Jeff, food for thought....you could do a short profile of some of the tolerant audio wives listed in this thread with an accompanying pic or two of them in their spouses listening rooms and a short Q&A for perspective....would probably help the overall audio community to be able to share stories of other put upon wives with our own and for those of us blessed with tolerant wives, give them some recognition beyond our groveling!
WAF of the Month!
We actually have a story or two in the pipeline, that's why I started this thread. Now that we will be featuring a female
writer that will be reviewing gear on a regular, we will be getting her perspective a lot more going forward.
As a happily married guy, I think I understand somewhat the dynamics of negotiation with this stuff. But another key
fact is that women like to talk about stuff they want to buy (like couches, etc) as an "US" purchase. They will say things
like, "That stereo is for you, but the COUCH is for the whole family to enjoy.."
The key is to move as many electronics purchases to the US side of the spreadsheet as possible.
Case in point, when we had the Sooloos music server in for review, my wife said "we need to get this thing,
it's great!" To which I said: "Seeing you like it too, does it count as an US purchase?"
She agreed and I didn't have to fight her on the Sooloos. And to make it even better, our teenage
daughter spends about 80% of the time she used to spend watching TV listening to music. And my
mother in law (who is awesome) always plays with it when she comes over, so it truly is something
that the whole family does enjoy.
So if we can get our better halves more excited about the experience it will get easier to buy
the stuff we want in the first place.
Guys are you with me?
