Little white lies to your wife

Jean-F said:
Forgive me Running Man, but my take on that is that perhaps it might have been better if you’d been more circumspect in your choice of the fair sex.



I can agree with that, e.g., in the past I’ve told her that I was going to check the air in the car tyres, and I’ve gone to pick up her birthday/anniversary present, but I’d never get into lying to her about something I’d bought for myself, as the things I buy mostly are books, and she’s never said, “How much was that hardback?”
The worst white, passing through grey toward black lie I ever told her, was when I was driving a Black Cab and one day she’d told me that her brother and his wife were coming to dinner that evening.
All her brother ever talked about was football, and I wouldn’t look out of the window if the World Cup final was played in my back garden, plus his wife just prattled inanities ad nauseam.
I called my wife around 4 p.m. and said that I’d just got a job to Heathrow, and that I wasn’t going to drive back empty and forfeit a £50 job back to central London, I’d go in the feeder park, and wait for a fare, no matter how long it took, (actually I just worked The City and West End for a while).
I got home around 9.30 p.m., bearing a bottle of Laurent-Perrier champagne, and all was forgiven.
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I think this is more than forgivable. Tell her when she's in a good mood and it could make for a funny story.
 
Haha I buy what I want. Long as it doesn't cause money issues etc is fin . No kids so no reason for either to question the other.

How much did you spend on that lego car?
180..frowned on at the time. Fast forward Now worth more than her actual car! :D
 
I can safely say I've never lied to your wife.

I usually run things by mine as she usually makes sense of what I'm harping on about but as long as our bills are paid then she is fine with it.
 
Lying about finances is usually a no no but if it's your own money and not from a shared account then there shouldn't be a need to hide the cost.

Depends if there's a massive difference in income, if you're outearning your partner 4 to 1 or something and they're having a go at you for purchases that aren't affecting shared finances then that's their own problem.
 
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D.P. said:
A white éie is something along zhe libes of telling your wife you are going to hhe shops to buy new jeans when actually you are buying here Birthday present.
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Are you alright, mate? Did you have a stroke? :eek:

Quite right though. Lying about financial stuff isn't healthy even if it's about small stuff.
 
White lies ain't this. Lying in anything but a selfless way (one could argue that this isn't a valid exception) fundamentally corrupts the soul, you pay for it in the long run by the mental weight as well as a reduced sense of self worth, every lie chips away at it a little bit.
 
Sharkhouse said:
Most of the time I just ask her advice on a purchase to be honest. Women on average seem to be better with money in my experience.
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Not better with money, just get with men who are financially better than them so they can spend the mans money and never their own :D
 
Sharkhouse said:
Women on average seem to be better with money in my experience.
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That's true here, I know we have savings, our Tumble Drier broke recently so I bought a new one out of the savings. As for what the balance is in that account, not got a clue, I don't even know what's in our general accounts & that's just fine by me.
 
Everything cost £30 in my household. The wife has just gotten used to it now for the past 13 years. It has become normality. She doesn't even ask. As long as she is treated now and again it's fine. Better ask for forgiveness and all that. :p

This obviously has context. Everything from the children to the household comes first so I will not go and blow £500 on an Xbox series x when the washing machine is broken.
 
adam cool dude said:
Everything cost £30 in my household. The wife has just gotten used to it now for the past 13 years. It has become normality. She doesn't even ask. As long as she is treated now and again it's fine. Better ask for forgiveness and all that. :p

This obviously has context. Everything from the children to the household comes first so I will not go and blow £500 on an Xbox series x when the washing machine is broken.
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Good point actually, this month I have purchased (myself not gone half) a new washing machine and new microwave.

The former I never use, got her a good Bosch one, 9kg drum. Cost double my RC car.
 
Greebo said:
This. And she would also think I was a certifiable looney if I told her how much the 3090 really cost. Its doesnt matter that I can afford it, its a relatively small amount compared to our wages. She objects to spending anymore than £400 on tech. Which is why I bought her a Microsoft surface studio last year which she loves but would never ever spend the £3k buying one.
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I want to be what you're on if a 3090 is a small part of your wages:p.

adam cool dude said:
Everything cost £30 in my household. The wife has just gotten used to it now for the past 13 years. It has become normality. She doesn't even ask. As long as she is treated now and again it's fine. Better ask for forgiveness and all that. :p

This obviously has context. Everything from the children to the household comes first so I will not go and blow £500 on an Xbox series x when the washing machine is broken.
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What if the kids want an xbox?:D
 
malachi said:
If anyone has to lie to their wife about much an item cost they purchased then you are the problem. Not the wife.
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100% this.
We've had a joint account for 40 years and my money goes into it, she knows exactly how much stuff costs.
If I can find a PS4 Pro at a decent price I have got some spare money and I might tell her it cost less than it did, the only problem is she's not daft.
If I said it cost £100 she would know it didn't so I might as well tell her.
 
BUDFORCE said:
Good point actually, this month I have purchased (myself not gone half) a new washing machine and new microwave.

The former I never use, got her a good Bosch one, 9kg drum. Cost double my RC car.
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You never use the washing machine? Do you just bin clothes after one wear or stink? :p
 
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