Wife says: "BUY SILVER"

[SilverDragon72]

See now if you were never married, you wouldn't need to ask her if you are allowed to buy it.

If it's money that YOU earned, you should be able to do what you want with it.

Your mistake was signing that marriage contract, which is really just a financial arrangement. It has nothing to do with love.

There is some truth to this....

[SilverDragon72]

You never know what kind of conversation you are going to wander into on a Realcent silver thread.

I don't believe in divorce, which is why I'm not married yet! Don't say "til death do us part" if you really only mean, "til we get tired of each others crap".

[Engineer]

Marriage changes women, and not always for the better.

It changes us menfolk too.

My therapist says its Stockholm syndrome.

[AdamsSamoa]

ha ha.... +1...

[Treetop]

I believe in marriage also, but a different type then some of the rest of you. I watched my parents in a loveless marriage my whole life. As they age, they are more and more bitter and alone. I watched the same way to relate to relationships get passed on to my siblings. They tell me they did this for us. they stayed together, sad and abrasive so we didnt see a "broken home". What do they think I saw instead? Surely not a loving happy home.

Where some of you are focusing on the "until death do us part" I focused on the "to love and cherish". You think you arent breaking your vows because you are together? pffft. If your heart is not in it, this has as much relevance as whether or not you are standing there. You picked the wrong person and dont even love them. She grew mean and bitter? Was this a lack of love perhaps? It sure seemed to be with my parents. By my math you broke the most important part of the commitment already. My wife and I grow more and more of a bond over time not less.

We reap what we sow my friends. Dont teach your kids to be empty inside like my parents taught my brothers, and I was lucky enough to bypass.

[Thogey]

Don't get me wrong dude. I love her, she is a great Mom and overall the kindest human being I know (kind to everyone but me).
We don't have a lot of conversations because I won't argue. Will I give my last drop of blood for her? Of course.

I honestly believe my wife has infinitely more value to humanity than I, and I love who she is.

But I hate static and I don't feel like arguing. So what? Do I divorce her? Hell no (I'm 25 years into it anyway). My life has more history than future.

But I refuse to have meaningless debates, with the circular logic women use.

This is why men die first, with their balls in a jar on the fireplace mantel.

We simply take the path of least resistance. Most of us do what we think is right. Because we know we are wrong, she is right, and it will never happen again.

[fansubs_ca]

If she wasn't guaranteed half the fruits of my labor, watching her sit on her ass while I strive to get ahead wouldn't bother me so much.

It does seem a bit like slavery...

[Treetop]

You sound just like my dad thogey. and "she is a great Mom and overall the kindest human being I know (kind to everyone but me)" this sounds just like my mom. Perhaps this isnt just a natural thing like so many men think, perhaps shes bitter because of a lack of love. Im not saying you treat her bad or anything like that. All those little subtle things add up though. What if she had picked a guy she COULD have that type of bond with, would she have grown so bitter?? 50 whatever percent of marriages that fail arent really because they people arent trying hard enough as many say and think, they picked the wrong people from the start. You shouldnt need to try to love, Im not sure that even makes any sense. All my peers in such relationships just grow more and more empty over the years, they consider it responsibility. I consider it broken patterns being passed from father to son and mother to daughter.

anyway. Im very sorry if I offended anyone, wasnt my goal if I did. to each his or her own.

[amalekidad]

Ha, ha. You guys may have a bigger stack than me but…..
I have a smoking hot wife
She is nice to me (most of the time)
She even ‘lets’ me come home from work (on the weekends)
Did I mention that she drives me crazy?
I even get a small corner of one closet for my stack ….
All kidding aside. Love is a verb, we work hard at it. We have been married for 34 years.
Happily married does not have to be an oxymoron. Do you put as much effort into your ‘relationship’ as your stack?

[93_Confirmed]

My wife is an anti-stacker and reminds me of the falling POS every week. She fails to understand that it's a long game and likes to mock that I went so aggressive back at $32.

[Recyclersteve]

I was thinking it would be funny if all these wives were on their own site where they are posting about us. I guess it would be called realhousewives.org!

[Tourney64]

I'll never forget my wife blowing a fuse when I spent $3,000 buying silver when the price was under $4. We had the money to do it. We celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary this weekend.

My wife's attitudes have changed over the years, but nothing like your wife zoo.

[coppers4me]

not trying to pry, But as for me and my wife, if we have issues we communicate and I mean sit down and tell each other what we really think. Sometimes it gets deeeep! but we still love each other and we get passed whatever the problem is. Sometimes we just misunderstand what the other is thinking, assuming the worst when it isn't that way at all. What i'm trying to say is DO NOT CLAM UP MAN TALK , don't be rude let her start, don't interrupt and tell her you expect the same when its your turn.

[silverflake]

Fellas, you're all making me realize how blessed I truly am! Gosh...I am 45, married my wife when I was 22 (she was 21). We met in trigonometry class in our junior year at high school in 1986 and have been together since. The secret? I married my best friend. No joke. Really good match too. She has a brain like a calculator, can squeeze 6 cents out of a nickel and does all of our short term money 'stuff'. Goes over each bill with a magnifying glass and will call cable company or telephone company to argue over a 50 cent charge for something we didn't do. I am the long term planner with investments and stacking. I keep my finger in the wind politically etc while she keeps tabs on the kids at school.

It ain't perfect but I will take it. Yes I am happy. You need to do things together other than the budget and arguing. We are avid runners so we go out together and run 10 miles. Great conversations on those runs. Reminisce with her. That's what really makes a moment sweet.

Well, she's mine and I am glad. To all you guys having issues, start with baby steps. Compliment her at least once a day. Leave notes for her. Build on that.

But don't forget to keep stacking. (Bring her in the mix on that too)

[Recyclersteve]

Sounds like we can use Dr. Phil on this thread!

[Engineer]

[Thogey]

What i'm trying to say is DO NOT CLAM UP MAN TALK , don't be rude let her start, don't interrupt and tell her you expect the same when its your turn.

I can't interrupt.

I haven't figured out how to put her head in a vice.

[Thogey]

This speaks. In so many ways.