New Bike Guilt!

johnnyrotten

I feel I must publicy apologize to my amazing fiance Louise, whom I don't deserve.

My tale begins a week ago, around teatime. I had been perusing e-bay and stumbled across an almost new Giant Trance Advanced 1. I've only had my Anthem a year, and I love it, but my greed and want of new toys took hold of me like a Sith lord gripping an extra by the throat in a Star Wars movie.

I knew things were tough with all that reccesion carry on, but I thought I'd ask the woman what she thought of me getting the bike.

Once I put my teeth back in and collected my clothes off the front lawn, I thought perhaps i would just open a slush fund, and slowly save. Maybe one day, I would be able to sling my leg over a carbon framed beauty, claiming I had 'found' it in a bush. But I feared that by the time I had saved enough, it would probably be a carbon Zimmer frame.

For the next week I made Louise's life hell. I sulked, I didn't speak, I got the hump over EVERYTHING. I was a XXXXXXX XXXXXX to say the least. Even I [/i]hated me.

I tortured myself by watching the auction every day, with no bidders. But guess what. My girlfriend loves me. She phoned me just after the auction had finished when I was at work. "What are you doing on Monday Night?" she asked. "Nothing", I snapped at her, being a complete onanist yet again. "Well", she said, " I guess you better go and collect that bike you've been drooling over, because I bought it for you."

Boy, do I really feel like a selfish greedy XXXXXX now, who deserves his XXX kicked, his XXXXX cut off and shoved in his mouth etct etc. I have never been so ashamed, or had such mixed emotions about getting a new toy. I got it because I was a jerk to someone I love for days on end, :? :oops:

Louise, I am sorry. You probably won't read this, but I REALLY AM. I'll tell you what, you can buy that new dress we couldn't afford last week!!

sjy

you should ask her to read it so she knows your sorry. And you gotta fork out alot of money for her now. so get saving =D

Sam.

SDK2007

Nice story

Rich9

Ulterior motives mate! She's got a plan :twisted:

Finbar Saunders

Yeah, a wedding is going to cost a lot more than that bike!!! I bet at this instance she is posting on a "Wife-to-be" forum somewhere about how she has secured the wedding of her dreams.

bells0

Top lady you have there mate!!

xgeek

Brought a tear to my eye. What a girl, sounds like a real keeper.

rhext

Watch it. Sounds like she has plans!

stumpyjon

Always good when your other half is supportive, and it sounds like yours is. There will however be payback. I've bought 2 bikes in the last 18 months, £1800 stumpy Easter 2007 with the missus blessing, in fact it was her that said you might as well buy it on finance at the beginning of the summer and ride it rather than wait for the sales having saved up :shock: .

I then won an XT groupset in March this year which I didn't have a bike to put on. So I went out and bought a frame, bars, saddle etc and built a second bike :roll: . Even now she's still good about my hobby, she often encourages me out to ride even when I'm not so keen and puts up with the endless spending on upgrades and bits.

I guess she's either:

one of the best wives in the world seeing someone else considering it payback for the baby she got early this year.

I'm banking on a lot of point 1 and a bit of point 3, I must admit I sometimes take my right to go out and ride a bit too much for granted :oops: .

stumpyjon

Hmm

just read my own post, maybe some flowers and a bar of choccy are in order.

Bikerbaboon

bahhhhhhhh where are the pics of the new bike..



top lass though

Bikerbaboon

any one else kinda missing there other 1/2 right now ?

mines dam good about all my silly plans about bikes and stuff.....

so chocks and flowers all orund for the better 1/2s then

Papa Smurf

This dress she wanted.. For what she did for you, I'd say you aught to buy her 2 or 3 dresses... And anything else she wants

Bloody hell, as nice as it'd be.. I'm sure I couldn't cope with someone doing that for me, purely for the fact I would die, right there and then at the words "I brought it for you"

p.s, I reckon that little story deserves a place in the mag, simply because it's great! (and different)

Daz555

Cook her a bit of top nosh and have some quality bubbly. She deserves it.

cupoftea

Wonderful, I also have one of the good wives, recently saw a new s-works stumpjumper fsr with a good discount and 0% finance, so i thought i would ask if i could get one. I really expected her to say no, but she just said "yes, i don't see why not". i nearly collapsed. So i think the moral is- find a good woman, and don't be afraid to ask(the worst that could happen is she says no).

ACDCwmb

My wife never complains about me spending...em....a lot...on my hobby, when she wants something for herself(which is not often!) or for the house or kids then I have no problem with her buying whatever...as long as we can afford it, same goes with me.

Out side of my family, mtb is my only real interest, work is a necessary inconvenience, something that I have to do.

Believe me life is very, very short, I’ve spent most of my life in the Armed Forces and seen terrible things and loss of life like you wouldn’t believe…money may mean a lot to some people, but to me it means ****all, enjoy life anyway you can.

Rich9

yeah top lass you got there. Just wish mine would do the same :roll:

Seriously though. I think you have got all us blokes thinking a bit..... I'm away quite a bit cos of work, then when it comes to weekends i sod off to play golf on a saturday (another expensive hobby), and then go out on my bike on Sunday morning. All while she's being given the run-around by our two kids

Best call at the Esso station on the way home

johnnyrotten

Cheers for the responses so far folks. I will get her to read the thread.

the only pics I have are from e-bay;
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0309543134

Can't wait till Monday!

PS Its good to hear my lady is not alone in her struggle!! Wives And Girlfriends Support Forum perhaps?

Chaka Ping

Pictures required.

Bike, not missus - unless she's a hottie.

And what price did she get it for?

Yahoobedoo

Chaka Ping wrote:

Pictures required.

Bike, not missus - unless she's a hottie.

And what price did she get it for?

Chaka, check out the eBay link in the post above yours

johnnyrotten

Well, I think she's hot. Too hot for me, really. I'm a bit ugly. Should I start a hot or not poll until I get pics of the new bike?



XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX PIC DELETED! XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Darra8

3 things......

1, great post with a happy ending

2, does your other half know that you have posted a pic of her on an open forum :?:

3, Makes me realise that my Wife doesn't give a sh!t about me

johnnyrotten

If she sees this pic, she will;

1- Kill me for posting it

2- Complain that her backside looks huge

3- Kill me again

mcbazza

How could she possible complain that her ar*e looks big?
It's not on show in that pic.

Post another one, and *we'll* be the judge!!

I'm going to guess that there's a perspective thing going on there, and that she doesn't really need to duck to walk through that door.

Chaka Ping

Nice ride mate!















And the Trance looks good too.

Absolute steal at that price, well done.

johnnyrotten

I learned TWO things this week;

Never be horrible to someone who loves you.

NEVER post pictures of someone who loves you on T'internet.

:roll:

mcbazza

*cough* *cough*
don't forget flickr
*cough*

johnnyrotten

Cripes!!! :shock: Best get that sorted too!!

Cheers Mcbazza.!

LoUiS1985

alarm bells ring! girls dont buy you something for nothing!

redvee

Hope she's bought you some pedals too

singlespeedexplosif

great stuff:)


Popped into our LBS a few weeks ago to enquire about frames when out on a walk with the family.
The shop owner and my wife ganged up on me and made me buy a Madone 6.5. Really quite astounded to hear her say 'Whenever you have any money it goes on the house or the kids. About time you spent some on yourself'.

ace