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My wife just found out how much I spent on the 1DsII...

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Do you know the one of the guy whos VISA was robbed but kept silent and didn't report a thing to the bank or police?

Ps: The thief was waisting less than his wife :-)

Bottom line: Live happy

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Paulo Abreu,

'It is not worthy to make a video of your life - just keep the best moments in pictures!'
 
Michael, You have the answer! My next purchase is going to take a while but I can wait. My X-wife took my porsche and I want another. That's a lot of lunch money to save but I can do it.

I don't mean to make anyone angry. I did read the entire post. Did you read mine? My wife and I have seperate accounts too but we still respect each other. Like I said it's a 50-50 deal here. It's not my money and this is yours. You're married and \you should act as one. We do have seperate accounts but we have those for legal reasons. Even with the seperate accounts we still get the others approval on purchases over a hundred or so dollars. I respect and love my wife and want to keep this one.
 
A purse for $1300? Duh. My fiance would kill me if i bought her anything so expensive and unpractical as this. She's a more reasonable spender than i am, plus she doesn't buy jewellery and cosmetics, but she does approve of all my photography purchases so far.

I really love You Honey :*

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You should have bought a MF digital backs first. After she frowns upon that, return the digital back and buy your 1DsII. But be sure to look unhappy with the "compromise" she forced you to make.

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George
 
I mean, on one hand people say that it's a lifelong commitment rooted in understanding, affection, and respect, but then there are numerous anecdotes about having to somehow trick, mislead, or manipulate one's spouse just to maintain independence and dignity through your hobbies...
 
John Mason said:
not deprciate as much as a car?

I had my 1ds for 2 years and it lost about 60% of it's value.
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I just threw that line out there, I didn't really know how much my body was going to depreciate. I didn't expect it would be that favourable anyway, given that it's a digital body and it will probably be replaced with something better in 12-18 months.

Just remember though, with a car you need to repeatedly pay for consumables like petrol and maintenance items, plus labour. If my luck is good then all my 1DsII will be doing is snapping pics, which doesn't cost anything extra. Heck, it may even make some money. Here's hoping. :)

BTW, she's not absolutely furious , just a little unhappy at the extra debt. She doesn't look after the money side of things so she tends to worry more when she hears big numbers like that.
 
Just to clarify, this was meant as a light hearted thread. I'm sure many have run into this situation. In my case, she wasn't happy but she's not going to hold it against me for the next 3 months. Although we generally pool our income and expenses it's a business purchase, so she won't be paying for it. I'm an amateur so I may never actually cover the cost price, but I do run my setup as a business. That means I can legitimately claim GST and depreciation. (I can't claim a loss since my other business venture is profitable.)

Anyway, we do have a baby on the way so it's going to get a lot of use in the next few months. Please don't tell the tax office that I'm taking personal snaps with it! ;)
 
Where is the trust and sharing? All this runaround and deceipt can be avoided by talking about it ahead of time. My wife is my life partner and we intend to keep it that way through good open communication.

I had been talking about the $8000 camera to my wife for months. So when I snapped up a $3400 used 1DII instead, she was delighted. This last weekend she accidentially put a nice scratch on it with her ring. I told her it was no big deal, just that it would likely be worth less at trade in time. Her comment was that the $8000 camera would now cost me more. She has already accepted that I will eventually get it. Actually I have my eye on a 400 DO, but since I have only had the 1DII a month I haven't brought up the subject yet. But she will know about it before I buy it.

Some of the best advice my dad ever gave me, "Sometimes you just gotta tell em what you are going to do."
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BillG
 
right now you should be making and framing awesome prints for her.

Next time let her know your going to be speding a little money on camera stuff when she's on the phone or when she's extremely tired and falling asleep, so she just ya-yas you. That way you can tell her that you got her okay first.

Take a photo class together.

You might try getting a 10D or 20D for her for her birthday or Christmas. Later buy here a 400 f/2.8 IS that she can't lift, oh shucks, I guess you'll just have to use it. LOL

Hide your visa bill or shred it.

Buy her something crazy-expensive to compensate.

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Jason
 
Bill Gilbertson said:
Where is the trust and sharing? All this runaround and deceipt can
be avoided by talking about it ahead of time. My wife is my life
partner and we intend to keep it that way through good open
communication.
I had been talking about the $8000 camera to my wife for months.
So when I snapped up a $3400 used 1DII instead, she was delighted.
This last weekend she accidentially put a nice scratch on it with
her ring. I told her it was no big deal, just that it would likely
be worth less at trade in time. Her comment was that the $8000
camera would now cost me more. She has already accepted that I
will eventually get it. Actually I have my eye on a 400 DO, but
since I have only had the 1DII a month I haven't brought up the
subject yet. But she will know about it before I buy it.
Some of the best advice my dad ever gave me, "Sometimes you just
gotta tell em what you are going to do."
--
BillG
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I am already talking my missus around to one of the superteles. She doesn't really care, I must say. She had no prpoblems with me spending $7K on the 1D2 and realizes good glass is an investment. When she sees the amazing image quality and prints she forgets all about the dollars.
 
It does appear most married females are a bit boring about financial security over cameras. As gossip goes one can only imagine how the women talk about it. Sometimes old reliable wartime strategy seems to work best ... until death do us part... "I can tell you now. We've made it to the other side." :-) To do it a resolve of flexible aluminum is definitely not strong as steel. See my lips, they're not moving... scrawled on scrap paper ;-).
Torch
 
I just sold the missus at an auction to raise the funds for the purchase. Fortunately she had gold teeth and hence was of some value.

Ah yes...

Now she will never complain again

Long live the 1 Ds II
 
Rowan,

Why are you whining to us about that which should be a personal matter between you an your wife. Dare I say you're acting like an eight year old. Grow up!
 
Hey man - she's you wife. ALWAYS TALK TO HER! If you're married you need to agree on how you spend your money, otherwise you're heading for trouble (and that WILL cost you serious money).

My approach is to say that this is my hobby and that I choose to prioritize over other potential expenses (e.g. sportscar, motorcycle, expensive HiFi equipment, boat, etc.). Hopefully she will agree.

I also think that these types of reactions from our S.O.s are very helpful if it can stop us from becoming too technology/gear focused in our photography - will that new camera/lense really improve your photography? I'm sure that the biggest limit to our photography lie in ourselves rather than in our gear. Instead of spending €500 on a new lense, spend it on a photography trip...
 
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