My wife is the only one that has had a new vehicle in our family, so no!

 

Since 99, 17 Super Duty's, two F150 Raptors, one Bronco Raptor.....

Currently, bought a Bronco Raptor ( for sticker) in November, she loved, I didn't care for it. She sold off her jeep, and basically took possession of my Bronco.

Couple of months ago, I sold it for 20K over sticker, she was HOT, so now she only has her company car...... And she primarily works from home.

She wants me to buy a dually with massaging seats and a toy hauler.
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This is sitting at a dealer by me, I sent her a Snapchat the other day




​​​​ She actually thought I'd purchased.

 

Honestly, it doesn't sound to me like the marriage will last all that long anyway, with the "my women" and "hers and mine" talk. My wife and I discuss all major issues and purchases, and we've been married a long time. One more thing, if a new truck costs you anything, it may not be worth it. If you kept your old one, you could change your "as long as the bills get paid", to "we have no bills!" We have been debt free for several years and its mighty nice. If you have a loan on it, then its the bank's truck, not yours.

 

My spouse questions me no matter what!!!…

 

Interesting comments everyone. No we are not going to break up anytime soon, especially over this. She knows that I am going to do what I want to do anyways. I plan on paying the difference of the truck off in 6 mos to a yr. It is not like I am going into debt for 50-70k or even 30-40k. If that is the case, then I wouldn't even considered doing what I did. If I can't pay it off soon or within a year, then I will not buy it. It is that simple. There are people that are in debt for 6-7 yrs and don't mind it and they are used to it. Been there done that years ago and I learned my lesson.

 

Lol I know the feeling 😅 🤣. She is not upset or mad at me about it. She has a right to question and entitled to her opinion. If it is something she wants that is expensive and it's her money, she can get it. I am not going to question her. One of the common reasons why couples divorce is money problems. There are some other reasons too but money is one of them. If she got literally got pissed off at me spending money even on cheaper stuff all the time and trying to be dominant about my own money amd nagging me, she would've been sent down the road a long time ago. She is not like that. I told her a long time ago that I don't want money to break us up and we can do what we want to do with our money. She has hers and I have mine. I don't believe in joint accounts because that is when problems can start. You're spending this and that and blah blah blah and could turn into a big argument at some point. She suggested it a while back and I respectfully told her that I don't want to do that.

 

Funny thing is she will always tell me to buy whatever I want, but also does not want me to replace the 2019 F250 because she likes that truck so much.

 

Perhaps some counciling would be helpful?

But when a wife says "do what you want," tread lightly.

 

Just the opposite. Only 75k on my truck and the better half is afraid the truck will break down towing the RV. She wants me to get a new one before we go to Mt Rushmore next year. Feel I just got all the mods I wanted complete and really don’t want a new truck, but happy wife=happy life!

 

My wife loves to spend money that comes from my paycheck.
She also loved our 2022 Lariat F350. When I showed her the new features of the 2023 King Ranch, she was suddenly interested. When we sold the 2022 for $15K more than we paid for it, and the upgrade is close to free, she is a cheerleader.
We live in a place that has 3.9% sales tax, so we never trade in.

 

I was perfectly happy with my 2016 SCLB 2WD 5.0 F150, and would have been happy for years to come. Wife was the one who made me get a 2022 F350 CCLB 6.7. She was wanting me to get a F450 in 2023 but she thinks the 23+ are the ugliest thing since the jelly bean ones. I don't like getting new vehicles so hopefully she is satisfied with this one for a while, or maybe I can convince her to get a car for herself next time, but she likes being a passenger.

 

Moved to this forum.

 

Having to use the phrase "happy wife, happy life," is as much an indicator of someone that is with the wrong person as anything else.

 

Nope, she doesn't.

My last new truck was over a week old already before she asked me if it was new.
I said yes it is.
Her response was 'cool'.

 

Wow ok. Sounds like she should careless lol. As long as she doesn't give you any crap about it, that is all it matters.