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[csimba]

Just found this thread. In the hour it took me to read through all these posts I could have watched both Oprah and Springer.
Here's a new twist: Quit your job! Sounds like the money she pisses away is more than enough for your needs. Soon you can tell her you sold off a pair of her high heels and spent the money on a six pack of tube socks. Show her the old ones with the holes.

Throw down man, and do it in a way that just leaves you laughing your ass off. The marriage is toast so ya may as well have some fun with it as it tanks. But first, siphon off 10 grand in cash so you can buy a piece of dirt after the divorce (give her EVERYTHING and walk away free) then build a cob house and grow tomatoes. Why wait for the collapse to start enjoying the post-industrial world?

[PenultimateManStanding]

A new wry humorist. cool.

[csimba]

Hey, thanks for the nice feedback - I was kinda afraid of getting a 42 paragraph rant. I gotta be careful of posting too much here lest I move out of "coal" into the less useful "tar sand".
Question- how come you don't start with firewood? Fusion is not even a hydrocarbon and it's at the top of the scale. Seems like dumb firewood ought to be given its due, especially as its importance is likely to increase in a big way
Just wondering...

[DoctorDoom]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('crapattack', 'M')en always criticise women for shopping too much, when if it weren't for women there'd be nothing in the house but a bottle of ketchup too eat, 2 stained t-shirts and a pair of mismatched socks to wear.

I hate shopping and totally appreciate when my partner buys things for me. Now, on the other hand, when it comes to tech toys I'm there.

[Barbara]

Changing one's mind about having children is not a sign of getting insane. Most people do. My husband sweared he'd never ever have kids (I was undecided), then he changed his mind and now he's the best father I've ever seen.
Also, having 1 kid is not going to kill the world environment. Is not a sign of unresponsibility. While you're saying "no" to your desire to have children, there's a chinese having his 10th kid. Make that baby, make your wife (and yourself) happy and stop finding excuses for you fear!

But keep in mind that you'll soak in children's junk your wife will be more than happy to buy. So, make it clear: "you stop with this shopping addiction and we'll have the kid, so we'll raise him in a properly way and not into this crazy consumerism".

Just my 2 cents

[skeptic]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Longsword', 'S')o now I am surrounded by singing plastic Christmas trees, 2 ipod shuffles, 2 ipod minis, 2 ipods, 2 ipod nanos (and no, the second one is not for me, she likes to buy pairs), 100s of DVDs we never have time to watch, 3 expensive cameras, 20 ceramic teapots, 55 pairs of expensive shoes that are never used…

[crapattack]

This thread again. Cripes, I got so sick of all the anti-female crap - even worse when it comes from chicks. Glad to give good laugh DoctorDoom! It's true though. Just yesterday I put 2 different socks on because they all have holes, but the Powerbook just got a brand new Seagate 100G and another G of RAM.

[Ibon]

Is spending hours on these sites and obsessing constantly on Peak Oil and being fixated on the future decline of civilization another form of addiction? I was just imagining this poor woman watching her husband constantly obsessing on peak oil and running to the mall just to re-assure herself that everything was still ok.

[SolarDave]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

I see a trend in the US that reflects something intolerable, but hard to reverse.

The folks who spend the money are generally not the folks who make the money.

Two gigantic examples come to mind:

1. Our Government - trillions into the hole in a few years
2. The American consumer - 80% of consumer spending in the US is by women. I'll wager women do not earn 80% of the money.

Both situations are completely, utterly out of control.

[Katchka]

To the original poster, regarding your wife. I'm a single parent who barely ever has 2 nickels to rub together let alone a husband who can put away $20,000 per year so that I can shop until I drop. As a matter of fact, I hate shopping, probably because I never have enough money to shop for stuff I don't need. I usually shop for stuff I do need like food and clothes for the kids. I, by my lonesome, am preparing for peak oil. I do not have a husband to fall back on when the going gets rough. It's tough being serious and responsible all the time. I wish I could just "relax" and go shopping for junk and let "hubby" take care of the bills and the future. But I can't because if I don't take care of the future, my kids and I won't have a future. So, from what I read about your wife and your situation, my assessment is that your wife is a spoiled brat and you are the enabler. Considering that approximately 80 per cent of the world's women live on the edge of poverty, starvation, abuse, homelessness, in war zones, with kids, I'm afraid I have very, very little sympathy for your and your wife's "problem". I should be so lucky as to have such "problems" as your wife's.

[Katchka]

Hell, I don't even own a car anymore! I'll need transportation when I move out to the country; I was thinking about a donkey and a cart.

Consumerism, unfortunately, has become a disease in N.A. When the "self" is unhappy and unfulfilled we tend to go shopping to fill it up. It never works. So the tendency is to buy more and more. It becomes an endless cycle of buying and spending and going broke. The "me" generation of the '80's lives on.

How about this. Why doesn't your wife donate all that money to a school lunch program in an inner city neighbourhood, or the local food bank for fresh fruits and vegetables and milk for families with kids, or buy a jacket for a young fatherless boy, or pay for music or art lessons for a poor kid who otherwise would have nothing, or pay for some childcare for a harried, stressed single mom who could use a few hours away from the routine. That might be more satisfying than buying plastic trinkets and shoes and it might open her eyes up to the real world. And she still gets to spend -- but not on herself.

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Katchka', 'T')o the original poster, regarding your wife. I'm a single parent who barely ever has 2 nickels to rub together let alone a husband who can put away $20,000 per year so that I can shop until I drop. As a matter of fact, I hate shopping, probably because I never have enough money to shop for stuff I don't need. I usually shop for stuff I do need like food and clothes for the kids. I, by my lonesome, am preparing for peak oil. I do not have a husband to fall back on when the going gets rough. It's tough being serious and responsible all the time. I wish I could just "relax" and go shopping for junk and let "hubby" take care of the bills and the future. But I can't because if I don't take care of the future, my kids and I won't have a future. So, from what I read about your wife and your situation, my assessment is that your wife is a spoiled brat and you are the enabler. Considering that approximately 80 per cent of the world's women live on the edge of poverty, starvation, abuse, homelessness, in war zones, with kids, I'm afraid I have very, very little sympathy for your and your wife's "problem". I should be so lucky as to have such "problems" as your wife's.