My wife and I cannot decide on a color. Need a neutral system to decide to save our marriage.

[TSE]

This is causing fights every time I bring it up. Just got done arguing about it all
morning and now she is being passive aggressive and isolating.

We plan on purchasing an iMac for the bedroom when the new M4s come out.
My wife wants a cool color… purple, blue, or green. I want a warmer color… red or yellow.
Not orange.

Anyone married that can think of a system of choosing that is neutral and will make us both content? Thanks!

 

[TwoH]

Silver? Lol

Else this is likely the case of “happy wife, happy life” - and accepting that purple is the best colour

 

[dz5b609]

yellow or purple so that you both have at least 1 of your preferred colors in the mix.

 

[danpass]

obviously TWO iMacs 😂

or you could get serious and do rock-paper-scissors, best two out of three or five out of seven and so on until your wife wins.

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[kitKAC]

Put the preferred colours onto pieces of paper and put them into a bag, let your Wife draw the colour. You both abide by the random choice.

 

[bbrks]

You guys must have a very interesting life together 🤣

 

[diego.caraballo]

This is causing fights every time I bring it up. Just got done arguing about it all
morning and now she is being passive aggressive and isolating.

We plan on purchasing an iMac for the bedroom when the new M4s come out.
My wife wants a cool color… purple, blue, or green. I want a warmer color… red or yellow.
Not orange.

Anyone married that can think of a system of choosing that is neutral and will make us both content? Thanks!

I suggesting browsing together https://www.reddit.com/r/macsetups and search for iMac, to see how the colors look in real life.

My pick would be based in the color of walls, desk and furniture.
For example, a time ago I saw a yellow iMac against a gray wall and the match was really nice. Some combinations wouldn't be so fortunate.
It's a neutral negotiation territory since the color of wall and furniture is already there.

Some random examples that I don't like:

 

[jz0309]

This is causing fights every time I bring it up. Just got done arguing about it all
morning and now she is being passive aggressive and isolating.

We plan on purchasing an iMac for the bedroom when the new M4s come out.
My wife wants a cool color… purple, blue, or green. I want a warmer color… red or yellow.
Not orange.

Anyone married that can think of a system of choosing that is neutral and will make us both content? Thanks!

happy wife, happy life ...

 

[ger19]

I like my blue Mac. Personally, I would totally concede this argument. It makes no difference how it operates based on what color the Mac is. Seriously, tension in marriage vs color of Mac isn‘t worth it. Just be happy to get a new Mac.

 

[triptolemus]

Anyone married that can think of a system of choosing that is neutral and will make us both content? Thanks!

Yes. Get whatever she wants.

 

[Apple_Robert]

If buying a Mac with a certain color is putting your marriage at risk, you have some very serious problems outside of Apple to focus on.

Color doesn’t matter. Don’t be selfish. Get what she likes and be done with the stupid fighting over something so trivial.

 

[dmr727]

It's a marriage. You should compromise and get purple, blue, or green.

 

[CharlieSierra]

Clearly orange is the way to go - the colour neither of you want and then nobody claims victory over the other. Then you can also be united in blaming me for the colour neither of you wanted.

 

[antiprotest]

Let her have this one, but get a coupon for something fun you can redeem later.

 

[_Mitchan1999]

This is causing fights every time I bring it up. Just got done arguing about it all
morning and now she is being passive aggressive and isolating.

We plan on purchasing an iMac for the bedroom when the new M4s come out.
My wife wants a cool color… purple, blue, or green. I want a warmer color… red or yellow.
Not orange.

Anyone married that can think of a system of choosing that is neutral and will make us both content? Thanks!

Who is going to use it the most? I would let your wife pick out the color if I were you.

 

[Cirillo Gherardo]

This is causing fights every time I bring it up. Just got done arguing about it all
morning and now she is being passive aggressive and isolating.

We plan on purchasing an iMac for the bedroom when the new M4s come out.
My wife wants a cool color… purple, blue, or green. I want a warmer color… red or yellow.
Not orange.

Anyone married that can think of a system of choosing that is neutral and will make us both content? Thanks!

Seriously? Go with whatever you wife wants. In fact, go back in time to the first time you argued about it, and THEN tell her to pick the color and go with it. This is not the kind of battle you pick with a wife.

 

[cjsuk]

The white / silver ones have a higher resale value apparently. That means you will get the most money back from the divorce when she hates it

 

[heretiq]

This is causing fights every time I bring it up. Just got done arguing about it all
morning and now she is being passive aggressive and isolating.

We plan on purchasing an iMac for the bedroom when the new M4s come out.
My wife wants a cool color… purple, blue, or green. I want a warmer color… red or yellow.
Not orange.

Anyone married that can think of a system of choosing that is neutral and will make us both content? Thanks!

As someone who used to be married, my advice is to let your wife decide .. because if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy! 🤓

 

[Tiller]

You can use the View (color) In AR if you peruse the iMac on the iOS Store app...I did that to place my three favorite colors into my office to play with....its great. in my example green looks best.

 

[Biro]

If, as you say, you are waiting for an M4 iMac, the argument maybe moot. Wait and see what colors are offered. That said, if the colors end up being the same, the blue and the green aren’t bad. Give your wife what she wants. If it’s fine with her as long its one of the three colors you listed that she wants, pick the one you hate the least.

 

[cjsuk]

As someone who used to be married, my advice is to let your wife decide .. because if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy! 🤓

As a fellow someone who is divorced, yep!

 

[ignatius345]

I think a lot of it depends on the layout of the room. Because my desk is up against the wall, the color effect is must more subtle. My M1 iMac is orange, but I never see the really color-saturated back of the machine -- just the front, stand and keyboard which are all a much softer metallic orange tint. If, on the other hand I had a desk more out in the open, that orange back would be a bigger pop of color.

 

[fatTribble]

I’d be happy with any color. Be the good husband and let her pick. Then you can remind her of your good will at the next disagreement 🤭

 

[Pakaku]

Blue seems like the closest to neutral if silver isn't an option.

 

[Andres Cantu]

Seems a bit premature to discuss the color options when technically we're not 100% sure they will remain the same?