things are going well..Then by all means go get yourself as much boat as you can buy...

If you are taking food OFF the table just to satisfy your own needs or even a mid life crisis, then look at your wife, your child and let them know you love them, but you'd love a boat even more..

Your timing is probably not the best right now, that's my guess.

My Parents used to have a 1954 Austin Healey...While seeing one at a car show when I was a young kid, I asked my Dad "WHY would you guys ever sell it!!??"

My Dad looked at me and said he sold it to get something much better..
He sold it to pay the hospital bills when my sister was born, their first child at the time...

 

[TilliamWe]

Re: Can't Convince the Wife

My wife has two horses and a donkey...

The only "biblical name for a donkey" my wife has is ME!

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Can't Convince the Wife

I agree with CheapboatKev. Your timing is bad. Wait until after the baby comes and things start to settle down a bit. Her opinion may actually improve if boating is able to provide an activity for you and your older child to do to get out of her hair for a while. My wife had no interest in boating. After I got the boat she became interested in it and enjoyed going out on it. However, when my son was born her interest went down the drain. It has gotten to the point where I had considered selling it. My son is now 2 and I convinced her to take the boat with us to the beach this year. That went so fantastically that she admitted having the boat on vacation was great and made everything more fun. I think our boating times will only increase from here on out. So I would suggest you either wait a little while or get a little fishing boat (for the time being) that's very inexpensive and requires less "permission" if you know what I mean.