The funny thing about women

[roland.g]

Well honestly.......Remember your goal is to help the other person take their blinders off, not put up defenses.

Thanks.

Well hopefully you hinted hard enough for her to have ordered it already. Unfortunately I doubt it'll be an accessible gift for Father's Day. Orders placed in May are shipping in July. I feel like late May orders will go to August. In any case I hope you get your watch one way or another!

I'm not going to get worked up one way or another. I do feel like at some point lead times will improve and that a July order will ship within a week or so for any model. Maybe she'll get me one, maybe she won't. Maybe I will. Maybe I'll just wait to see what happens in 2016. Like I said I would love it as a gift but for all my explaining (hope it doesn't sound like whining), I am oddly not crazy for it - yet

 

[Mymosa]

Out numbered!

I'm glad to see the women representing!! Not to jump on you OP!

I deal with it all the time. Go on the gamer boards or the boards posting about things like the Marvel Universe and it's the same thing! In the dating ad's people need to do full disclosure! I would love to see "looking for a female who would love to spend more time in Home Depot than Macy's! or "looking for someone who would rather get a set of tools rather than a set of pearls!!"
or even "loves tent camping better than a 5 star hotel"
Don't get me wrong though my favorite color is pink, and I better not break a nail doing all that!!!!!

 

[Aniseedvan]

Strangely compelled to chip in
Another tech wife here, also over 40... I've given up trying to change the perception that socially I might know what I'm talking about...
Started when I was the only girl on my computer science degree, and came top that year, worked in IT ever since!

Husband will never have an AW as he's an android phone man. He's also not as much of a geek as me to want a smart watch... That said I bet if I bought him one (like I bought his fenix) he wouldn't say no...

 

[roland.g]

Maybe there should be a new poll.

In your relationship who has the Apple Watch and who wanted it first.

1. Wife

2. Husband

3. Both

4. She did/I did

5. He did/I did

You can set them up so you can vote for 1-3 and 4 v 5.

I'm not taking this one on. I've already gotten too much flak for not seeing the bigger picture here.

 

[bunnicula]

I'm glad to see the women representing!! Not to jump on you OP!

I deal with it all the time. Go on the gamer boards or the boards posting about things like the Marvel Universe and it's the same thing! In the dating ad's people need to do full disclosure! I would love to see "looking for a female who would love to spend more time in Home Depot than Macy's! or "looking for someone who would rather get a set of tools rather than a set of pearls!!"
or even "loves tent camping better than a 5 star hotel"
Don't get me wrong though my favorite color is pink, and I better not break a nail doing all that!!!!!

You had me until you wanted me to camp or give up pearls for tools.

Otherwise, you and I agree... except my favorite color is purple.

I do hate it when people assume that only guys are into geeky gadgets and tech. I mean, damn. What about that says "women won't like this?"

I'm a woman and I am a self-admitted gadget whore. And proud of it. LOL.

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Strangely compelled to chip in
Another tech wife here, also over 40... I've given up trying to change the perception that socially I might know what I'm talking about...
Started when I was the only girl on my computer science degree, and came too that year, worked in IT ever since!

Husband will never have an AW as he's an android phone man. He's also not as much of a geek as me to want a smart watch... That said I bet if I bought him one (like I bought his fenix) he wouldn't say no...

Oh wow... you're an Apple/Droid household?

That's a tough one.

My husband took some convincing, because, as an IT guy, he was always convinced that Apple stuff was for people who couldn't build a computer.

Then, he met me and I can build a computer and while I don't have a comp sci degree, I'm fascinated by tech instead of intimidated by it.

He watched me with my first gen iPhone and ultimately had to admit that it was a really nice machine. He never hated on Apple, I mean, he had an iPod and all that. He just clung to his Sony candybar phone for a couple more years until the 3GS came out and he decided it was time to buy one.

Since then, he's either taken my previous gen phone or bought a new one now and then. He got a new 5 and he's got a new 6 (I bought him the 6, though, for an early birthday present).


He has an Apple Watch, but it was his anniversary present. He loves it!

If he was heavily into Droid, I would hope we could have a harmonious household, of course. Luckily, all the kids like Apple stuff, so no family squabbles, either.

 

[Aniseedvan]

Don't worry, it's not evangelical here. I was in the android camp - ordered the nexus one straight from Google and loved it. beat the socks off the first iPhone. Upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy s2 and when Samsung bricked it through kies, that was the beginning of the end for me..
He has my old iPad2, and an iPad Air v1 so toes in both waters

 

[bunnicula]

Don't worry, it's not evangelical here. I was in the android camp - ordered the nexus one straight from Google and loved it. beat the socks off the first iPhone. Upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy s2 and when Samsung bricked it through kies, that was the beginning of the end for me..
He has my old iPad2, and an iPad Air v1 so toes in both waters

That's how we roll over here with the Mac vs Windows stuff. In fact, I rather like the Surface. And husband has an iPad AND an Asus tablet that runs Windows. It's a pretty cool little device, given the price.

 

[greytmom]

I'm a girl, and I'm a total Apple geek.

 

[hlfway2anywhere]

Just throwing this out there since the poll implies that the women in your life DO care, at least a little, in the last option.

 

[Bbqthis]

I drove a cumulative 300 miles and waited in 3 lines for a total of 22 hours so my wife could get her 6 Plus...

 

[roland.g]

Just throwing this out there since the poll implies that the women in your life DO care, at least a little, in the last option.

Weird Al - is that you?

 

[makefunnyfaces]

I was just telling my boyfriend today about how several men on here complain about how their significant others complain when they buy new tech pieces. Luckily, boyfriend and I are both into Apple, so we are always excited about the latest stuff. He ordered a 38mm milanese, and I ordered a 42mm SS WSB.

 

[flur]

I was just telling my boyfriend today about how several men on here complain about how their significant others complain when they buy new tech pieces. Luckily, boyfriend and I are both into Apple, so we are always excited about the latest stuff. He ordered a 38mm milanese, and I ordered a 42mm SS WSB.

LOL. I complain when my husband DOESN'T buy new tech. He keeps stuff forever, even after it stops working properly. It's a bit easier now that I'm in the Apple ecosystem - I can just upgrade and give him my old stuff, so while he's not current, at least everything he has works.

 

[Yptcn]

Add me to the growing number of females on this thread who are the tech nerds in the relationship.

My husband couldn't care less about any of it, except for wanting a gadget that makes his life easier. For smartphones, for the last 5 years he has wanted the exact phone that I carry, so that when he can't figure out how to do something on it, we can be side by side as I walk him through the steps and he finds what he needs.

At this point, he has zero interest in Apple watch. But, he does look intrigued when I respond to a text from our children without taking my phone out of my pocket. If there are enough of these intriguing moments, I can see him telling me I should get the next generation watch when available, so that he can use the watch I'm wearing. (This is exactly what happened in our family with iPads.)

LOL , same here ! My husband just started using my "old' iPhone 5 when the even older Blackberry died a few months ago. He actually likes it but has a tough time saying so

 

[Mindinversion]

I gotta say, fairly entertaining thread. It's nice to see such a female tech presence . . anywhere really. We all know you're out there, but you're a sorely underrepresented group.

As for my wife, she eyerolled a bit when I first told her I ordered my Watch. Then a month went by, and I caved and upped the ante, ordering the 38mm SS BSB on the 11th [it showed up yesterday BTW]

As I'm unboxing it, having said NOTHING for the entire month, she simply says "thanks for the watch, it'd look better on me"

--Husband knows that's code for "I don't care if I get the one you have and you trade up or you get me my own, but you better do it fast"

She did this to me with the iPhone 6 and the iPad, as well.

And she knows she can get away with it, because she's letting *ME* "get away with it" .. well, kinda. She still likes to throw it back in my teeth when money temporarily gets tight.

At the end of the day she's a gamer, she enjoys OWNING shiny tech, and that's [mostly] good enough for me.

I just wish she'd stop being lazy and learn to support and maintain her equipment. DRIVES ME NUTS when she starts complaining about lag or network issues like I'm her own personal Roy Trenneman

 

[karinatwork]

My husband is like your wife.
It has really nothing to do with gender.

 

[Mymosa]

You had me until you wanted me to camp or give up pearls for tools.

Otherwise, you and I agree... except my favorite color is purple.

I do hate it when people assume that only guys are into geeky gadgets and tech. I mean, damn. What about that says "women won't like this?"

I'm a woman and I am a self-admitted gadget whore. And proud of it. LOL.

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That's only because I already have the pearls!!

 

[bunnicula]

That's only because I already have the pearls!!

Good point. Same here. Maybe I'll just ask for more home automation hardware.

 

[rhyme]

And it wasn't biased. I realize that I could have made the thread non-gender specific. However, the cliche is that wives roll their eyes at the latest gadget that their guys have just bought.

Think about what you've just said there. How is starting a thread that buys into and reinforces the cliche not biased?

For the record, my husband rolls his eyes at all my gadgets. I pre-ordered my watch within the first 3 minutes; my husband does not yet own a mobile phone.

 

[*GeekChic]

I'm the tech nerd in the relationship. My fiance couldn't care less about the watch but did buy it for me for my birthday (so what if it's in July ). Plus, he has a Droid (ew) and doesn't wear watches anyways.

And I hate stereotypes. Man, he like tech, woman, she like purse. Well, I like both so there.

 

[roland.g]

Think about what you've just said there. How is starting a thread that buys into and reinforces the cliche not biased?

For the record, my husband rolls his eyes at all my gadgets. I pre-ordered my watch within the first 3 minutes; my husband does not yet own a mobile phone.

Because it was not my intent to exclude anyone. I simply took what I had experienced and went from there. Is it biased? Well of course, but then is your comment and everyone else's as basically everything you might say comes through your experience and filter of perspective. How can it not be.

But was what I said framed with the intention of excluding anyone. No. In my experience guys are mostly tech and gadget freaks and women are not. However I am 43 and while a stereotype that may still hold true for my generation whereas it may not for other generations. And any statement like that is a generalization. So what.

The truth is that the discussion in this thread made me and probably some other people realize the fallacy of that assumption.

And not owning a mobile phone. Going with 'uh weird' on that one.

 

[rhyme]

However I am 43 and while a stereotype that may still hold true for my generation whereas it may not for other generations.

Sigh. I'm 41. My 69-year old mother loves her gadgets, too.

 

[echo4sierra]

got my first Apple computer in 1986-call it the tyrannomac now! the day after Steve Jobs died, my daughter and I got apple logo tattoos-hers the bondi blue, mine the rainbow striped. got an 1st gen iPhone and made it work even before ATT was in VT.

Im over 50 and female and BF is windows all the way. He just about pukes when he sees the tat on my shoulder. Don't care. He doesn't know about the watch yet. Neither of us are domestic, and I'm better at sports. He's a cat person and barely tolerates my three dogs.

what was the point of the poll again?

 

[rhyme]

The truth is that the discussion in this thread made me and probably some other people realize the fallacy of that assumption.

I missed this part of your post before. That's great to hear, and good on you for acknowledging it!

 

[Mymosa]

Because it was not my intent to exclude anyone. I simply took what I had experienced and went from there. Is it biased? Well of course, but then is your comment and everyone else's as basically everything you might say comes through your experience and filter of perspective. How can it not be.

But was what I said framed with the intention of excluding anyone. No. In my experience guys are mostly tech and gadget freaks and women are not. However I am 43 and while a stereotype that may still hold true for my generation whereas it may not for other generations. And any statement like that is a generalization. So what.

The truth is that the discussion in this thread made me and probably some other people realize the fallacy of that assumption.

And not owning a mobile phone. Going with 'uh weird' on that one.

51 year old Black female! I don't think anyone see's us when they think Tech! 1st Black woman in space was in 1956 Mae Jameson now that's some serious geekness!!

I think more mom's and dad's need to let their girls and boys play with whatever they want and we might see how different things could be. (It would be nice to have to fight someone over having to fix some thing rather than being the only one who knows how - now that sounds like what many guys might say!)

And I am with you about her SO not having a mobile phone! isn't that illegal in most states now??!!

Roland I just noticed what your avatar says!! Hilarious!!

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I'm not taking this one on. I've already gotten too much flak for not seeing the bigger picture here.

And you have taken it well!!
Hmmm I'm single but by past experience I have always wanted the tech more so I say

#4 Me did!!!