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Lol....then we are cut from the same cloth.....I am frugal...not cheap. I like nice things and living nicely and enjoy nice things but I'm not going to throw money around or spend it like it's water. Wives and money can be a real challenge...my wife is a connoisseur of wine and cooking...she's a great cook and when we travel she loves going to places like Halls Chophouse..Emeril's....Ruth Chris....etc. where a meal for 2 can often times hit $200 and more....WTF!!!!!! Some of her wines per bottle....when we cruise can hit $100 a bottle and my sphincter gets tighter than a gnat's eyelash. Reigning in a wife's' spending starts with a plan....at strategic times you reward her with unplanned niceties of things she loves.....not all the time cuz that's counter productive...she'll expect it more. My wife knows that when I splurge ( me being the frugal fk I am ) appreciates that I go above and beyond..this is training 101. They still have their opinion of you.....you just show them they are special by shocking them once in awhile with that one big showcase of a diamond ring....that $200 bottle of wine.....that one thing in particular they try and tell you about that you just look at them....fart....and walk away.
