Factory teams shutting down

So you buy a $499 frame, a $499 motor, a set of $499 wheels and sooner or later you have a bike.

 

My wife handles all of our personal finances. I almost never deal with any of it. I once went to the bank to do something and the manager said, "does your wife know you're here?".

 

See? Beck pulls that with me - I say "hey I want this bike/gun/whatever" and we kick it around and as often as not, I get said item.

I ask Beck what she wants and its always "oh I don't need anything" and so I just do it sometimes as if I didn't - she'd never get anything she wants.

NOTE - Given, the last time she specifically asked for something it was to have a kid. Talk about a money pit.

 

Pretty sure that makes up for all the rest My wife treats herself to stuff on occasion but also rarely asks me for anything or says she doesn't need anything. Except now she's trying to talk me into a second kid. And I'm just like "I'm barely surviving the first!" We have the money for it but it would significantly cut into fun stuff, both with/for our son and well as ourselves. But it's really the time and stress that is the hardest to deal with. Love my kid to death but holy shit he's a handful somedays. And we haven't even made it to the terrible 2s yet.

 

If you ever want another kid, do it now. It's much easier to deal with all the toddler stuff at once than to get past it and then dive back in.

 

NO! Go get your fucking nuts snipped and don't tell a soul!

 

Little tidbit - they call it the "Terrible Two's" because it sounds cute. Three is way worse. And then they hit 7/8 and it's too late to sell them to the gypsies.

 

This morning:

My wife, looking at the Aprilia RS250 in my pickup truck: "Wait a second, that looks NOTHING like a rental bike."

 

Already been strongly considering it.

So I've been told by others

 

And, then they get 16, and the real expense starts.

 

One thing that you may not have considered that may outlive you in a positive way is that the 2nd may provide a lifetime mentor. My last two are almost joined at the hip, but they are very different in personality. But the interesting thing is that they each keep the other in line, kind of like a parent, except they actually listen to what the fuck the other has to say. They've both been into a lot of shitty situations, but I can't imagine what it would have been like without their mentoring each other.

FWIW, with girls, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 are the BEST, especially the 2-4. I still laugh at some of the things they said and did. 12 up with girls CAN be your worst fucking nightmare, but if you are smart (unlike me) you can avoid that.

 

Just tell her you're branching out into new markets..

 

You can never find a damn gypsy when you need one.

 

I can't believe no one brought this up. So disappointing.

 

You could always just self abuse in the shower. I hear that works.

 

You mean like in the post just above yours?

 

The Beeb in a nutshell

 

I didn't notice the link.