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Now if he was smart, he would buy her a new pair of shoes, dress, new tie and shirt for himself and take her out with the money saved. That's what I call a goo
by Tyrant505 16y ago
Now if he was smart, he would buy her a new pair of shoes, dress, new tie and shirt for himself and take her out with the money saved. That's what I call a good week.
- city41 16y agoIf he was really smart he'd ask her to pick out the dress and shoes :)
- rokhayakebe 16y agoExactly, because he is likely to return those as well.
- shaggyfrog 16y agoDepending on the dress and shoes, he might end up getting his tie and shirt from the thrift store and them both eating at McDonald's.
- splattne 16y agoHusband said No.
- angrycoder 16y agoOr he could just spend the money on a bigger pair of balls. Note: This is based on the assumption (perhaps false) the ipad was not a financially irresponsible decision. If it not ok to spend the money on frivolities like an ipad, clothes and fancy dinners are right out too.
- bad_user 16y agoHah, only on HackerNews are clothes on the same priority level as the iPad. What next? Food? :)
- sbov 16y agoSure, maybe if you have no clothes, or they are falling off you, or they no longer serve the purpose of actually clothing you. However, most clothes purchases are on the same level of necessity as an iPad - such as: "my current stuff is old" or "out of style" or "I just want something new and shiny".
- reinhardt 16y agoOne more use case: "I have to wear different clothes every day of the week/month"
- Dylanlacey 16y agoThe "Rationalization" variant: "I have a professional obligation to stay up-to-date / Wouldn't want to embarrass my friends / Need to support my favorite designer.
- haploid 16y agoWhat is it about hacker culture that places women on a pedestal and encourages fawning, obsequious devotion and sacrifice to them? Relationships should not be about master/slave dynamics, yet geeks seem to relish this dynamic more than I've seen in any other subculture. The man in this article has already castrated himself for his wife; this +15 comment suggests that unquestioningly bending to the indomitable will of his wife was not enough? What's next? Recommending cuckoldry as a solution to satisfying his wife's sexual needs?
- ay 16y agoProbably the reason is a higher percentage of gentlemen than you might meet elsewhere.
- francoisdevlin 16y agoStill single, huh?
- haploid 16y agoNot that this will prevent baseless, ad-hominem, assumptive comments from being posted and voted up on this site, but... I've been with a lovely woman, who enjoys being treated like a human being instead of a deity, for over four years.
- potatolicious 16y agoThe same baseless, ad-hominem, assumptive comments about the man in the article, right? You're jumping at ghosts - and IMO there's something concerning about reading that far into so little information. The fact that he had a disagreement with his wife and returned the iPad doesn't imply being castrated, obedient, dominated, or otherwise enslaved. The fact that you would jump on this possibility as a default is a bit concerning.
- araneae 16y agoAnd you're saying she's never talked you out of a frivolous purchase, and you've never talked her out of a frivolous purchase?