My wife bought me an M3 for Christmas

[Gibson6594]

Originally Posted by Matteo88

i don't get it... aren't you guys pulling money from the same account? if you couldn't afford it and she bought it for you, aren't you angry at her for not spending wisely? :P

That's not always how people do things. I have no joint accounts with my wife. She has her obligations and I have mine, we both handle our respective ends and what we do with the rest is up to us. For example, one of her obligations is the utilities bill. As long as the lights turn on, I don't care what she does with her excess money.

That my friends is a key to a healthy relationship. When you start combining money, that's when the problems start.

[JoeKixxon]

Originally Posted by Gibson6594

That's not always how people do things. I have no joint accounts with my wife. She has her obligations and I have mine, we both handle our respective ends and what we do with the rest is up to us. For example, one of her obligations is the utilities bill. As long as the lights turn on, I don't care what she does with her excess money.

That my friends is a key to a healthy relationship. When you start combining money, that's when the problems start.

I 100% agree with this.

Still - congrats OP!! What an amazing surprise.

Enjoy your new ride.

[blockdoc]

Congrats brother!!! I did the same thing for my wife a year ago. She wanted the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT but kept looking at the Trackhawk. While I was negotiating with the salesman, I cut a deal for the upgrade.

She now drives a Jeep with a Hellcat engine. Best money I ever spent LOL. She doesn't blink an eye at my mods on the M4

[Poiseuille]

..............thud

[irishmil]

Thank you Jimmy and everyone else...let the mods begin exhaust or valve stem caps...lol

[boss2k]

Originally Posted by irishmil

Joint and separate accounts. She pulled in some of her funds and I am sure mine too. Will have to look at account...I am ok with it. Lol
No sisters. Lol
Will post up a couple pics when I get back.

Many congrats and i still cant believe it that your wife bought you a M3 and not a t-shirt. She must be damn rich and you dont know about it

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by Gibson6594

That's not always how people do things. I have no joint accounts with my wife. She has her obligations and I have mine, we both handle our respective ends and what we do with the rest is up to us. For example, one of her obligations is the utilities bill. As long as the lights turn on, I don't care what she does with her excess money.

That my friends is a key to a healthy relationship. When you start combining money, that's when the problems start.

That's exactly how we manage it too. Has worked great for us thus far .

[cotmfk]

Congrats on the awesome Christmas present!!

[Bch53211]

Weird story. You say you didn’t feel like you could afford one but she bought an 80k car without consulting you? Nice of her but I hope it doesn’t cause financial strain down the road. I thought people only bought cars as Xmas gifts in commercials !

[RickFLM4]

Nice and she actually got you the best color too!

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by Gibson6594

That's not always how people do things. I have no joint accounts with my wife. She has her obligations and I have mine, we both handle our respective ends and what we do with the rest is up to us. For example, one of her obligations is the utilities bill. As long as the lights turn on, I don't care what she does with her excess money.

That my friends is a key to a healthy relationship. When you start combining money, that's when the problems start.

We've been married nearly 19 years and combined assets from Day 1. Different approaches work for different couples and no hidden danger in doing it either way as long as you figure out what works best for you and your spouse.

[Germanauto]

Originally Posted by Gibson6594

That's not always how people do things. I have no joint accounts with my wife. She has her obligations and I have mine, we both handle our respective ends and what we do with the rest is up to us. For example, one of her obligations is the utilities bill. As long as the lights turn on, I don't care what she does with her excess money.

That my friends is a key to a healthy relationship. When you start combining money, that's when the problems start.

Seems like a double edged sword. I've heard many stories of spouses spending their money on credit cards, shopping, drugs, hookers, vacations with the person they're cheating with, etc.

My folks pool everything together and it has worked perfectly. If people divorce it can certainly wreak havoc.

[Tommy L Garage]

I hate to be that buy, but....

[Gibson6594]

Originally Posted by Germanauto

Seems like a double edged sword. I've heard many stories of spouses spending their money on credit cards, shopping, drugs, hookers, vacations with the person they're cheating with, etc.

My folks pool everything together and it has worked perfectly. If people divorce it can certainly wreak havoc.

If your spouse is cheating on you, going on vacations with that person, doing drugs, etc., I don't the structure of your finances is the root of the problem.

[Gibson6594]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

We've been married nearly 19 years and combined assets from Day 1. Different approaches work for different couples and no hidden danger in doing it either way as long as you figure out what works best for you and your spouse.

Of course. Just giving my opinion as to what worked for us. You know what they say about opinions.

[Rewted]

Originally Posted by gama7453

I just realized after 15 years of marriage that my wife sucks!!!! Enjoy the new ride!!!!!

gama7453 Looks like you're buying me a new M4 for Christmas too, otherwise I'm sending this screenshot to your wife!!!!

[Germanauto]

Originally Posted by Gibson6594

If your spouse is cheating on you, going on vacations with that person, doing drugs, etc., I don't the structure of your finances is the root of the problem.

Lol again pros and cons to everything, I'll leave it at that. Congrats on the car, your wife and the salesman really got you good.

[Darth One]

Originally Posted by Matteo88

i don't get it... aren't you guys pulling money from the same account? if you couldn't afford it and she bought it for you, aren't you angry at her for not spending wisely? :P

Originally Posted by doug_999

I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but you wife obviously did something bad and is trying to make up for it.

You guys are buzz kills

Originally Posted by gama7453

I just realized after 15 years of marriage that my wife sucks!!!!

I think this is an excellent quality to have in a wife

[HSF87ZED]

Originally Posted by Rewted

gama7453 Looks like you're buying me a new M4 for Christmas too, otherwise I'm sending this screenshot to your wife!!!!

[HSF87ZED]

Originally Posted by Darth One

You guys are buzz kills

I think this is an excellent quality to have in a wife

Hahhaha now I feel a lot better

[blaccm3]

Congrats on the new ride you lucky guy!! In for pics as well

[sdshah]

Originally Posted by Gibson6594

If your spouse is cheating on you, going on vacations with that person, doing drugs, etc., I don't the structure of your finances is the root of the problem.

If your marriage can't handle combined bank accounts then you probably shouldn't be married?

Goes both ways lol. I think the best way to build real wealth is having them combined but I'm thinking long and it's worked so far. If anyone filed for divorce I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to just take a calculator add everything up and divide by 2 - unless you like spending your own money on pointless lawyer fees.