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Well, I decided against the Chicago condo. I truthfully did give it the time of day and thought about location and, unlike her, thought about how I would benefit. In the end, it just wasn’t a good investment. Long story short, she’s pouting and giving me one word answers ( i.e. “ How was your day? Good.” “ What’d you do all day? Nothing”) Maybe I should go back and break it down for her. If you want a decent/average condo in downtown Chicago is about $1,500, but “ average” isn’t good enough for her so lets say I shell out $2k a month for 12 months, that’s $24k a year, not even including how much money she’ll spend shopping in a year, easily $5k so that’s almost 30k being spent on something I’ll hardly ever use. I could buy a boat instead( if I actually liked being on them haha).
Last edited by irishfan77; 05-29-2014 at 09:14 AM..
So, I guess the indirect answer is that yes, she would leave you if you lost your money. That's some "partner'' you got there. You might want to do a break-down of what you have spent over the years for what amounts to a business arrangement (euphemism for something else).
So, I guess the indirect answer is that yes, she would leave you if you lost your money. That's some "partner'' you got there. You might want to do a break-down of what you have spent over the years for what amounts to a business arrangement (euphemism for something else).
You might want to suggest to her that she can get a job to make it doable. And when she responds, "no, I'm not a workhorse", then you respond, "then you don't need nor want this condo bad enough."
You might want to suggest to her that she can get a job to make it doable. And when she responds, "no, I'm not a workhorse", then you respond, "then you don't need nor want this condo bad enough."
The girl needs to learn.
Let me ask you this, and please don't read this in a snobbish tone, but who would hire a women with no college background and who hasn't worked in over a decade? Go back to waitressing?
Neither of my older sons have college backgrounds (yet), and they both work.
Yes, waitressing. Retail. Service industry. Receptionist.
What you have done is raised yourself a hothouse flower who (supposedly) cannot survive in just any environment. It's ALL in your heads, though. Both of you have a VERY small comfort zone.
It's why your marriage is stuck in this death spiral.
The condo is just a symptom of a bigger problem. You and she want different things. I've said several times that you need to talk about the next chapter. If you want different things maybe you proceed apart.
I would love a vacation condo to enjoy WITH my husband.
Well, I decided against the Chicago condo. I truthfully did give it the time of day and thought about location and, unlike her, thought about how I would benefit. In the end, it just wasn’t a good investment. Long story short, she’s pouting and giving me one word answers ( i.e. “ How was your day? Good.” “ What’d you do all day? Nothing”) Maybe I should go back and break it down for her. If you want a decent/average condo in downtown Chicago is about $1,500, but “ average” isn’t good enough for her so lets say I shell out $2k a month for 12 months, that’s $24k a year, not even including how much money she’ll spend shopping in a year, easily $5k so that’s almost 30k being spent on something I’ll hardly ever use. I could buy a boat instead( if I actually liked being on them haha).
Why go back and break it down for her? You've already pointed out that she's not intelligent; she's not hard working and lacks the ability to appreciate the value of such virtue... And ultimately she doesn't really care as her wants supersedes just about everything.
It's not a matter of what possible benefits BOTH of you could/would derive out of the condo. You're right that is not a good investment, but you should not be only looking through financial aspects. It's not a good investment for your marriage period.
But, man... You need to come up with a real explanation as to why you want to continue to invest in this marriage. A sane, emotionally healthy man would've been done and over this "marriage" a long time ago.
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