Hypothetically speaking watch purchase asking for a friend

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I think you don't give your friend enough credit. A man that brave with that much integrity is probably brave enough to share his feelings with with his wife.
 
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To buy or not buy some stupid watch? I think your friend should come strip bar hopping with me and learn how to get into some REAL trouble. 😁
 
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I say buy the watch if you want it and could afford it. Those that claim equality and transparency are just held by their nuts by their significant other(. No balls)
 
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You haven’t tried her cooking, I do the cooking in the house.

I think you mean your friend does the cooking. 😉
 
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I think you mean your friend does the cooking. 😉
Shoot, yes I’ve had his food often he is a very good cook.
 
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Thanks for bearing with me here all. The guy got the news about funds being offered kind of out of the blue today. It has been so long he forgot about it and didn’t think anything would come of it. Along with screwing up his hand the dude also wrecked his shoulder during this process but that is just a way too long story to get into. So they guy has calmed down now. This isn’t a large sum of money anyway but enough where he could pick a somewhat decent watch, that’s all he really wants, without having to dip into his current savings etc. the dude would much prefer to have his hand and shoulder normal than cash or a watch. He gets along ok the pain is tolerable. So who knows, we will see what happens.
 
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Thanks for bearing with me here all. The guy got the news about funds being offered kind of out of the blue today. It has been so long he forgot about it and didn’t think anything would come of it. Along with screwing up his hand the dude also wrecked his shoulder during this process but that is just a way too long story to get into. So they guy has calmed down now. This isn’t a large sum of money anyway but enough where he could pick a somewhat decent watch, that’s all he really wants, without having to dip into his current savings etc. the dude would much prefer to have his hand and shoulder normal than cash or a watch. He gets along ok the pain is tolerable. So who knows, we will see what happens.

So what did the dude end up doing?
 
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So what did the dude end up doing?
Ha the thread is back. The dude is still in the contemplation stage as far as I know. The dude has not moved into the action stage. Plus it was recommended by the dude handling the whole money part the dude hold out for a little more money. The dude was like “well it’s been so long I forgot about the whole thing so what’s another undefined amount of time to wait.” It’s gives the dude time to reach out to a few people and study watches more which is good. The dude is still struggling a bit with the financial rationalization part but since this thing started he got a bonus at work and made a couple stock trades that would enable him to make a purchase but he keeps that money within the household finances. Plus the dude continues, so I hear, to work with the homeless and others who struggle everyday to keep a roof over their head and food on the table so he goes through periods where watches seem quite frivolous in general and considers buying a timex and deleting any accounts he may allegedly have on any watch forums if he does and practice his survival skills so he is prepared for the apocalypse
 
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I dont understand Men who marry Women who then dictate to them how they will be allowed to spend the money they earned. I've been married for thirty years and NEVER have I told my wife how to spend her Money and she has never tried to tell me how to spend mine, I see these posts far to often and have to wonder how much of this is a joke???
 
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I dont understand Men who marry Women who then dictate to them how they will be allowed to spend the money they earned. I've been married for thirty years and NEVER have I told my wife how to spend her Money and she has never tried to tell me how to spend mine, I see these posts far to often and have to wonder how much of this is a joke???
About 50%
 
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I dont understand Men who marry Women who then dictate to them how they will be allowed to spend the money they earned.
Must not live in a community property state. 😁
 
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Must not live in a community property state. 😁

I do..I live in California. I think perhaps I'm very lucky as I married a French citizen who loves me more than money....I know it also doesn't hurt that we both had good careers.
 
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don't ever put things off or wait for a better time, I did, I always thought about things too much, to the point where I would miss out on a situation and put it down to Karma, on 13th June 2018 I had a head ache, I started getting pins and needles down my right side, I called an ambulace it took 15 mins to get to me, I was having a massive stroke, im slowly getting better.... and im trully thankfull for everything i have left and the things im going to get back, but the things i put off doing when i could have had or done them i can never have again....
 
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don't ever put things off or wait for a better time, I did, I always thought about things too much, to the point where I would miss out on a situation and put it down to Karma, on 13th June 2018 I had a head ache, I started getting pins and needles down my right side, I called an ambulace it took 15 mins to get to me, I was having a massive stroke, im slowly getting better.... and im trully thankfull for everything i have left and the things im going to get back, but the things i put off doing when i could have had or done them i can never have again....
Damn that is an extreme example but your point is taken. Main thing is your recovering well. Strokes are scary as hell to me. They come out of nowhere to perfectly healthy people I’ve seen people recover fine and others who broke my heart. One time I was fishing on a pier and I saw a guy making his way towards me. Took him a long while. He began talking to me at first I assumed he was intoxicated but he finally got out he had a horrible stroke, was recovering, he really missed fishing and asked if I could let him fish with my pole for a minute.

He couldn’t hold the rod and reel by himself so I helped him he walked away happy as hec. Really left an impression on me. I hope you and he are doing well today, that’s the kind of stuff that makes worrying about watches silly
 
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yep, I wish I could walk !.. I had the best life ever, or so i thought.I was 47, I call it having "my reset button pressed" my stroke was and is just incredibly sad for me and my wife.... I can just about stand up now, last month was the first time i could dress myself..... a stroke to me is a gift that keeps on giving as everyday i get a little better, i would hate to have a desease that made me worse everyday. So i regard myself as lucky, i met many poor soles in hospital that were in a far worse state than myself.... i was a superbike racer had owned a rake of porsche's and woked in the movie industry.... and im glad i did no regrets. I now have a new life to perfect... new goals and to hopfully give a bit back to other people that have gone through simlar things to me.
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I dont understand Men who marry Women who then dictate to them how they will be allowed to spend the money they earned. I've been married for thirty years and NEVER have I told my wife how to spend her Money and she has never tried to tell me how to spend mine, I see these posts far to often and have to wonder how much of this is a joke???

My wife is the Treasurer for a company with 4 billion dollar per year revenue. I am fortunate that we don't have separate accounts because she makes a lot more than me. It's working for us because this year we celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. Different strokes for different folks I guess. Whatever keeps you together.
 
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yep, I wish I could walk !.. I had the best life ever, or so i thought.I was 47, I call it having "my reset button pressed" my stroke was and is just incredibly sad for me and my wife.... I can just about stand up now, last month was the first time i could dress myself..... a stroke to me is a gift that keeps on giving as everyday i get a little better, i would hate to have a desease that made me worse everyday. So i regard myself as lucky, i met many poor soles in hospital that were in a far worse state than myself.... i was a superbike racer had owned a rake of porsche's and woked in the movie industry.... and im glad i did no regrets. I now have a new life to perfect... new goals and to hopfully give a bit back to other people that have gone through simlar things to me.
Very good attitude. Once in a while I go to a spiritual retreat, just a catholic thing I do. Once as I was arriving at the retreat center I was walking into the entrance. There was a bunch of gentleman in wheelchairs gathered out front. They had just finished a retreat of their own. They looked at me and a couple friends and said “here come the TABS” I stopped and asked what they meant, they said that’s what we call you guys, “temporarily able bodied.” Another thing that always stuck with me.
 
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I dont understand Men who marry Women who then dictate to them how they will be allowed to spend the money they earned. I've been married for thirty years and NEVER have I told my wife how to spend her Money and she has never tried to tell me how to spend mine, I see these posts far to often and have to wonder how much of this is a joke???

My wife has also never told me *how* to spend my money. She just spends it.
 
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hey, just live your life, have no regrets and have fun, nobody arrives at the end of it fit and healthy, you should arrive at those pearly gates on fire, backwards in a Ferrari. I know i will !