I am not a shopping person but my wife is a real shopaholic. I find it extremely difficult to control her when she is on a shopping spree. I am perfectly fine when we shop for our necessities but when it goes beyond that then it becomes a lot scary. Your entire financial budget goes for a ride. If you say that you really can’t buy something then it can prove as mega emotional blunder and leave a big frown on the face of your wife. Your entire evening can be disrupted and if things go really bad then the anguish can continue for more than 2-3 days.
How do you prevent your wife from shopping without taking a personal blow?
Here are some of the steps that I follow:
Just avoid going to the malls. These are the places where you can be guaranteed that you would be robbed indefinitely. I generally tend to make an excuse that I am having a bad stomach or I am not feeling well. If I say that I want to watch a cricket or a football match then it might prove disastrous. So make an excuse that looks genuine. The preparation for this can start a night before that. Shopping generally happens over the weekends. So Friday and Saturday nights are very critical. This is also the time when most of the EPL and Champions league games are scheduled. So you can just lie down on the bed, enjoy the games and at the same time make sure that you have the setup the stage for the next day.
This tactic might not work always. How many weeks will you do this? You need variety. Take her to a movie next week. You will spend at least 3-4 hours and that might be just enough to distract her. Movies are cheap options and you can manage that in your budget.
The following week you can take her out to an affordable restaurant. Lunch or dinner for two is not such a costly proposition. The other alternative you have is to visit a relative’s place. Wives end up spending a lot of time chit-chatting. This way you can smartly keep them away from their shopping mission. You can also tell her that we really need to clean up the house over the weekends. This can be a great option as well.
Let me know the other options that you can think about. I would love to implement the same.
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How do you prevent your wife from shopping without taking a personal blow?
Here are some of the steps that I follow:
Just avoid going to the malls. These are the places where you can be guaranteed that you would be robbed indefinitely. I generally tend to make an excuse that I am having a bad stomach or I am not feeling well. If I say that I want to watch a cricket or a football match then it might prove disastrous. So make an excuse that looks genuine. The preparation for this can start a night before that. Shopping generally happens over the weekends. So Friday and Saturday nights are very critical. This is also the time when most of the EPL and Champions league games are scheduled. So you can just lie down on the bed, enjoy the games and at the same time make sure that you have the setup the stage for the next day.
This tactic might not work always. How many weeks will you do this? You need variety. Take her to a movie next week. You will spend at least 3-4 hours and that might be just enough to distract her. Movies are cheap options and you can manage that in your budget.
The following week you can take her out to an affordable restaurant. Lunch or dinner for two is not such a costly proposition. The other alternative you have is to visit a relative’s place. Wives end up spending a lot of time chit-chatting. This way you can smartly keep them away from their shopping mission. You can also tell her that we really need to clean up the house over the weekends. This can be a great option as well.
Let me know the other options that you can think about. I would love to implement the same.
http://expertscolumn.com/content/are-you-ready-invest-hillside-bungalow-yet
http://expertscolumn.com/content/fabulous-dental-tourism-los-algodones
http://expertscolumn.com/content/trading-real-estate
http://expertscolumn.com/content/have-you-done-justice-your-dreams
http://expertscolumn.com/content/my-personal-remedies-against-sleeping-issues
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