# I bought a bike today... and haven't told my spouse **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 17, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873 "2023-05-17T21:30:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Jolyzara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jolyzara/32/97333_2.png) [@Jolyzara](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Jolyzara)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/88 "2023-05-21T00:35:27Z")
> [@Graybeard](#): > > Here is a wrong answer, “The bike followed me home from the shop”. This isn’t as bad as something I said decades ago. I was nagging her to eat better while she was pregnant. She said, “it’s too bad you’re not pregnant”. I said, “yeah I would be better at it than you”. Definitely the wrong thing to say, but we are still married for almost 4 decades. While she was in labor I compared her contractions to 400m repeats. That was a bad choice. We will see where the new bike ranks. It’s set to be delivered on Thursday. 😬 ---
**Author:** ![TrekCentury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/trekcentury/32/123801_2.png) [@TrekCentury](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/TrekCentury)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/89 "2023-05-21T00:43:58Z")
I did not know the thrift store delivers. What a find. ---
**Author:** ![OreoCookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/oreocookie/32/8298_2.png) [@OreoCookie](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/OreoCookie)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/90 "2023-05-21T00:56:16Z")
> [@Alaric83](#): > > Edit: I feel like this requires the disclaimer that I’m single. Not something I expected to be posting here. Weave it casually into your conversation about why you cannot afford the roof getting fixed. PS I had a real-life argument about the cost of my hobby/addiction even though I thought I had done everything right. 😅 Repeated communication is important. ---
**Author:** ![jlsazart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jlsazart/32/12908_2.png) [@jlsazart](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/jlsazart)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/91 "2023-05-21T02:13:25Z")
> [@Jolyzara](#): > > While she was in labor I compared her contractions to 400m repeats. That was a bad choice. When I broke my clavicle in 3 places, they asked me to rate my pain and I responded, “well, it’s not childbirth, so… 7? 8?” ---
**Author:** ![OreoCookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/oreocookie/32/8298_2.png) [@OreoCookie](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/OreoCookie)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/92 "2023-05-21T02:41:09Z")
> [@dirt\_cruzer](#): > > My husband and I both are avid cyclists. When one of us gets a new bike, we have to buy another one of equal value so that nobody gets jealous. 💸 > > So my wrong answer is: buy her a shiny new bike, too! 🤑 I wish my wife had similarly expensive hobbies. But she mostly refuses. (I’m serious, I’d feel much better if we could split both things more evenly.) E. g. she loves traveling, but then I’d be with her, “benefitting” from “her” share of our money. Do you have any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Froman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@Abe\_Froman](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Abe_Froman)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/93 "2023-05-21T02:43:32Z")
> [@toribath](#): > > Follow this up with your best extensive, self-absorbed monologue about the various intricacies of your training plan. Make sure you stress the importance of recovery, and how you’re not going to be able to help out much around the house for the few months leading up to your “A” event. ---
**Author:** ![Jolyzara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jolyzara/32/97333_2.png) [@Jolyzara](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Jolyzara)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/94 "2023-05-21T04:59:35Z")
> [@TrekCentury](#): > > I did not know the thrift store delivers. What a find. YES! This might be the angle. Drop a hint… I say I saw a sweet bike at the thrift shop & it was a great deal. “Think I should get it? They deliver too!” ---
**Author:** ![darrellcraig](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/darrellcraig/32/7721_2.png) [@darrellcraig](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/darrellcraig)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/95 "2023-05-22T03:46:40Z")
Hope it was a tandem. ---
**Author:** ![biketango](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/biketango/32/7754_2.png) [@biketango](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/biketango)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/96 "2023-05-26T16:11:29Z")
this was a great thread to start my morning. friggn’ laughing the whole time… ---
**Author:** ![MI-XC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/mi-xc/32/12993_2.png) [@MI-XC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/MI-XC)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/97 "2023-05-26T16:14:31Z")
I think this applies… [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/original/3X/8/3/837a747d6b8c0b9ad11503f7eea3780f4325d969.jpeg "“They Gave it To me…😂🤡 #cycling #bike #roadbike #cycleeveryday #bikelife #cyclinglife #roadcycling") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBq-NEaY3RU) ---
**Author:** ![Jolyzara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jolyzara/32/97333_2.png) [@Jolyzara](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Jolyzara)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/98 "2023-05-26T16:22:14Z")
> [@biketango](#): > > this was a great thread to start my morning. friggn’ laughing the whole time… The wife when I told her I was _“thinking”_ of getting a new bike. “What do you need a new bike for… you can only ride one at a time.” Hope she doesn’t look in the garage. 😬 ---
**Author:** ![Namasteve](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/namasteve/32/15262_2.png) [@Namasteve](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Namasteve)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/99 "2023-05-26T20:48:24Z")
The day my wife said “I think I want to get into mountain biking” was the second-happiest day of my marriage! ---
**Author:** ![HLaB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/hlab/32/60448_2.png) [@HLaB](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/HLaB)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/100 "2023-05-26T21:12:15Z")
@Jolyzara have you told her yet? 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Jordonp86](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jordonp86/32/12893_2.png) [@Jordonp86](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Jordonp86)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/101 "2023-05-26T22:54:44Z")
This is why long term relationships just aren’t for me. I need to be able to do what I want in my personal life, without question or compromise. No surrender, no retreat 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Jolyzara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jolyzara/32/97333_2.png) [@Jolyzara](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Jolyzara)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/102 "2023-05-27T01:53:45Z")
> [@HLaB](#): > > @Jolyzara have you told her yet? 😂 No. But it is now hanging in the garage among the fleet. I might just let this ride and see how long I can go before she notices. If it goes long enough I might be able to play the “no, I’ve had that a while” card. 🤣 Problem is I can’t take it out for a ride. As soon as I do the cards will be called. I’m playing with fire. ---
**Author:** ![splash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@splash](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/splash)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/103 "2023-05-27T02:39:48Z")
> [@Jolyzara](#): > > Problem is I can’t take it out for a ride. As soon as I do the cards will be called Why? Obviously its not yours yet. You’ve borrowed it from a friend for a test ride and think about buying it. If you get a “don’t buy it, we need to get a new couch/fridge/car/holiday first”, you know what you have to spend on in compensation. ---
**Author:** ![splash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@splash](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/splash)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/104 "2023-05-27T08:14:38Z")
> [@Jolyzara](#): > > “What do you need a new bike for… you can only ride one at a time.” Tell her it is like shoes. You can only wear one pair at a time, but you need to wear the right pair for the occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Jolyzara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jolyzara/32/97333_2.png) [@Jolyzara](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Jolyzara)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/105 "2023-05-27T13:26:40Z")
> [@splash](#): > > > [@Jolyzara](#): > > > > “What do you need a new bike for… you can only ride one at a time.” > > Tell her it is like shoes. You can only wear one pair at a time, but you need to wear the right pair for the occasion. These are the wrong answers I am here for! ---
**Author:** ![jlsazart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jlsazart/32/12908_2.png) [@jlsazart](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/jlsazart)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/106 "2023-05-27T15:23:23Z")
That’s an impressive level of self control. My last NBD I was out riding in cold rain within minutes. ---
**Author:** ![lightyear](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/lightyear/32/7757_2.png) [@lightyear](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/lightyear)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 4:57am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873/107 "2023-06-12T04:57:57Z")
Nice! Which frame?! Where did you see it it with such a discount? [Previous page](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873.md?page=4) [Next page](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/i-bought-a-bike-today-and-havent-told-my-spouse/83873.md?page=6)