N+1 with a joint account.

[leedsmick]

So I keep broaching the fact that I 'need' a road bike with the wife.

I got back into cycling 4 months ago and am slightly obsessed, currently riding a new Carrera MTB which is serving me well but I want lighter and faster...

2 kids and Christmas isn't helping the funding issue but I think it's the perfect time to buy with so many deals on 2015 bikes.

Any ideas how I justify it.

 

[ayceejay]

You will have to cheat and lie there is no other way round it.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Lots of negotiation, doing more than your share of stuff around the house and garden, followed by prolonged begging.

GC

 

[leedsmick]

Lots of negotiation, doing more than your share of stuff around the house and garden, followed by prolonged begging.

GC

Sounds tiring. Need to save energy for popping out on the bike

 

[vickster]

So I keep broaching the fact that I 'need' a road bike with the wife.

I got back into cycling 4 months ago and am slightly obsessed, currently riding a new Carrera MTB which is serving me well but I want lighter and faster...

2 kids and Christmas isn't helping the funding issue but I think it's the perfect time to buy with so many deals on 2015 bikes.

Any ideas how I justify it.

Christmas is a Christian festival, take the kids to church. Tell them it's not about expensive presents, then buy yourself a bike in the new year as you've worked hard for it...

 

[vickster]

Or new year is a perfect time to find s new job with a higher salary and a C2W scheme

 

[vickster]

Or if the right size, Huddersfield isn't far from Leeds...justify that it's a bargain, a new one would cost much more

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/specialised-allez-2014-56cm-with-extras.190617/post-4058920

 

[Arjimlad]

How much are you saving on fuel, gym membership, wear & tear on the car ? How much weight are you losing ?

 

[Milkfloat]

A friend had to bargain with the devil and buy an eternity ring. I simply went with the line that 'thus is what I want for my birthday as it is too much to spend for you, I will buy it myself'. I then made sure I did every household chore for a month.

 

[gavroche]

Go and buy it and then say to your wife over dinner: " by the way, I bought myself a new bike, it was on special offer and I got a great deal." and then move on to something else.

 

[screenman]

As long as you have a huge amount of disposable income every week I am sure she will not mind.

 

[Dayvo]

I don't understand joint accounts.

As long as you share all the car and fuel costs, joint utility bills, food, kids' stuff, holidays etc. any excess that either you or your partner have should be yours and not to share. That should work equally both ways.

Other than that, buy the bike and say it's a saving and will benefit the entire family err, eventually.

 

[andyfraser]

That's how we do things. No joint accounts for us.

 

[Jenkins]

Set up a separate account and pay regular sums into it and use that money to buy the new bike. If your wife asks what the second account is, tell her it's a special fund to pay for your funeral - because if she finds out the real reason she will kill you!

 

[Berk on a Bike]

How much are you saving on fuel, gym membership, wear & tear on the car ?

This ^^^