Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Upgrade Justification to the Spouse?

I'm not sure that getting older is an "upgrade"....

As you get older you grab at what you can.

Happy birthday!! I have no problems upgrading my home theater, but then again I haven't upgraded my "single" relationship status . Ultimately I think that is words of wisdom to our fellow axiomites. But to answer your question about justification to your spouse... I don't have a sweet clue LOL . All the best in your venture though. I'll be asking the same question many, many, many years down the road, so I'd like to hear how you make out and what worked so I can write it down and put it in my sock drawer .

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

So break it.

If the projector is ceiling mounted, loosen a few screws and accidentally leave your receiver and disc player right below it.

You'll be upgrading in no time!

"No honey, I have no idea how that happened, but I'll be out for a couple of hours. Going shopping!"

Happy birthday!

Happy Birthday, best of luck on the upgrades.

Happy Birthday, Nick.

None of the equipment logic arguments work.

The only thing that matters is that it will make you happy. If she is in a position to want to spend $x on your happiness, you're set. If not, you have to change the emotional landscape.

But, yeah, what Rick said works too.

When I was married things would go this way......

My wife and I would give ourselves "an allowance" every two weeks. This was for purely discretionary spending. You could do whatever you wanted with it although we did agree to let the other know if we were spending over $500. Obviously a weeks allowance wouldn't get a major upgrade so you'd just save it up until you reached your goal.

Prevented a lot of stress.

BTW Happy Birthday.

My wife and I do the same thing with the allowances. Saves a lot of stress.

Possibly a little late for that now, though. Happy birthday!

How about the good old reliable "the dog did it" ? I know it's a typical childhood lament but we are grown-up men looking for any way out!

I justify upgrades as being part of the hobby of having a home theater. I have a brother-in-law that races cars and owns a jet ski as well as a few other toys. I just explain to the wife that my hobby is no different than his hobby when she starts asking why I need this new piece of equipment when the old one still works fine. It has worked for me just fine. This year I upgraded to a plasma tv and replaced my five-year-old budget Onkyo with the Onkyo 805 so that I can enjoy the new audio formats. I did have to promise that I am done with big upgrades for a few years though, which is probably a good idea. Although, our wedding anniversary and Christmas are in the same month, so I can do smaller upgrades then. I am trying to decide if I want the new Oppo dvd player ( the 983) or some rear surrounds on the Christmas/anniversary list this year.

- Nick