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. 
I did not know the thrift store delivers. What a find.
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.
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?”
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?
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.
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!”
Hope it was a tandem.
this was a great thread to start my morning. friggn’ laughing the whole time…
I think this applies…
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.
The day my wife said “I think I want to get into mountain biking” was the second-happiest day of my marriage!
@Jolyzara have you told her yet? 
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 
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.
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.
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!
That’s an impressive level of self control. My last NBD I was out riding in cold rain within minutes.
Nice! Which frame?! Where did you see it it with such a discount?