David62882
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You know you're in trouble when B&H calls home and leaves you a message wishing happy holidays and your wife picks up the message! (True story!)
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So much for hiding the cost from my wife!!
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kbmooleni
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that d100 (beautiful as it is) may get a bit cold and hard in the dead of night.......
I know my wife reads these boards...so honey, just kidding ...
Kurt ... lookin' carefully over my shoulder!
Rich S.
Member
I design and make furniture and use the D100 to take pictures of my work. I'll design and make a dinning room set for you that she will love and thank you dearly for buying the D100 
Kurt-WI
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Tis true indeed... in all seroiusness, I'll give up my camera and the toys before giving up my wonderful bride of 25 years.
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--I know my wife reads these boards...so honey, just kidding ...
Kurt ... lookin' carefully over my shoulder!
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Atlanta-Mike
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I won't really have a chance to use it until this Saturday. I will let you know then.
Mike H
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Estuardo
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Let's see, I enjoy (love ?) my hobby a lot, I put a lot of time, money, care and attention into it (camera, lenses, computer, etc.), the camera/lenses don't talk back or ask anything of me (although I have to be careful of my computer manytimes it [always will be an "it"] WILL talk back to me (beeps, text, images, etc.). And of course, I have no other concerns, obligations or responsibilities other than to myself
Enjoying my freedom,
Stu
Enjoying my freedom,
Stu
you know, being single (me too) is one thing.... i actually feel bad buying the camera... and I found a way to release this bad feeling thoughout my life (i'm only 27).... here is what i did.
After I bought my 2nd Mercedes, I bought my dad an exact one only his has 4 doors, mine is 2 door. B/c I felt bad that I'm driving better than what he is driving...
After I bought a Canon EOS 1n-RS plus serveral 2.8 zoom lenses, I bought him a Nikon F5 for his birthday... b/c I felt bad using things better than he's using (altho he had lots other super nice cameras)...............
After I bought a Digital Nikon CP990, I DIDN'T felt bad at all.... BUT then he started to become interested in digital photography, and last month, I bought him a D100............................................................ b/c, I felt bad he doesn't have a digital camera and I do......
I guess he taught his sons good... (sorry if this sounds like showing off wealth, no... i'm just giving out a real example in another way similiar to the wife-effect)
After I bought my 2nd Mercedes, I bought my dad an exact one only his has 4 doors, mine is 2 door. B/c I felt bad that I'm driving better than what he is driving...
After I bought a Canon EOS 1n-RS plus serveral 2.8 zoom lenses, I bought him a Nikon F5 for his birthday... b/c I felt bad using things better than he's using (altho he had lots other super nice cameras)...............
After I bought a Digital Nikon CP990, I DIDN'T felt bad at all.... BUT then he started to become interested in digital photography, and last month, I bought him a D100............................................................ b/c, I felt bad he doesn't have a digital camera and I do......
I guess he taught his sons good... (sorry if this sounds like showing off wealth, no... i'm just giving out a real example in another way similiar to the wife-effect)
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Sometimes when women say "do as you like", you can go ahead. Sometimes you'd better not. They forget and forgive after a while, though.
Well, I did it!! I ordered the D100, lenses, bag, filters and an
extra battery last night. Most of it should be here either
tomorrow or the next day.
I was not going to tell my wife how much this cost since she did
say "Hun if you need a new camera, get one". But Discover Card
called the house this morning to make sure the charges were ok.
She then called me and asked, "Did you charge $xxx.xx at B&H and
$x,xxx.xx at Wolf Camera.com"?
Why do I smell an new dinning room set coming?
Mike H
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jeremiah johnson
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Do whatever it takes to keep her happy, dude. Women like to feel a personal and emotional connection to the people in their lives, and they rarely get it, in my experience. If you can keep her emotionally happy you can buy whatever you want without having to reimburse her with things she wants, because all she'll want is to see the smile on your face when the package arrives.
This is what the women in my life have told me anyway. The same is true the other way around also. Women I love can get and do anything they want, and as long as I see them happy, its all I need (because its all I've ever wanted.)
This is what the women in my life have told me anyway. The same is true the other way around also. Women I love can get and do anything they want, and as long as I see them happy, its all I need (because its all I've ever wanted.)
Well, I did it!! I ordered the D100, lenses, bag, filters and an
extra battery last night. Most of it should be here either
tomorrow or the next day.
I was not going to tell my wife how much this cost since she did
say "Hun if you need a new camera, get one". But Discover Card
called the house this morning to make sure the charges were ok.
She then called me and asked, "Did you charge $xxx.xx at B&H and
$x,xxx.xx at Wolf Camera.com"?
Why do I smell an new dinning room set coming?
Mike H
Oili helenius
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This is not fair guys! All this talk and I have purchased everything, car, house, cameras AND sewing machine just by myself! ;-)
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---------- not missed on many of us -- but the real point of this thread and the other one is the deviance of women – this poor man just fell for the oldest trick in the women’s arsenal, no matter how long you stay married to them they always have the “them and us” mentality in dealing with their husbands or boyfriends (pre marriage).
Single people are more attuned to this con but may go along with a woman’s ploy for obvious reasons – we won’t go into details. Suffice to say the poor man is an innocent who believes his wife stops all those silly games and he keeps falling for the old traps, and even more readily the longer he is married to the same woman.
Truth be told most women run rings around their men folk and if they live to be 150 years married the man is still falling for the woman’s wiles.
But, as long as we (men) don’t let on that we know – it’s fine!!!!
)
Single people are more attuned to this con but may go along with a woman’s ploy for obvious reasons – we won’t go into details. Suffice to say the poor man is an innocent who believes his wife stops all those silly games and he keeps falling for the old traps, and even more readily the longer he is married to the same woman.
Truth be told most women run rings around their men folk and if they live to be 150 years married the man is still falling for the woman’s wiles.
But, as long as we (men) don’t let on that we know – it’s fine!!!!
)Kinda sad, when we want something we need to beg or hide it, if they find out it will cost us dearly. But if they want something all they need to do is come into a room and offer sx and before you know if we have given in to all their demands. If only it could be that easy for us
This is what the women in my life have told me anyway. The same is
true the other way around also. Women I love can get and do
anything they want, and as long as I see them happy, its all I need
(because its all I've ever wanted.)
Well, I did it!! I ordered the D100, lenses, bag, filters and an
extra battery last night. Most of it should be here either
tomorrow or the next day.
I was not going to tell my wife how much this cost since she did
say "Hun if you need a new camera, get one". But Discover Card
called the house this morning to make sure the charges were ok.
She then called me and asked, "Did you charge $xxx.xx at B&H and
$x,xxx.xx at Wolf Camera.com"?
Why do I smell an new dinning room set coming?
Mike H
Alan Shutko
Well-known member
Trust me, hiding the cost is the worst thing you could do! You lose the ability to desensitize your wife to your purchases!
A few years back, I had to seriously work on my wife to finagle a grey market Nikkor 20mm AF. Earlier this year I got the D1x (courtesy a bonus from work for a rather evil project). She knew exactly what it (and the various extras) cost. A couple months thereafter, it wasn't too hard to convince her that I needed an AF-S 80-200 in time for my sister's wedding. And recently we'd been discussing a decent tripod. Sunday, I said I'd like to go into B&H to pick up one. She said "Sure."
"You realize that in order to make the trip worthwhile, so I won't have to keep upgrading, it's not going to be cheap."
"Sure."
"You realize that 'not cheap' is around a grand, right, before getting the QR plates or bags?"
"Yep."
It's a wonderful thing, I tell you.
A few years back, I had to seriously work on my wife to finagle a grey market Nikkor 20mm AF. Earlier this year I got the D1x (courtesy a bonus from work for a rather evil project). She knew exactly what it (and the various extras) cost. A couple months thereafter, it wasn't too hard to convince her that I needed an AF-S 80-200 in time for my sister's wedding. And recently we'd been discussing a decent tripod. Sunday, I said I'd like to go into B&H to pick up one. She said "Sure."
"You realize that in order to make the trip worthwhile, so I won't have to keep upgrading, it's not going to be cheap."
"Sure."
"You realize that 'not cheap' is around a grand, right, before getting the QR plates or bags?"
"Yep."
It's a wonderful thing, I tell you.
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