Get the wife to read Piggington, and economic reaports??!! ha.ahha.ha.
She’ll say, “but that’s your job honey. I need a place to decorate and make my own.”
Get a list of all the friends, acquaintances and co-workers you know. Find out what they bought for and the current comps. Better yet, find out what their loan balances are and how upside down they might be.
Pick a very expensive restaurant and tell the wife “see Linda and Gary are upside down that’s why they won’t have sushi with us this Friday.”
Nothing makes a woman happier than to be “better and smarter” than her friends. Plus seeing someone close to her face foreclosure will strike fear in her.
Buy her a big new diamond engagement ring if necessary. At least diamonds and platinum are appreciating.