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My Wife's $7,000 sewing machine

I'll never understand why so many people on this forum feel the need to blatantly and tastelessly show off their money. It's just like the other day when I was reading a thread and some scumball lawyer was talking about the 27 iPhones his law firm has and how "all of his cars" were 2013s. Well congratulations to you.

If you are affluent, great. I don't give two craps if you grew up without a pot to piss in, that doesn't make it ok to be like "LOOK AT US AND OUR MONEY!!" now that you have it.

You'd think people with money would learn a lesson in humility.
 
MagicThief83 said:
Yeah I do! Stop asking some of the folks (refers to individuals with no valuable input that can only bicker and criticize others) here for advice and go buy that rMBP! You'll love it man! :D
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I hear you but I also like the idea of waiting to see if the 13" comes out next month. I really liked the MBA I traveled with for about 6 months but it wasn't the performer of my current 13" MBP. I know that in a few weeks I will be back on the commute plane each week and 13s do handle nice, but I could force a 15 around if it came to that. We'll see.

About the arsetards (BTW I like your definition), it is amazing to look at the responses I'm getting here. I posted the exact same question on two other forums this morning at the same time. One forum is in a general discussion area for motorcycles where people talk about a wide range of topics. The response there is TOTALLY different.

There have been no derogatory comments directed at me. They get it and reply appropriately. They are humorous. They are understanding.

But on MR folks are super touchy and act like they're just looking for someone to lash out at without concern for the people they're talking to. The marriage advice they give just cracks me up. My wife and I don't think the way these people do. We're very happy folks. Some of the people here must have some really miserable messed up lives to make the comments they do.

Recently there was a thread on why does Apple need a 13" rMBP because the OP doesn't like the idea for whatever reason. Then the twit goes on and on about how wrong it is for people to want one. There's a similar thread about the mini iPad where it makes no since to the OP why people would want an iPad with a smaller screen. When do these people stop thinking about them selves and start having fun?

At the same time I know there are some really great people on these forums. I watch here a lot and learn from reading about the experiences of others. When I've had problems I can get some pretty solid help here.

I wander if the difference in responses between the different forums has to do with maturity. The more I think about it this makes sense.
 
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puma1552 said:
I'll never understand why so many people on this forum feel the need to blatantly and tastelessly show off their money. It's just like the other day when I was reading a thread and some scumball lawyer was talking about the 27 iPhones his law firm has and how "all of his cars" were 2013s. Well congratulations to you.

If you are affluent, great. I don't give two craps if you grew up without a pot to piss in, that doesn't make it ok to be like "LOOK AT US AND OUR MONEY!!" now that you have it.

You'd think people with money would learn a lesson in humility.
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I'll never understand why people read threads that get them so upset. Don't get all constipated over what others are talking about, just don't read those threads.

BTW I don't have a lot of money and retirement is just over a year away. So I don't have all the cash everyone here seems to think I do. But I suppose many of whiners here won't understand that because then they wouldn't have a reason to so dramatically show off the pompous distaste for other people.

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MagicThief83 said:
Hey Duggram, do your thing and F what people say!!! If you have the financial leeway then by all means splurge on a rMBP. For the folks telling you to grow a pair and stop being childish or they find your comments irritating, they need to back the hell off and start looking into displacing their misguided self-hatred and envy elsewhere. You only live once and money is only good for SPENDING when you are alive. I'm not encouraging you to be a huge spendthrift to the point of endangering your marriage (which seems highly unlikely given the financial cushion between you and your wife ;) ) but some people here need to chillax and stop getting so wounded up at the good fortune of others. They act as if you're putting their well-being in jeopardy just by deciding to purchase a rMBP. By the way, I'm an RN just like you and may possibly end up marrying a doctor (Phd Neuro-biologist) just like you ;) I've been strongly considering the rMBP but may hold off to see what October reveals after all the rumors floating around of a near iMac refresh. You shouldn't regret your comments, you should regret blaming yourself for the ridiculousness and ill-nature of others.
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Great post! Not sure how I missed it before. My work is telecommute right now so it's tough to spend so much time on the forums and get work done too. So thank you for the comments and best of luck to you.
 
So let's recap:

1) 62 year old man comes in bragging about how blowing $10k on stuff is no big deal because they can afford it.

2) Same old man catches flak, but attempts to diffuse criticisms by pushing it all off on his wife like she's rich and he's not since that apparently matters who makes the money in a marriage.

3) Old man catches more flak then backs up and says he doesn't have a lot of money, yet will retire a few years early.

4) Said man has the audacity to say that everyone else is immature when he's the one coming in starting an abortion of a thread flaunting wealth and really nothing more.

Nobody cares that te machine was $7k, or that the MBP is $3k. Those aren't necessary details, they just make you look like yet another pompous member here.

Try looking at it from the other side of the glass, this is ludicrous.
 
Awesome thread! :D Thanks OP

If you didn't get a laugh out of this thread well then you need to lighten up. :rolleyes:


Congrats OP go with rMBP! ;)
 
duggram said:
About the arsetards (BTW I like your definition), it is amazing to look at the responses I'm getting here. I posted the exact same question on two other forums this morning at the same time. One forum is in a general discussion area for motorcycles where people talk about a wide range of topics. The response there is TOTALLY different.

There have been no derogatory comments directed at me. They get it and reply appropriately. They are humorous. They are understanding.
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Just because many of the responses have been different on other forums they have been here, doesn't mean they're not better responses.

If you only want to hear responses from people who reinforce your own thoughts, then perhaps you should just discuss things like this with your own friends. :confused: They're probably more like-minded than complete strangers on the internet are.

You're trying to one-up your wife because she bought something expensive. If you want, or need, a new laptop, and you can afford it, then buy a new laptop. I don't think anybody is telling you not to spend money if you have it. People are only saying that +1ing your wife sounds like a crappy way to deal with it.

But hey......it's your marriage. ;)
 
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Nabooly said:
Awesome thread! :D Thanks OP

If you didn't get a laugh out of this thread well then you need to lighten up. :rolleyes:


Congrats OP go with rMBP! ;)
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Couldn't agree more. Most entertaining thread ever. And it truely shows people's character.

Some of the moralistic, self-aggrandizing, and self-righteous comments in this thread are simply hilarious. The people who made them don't realize that they are doing exactly the same thing as the OP. Flauting your superior morals and art of life is no different than flaunting your lust for a 3200$ rMBP. :D
 
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duggram said:
Unless someone here has a better idea.
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Better's subjective. I can tell you the high ticket items I'd buy but whether they're better to you is another matter entirely. I wouldn't necessarily make a retaliatory purchase in response to my wife but that's just not how we operate. To each his own.
 
HighTopFade said:
Sounds to me the original post was just poking a little fun at marriage. Seemed like clean and innocent fun.
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It all depends. There are lots of kids here who wouldn't get it and there are lots of people who feel jealous because you can afford things they can't. If you can't anticipate your audience should your really post it here? Sure, but then don't act all surprised at the flak coming your way.

As for me, I maintain a simple "no $#&$)#@ wife - no problem". But that aside, unannounced purchases would certainly piss me off. If say my wife bought a German car without my knowledge. That would be grounds for immediate divorce and possible some property damage (said car).

P.S. Jessica is my favorite. She is either a very opinionated raging feminist or a very eloquent troll. You gotta love her!
 
After reading a lot of the replies, it sounds like there are A LOT of single people here. A married man, one who values his marriage, would know to pick his battles.

A small indulgence by the missus. Seems it won't affect the family finances much, not a battle worth fighting. A women remembers every little fight and each successive fight becomes a bigger issue. She'll go John Rambo on you, "Don't push it or I'll give you a war you won't believe. Let it go. Let it go."
 
If she is making 5X as much as you then your rMBP is actually a bigger expense from your budget since it's about half the cost of the sewing machine and not 5X less, so your splurge could be consider bigger :p

Hope you guys enjoy the toys, but I have to ask what model is that sewing machine? does it have an A9 processor? :D

Also, what state are you guys at? Might consider a move in a few years if $ is good.
 
Yesterday we took the wife's windows laptop in to BestBuy for an OS problem. On the way in I said I might buy a new laptop. She shrugged her shoulders and said "Whatever makes you happy." There was never a doubt in my mind that this scenario would play out like this.

We've known each other for 5 years and we've been married for 3.5 years. We've never had a fight. She is the most reasonable woman I've ever met. If we disagree on something we talk about it for a few seconds and we both compromise till we come up with a solution. We don't have enough life left to do it any other way, and we really do love each other.

BTW I got the 2.6, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD rMBA. The Apple evangelist said that not many people realize that the larger an SSD is the faster it is. I'm sure it all contributes to performance and this thing is a screamer. I won't have any trouble getting used to this bigger, lighter laptop.
 
Nice machine you ended up with there duggram.

Sounds like you two have a great marriage. Best of luck to both of you.
 
rhett7660 said:
Good god man, what type of Sewing Machine did she buy? I am just curious because my wife bought a $300.00 one and I thought that was expensive lol
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It comes in 3 boxes, 2 of which were heavy. Later I found out that it comes with its own laptop, which hasn't arrived yet. I think it's a Brother. I'm looking forward to some great sewing from that thing.
 
duggram said:
It comes in 3 boxes, 2 of which were heavy. Later I found out that it comes with its own laptop, which hasn't arrived yet. I think it's a Brother. I'm looking forward to some great sewing from that thing.
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Is she running a textile factory as a side job?
 
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