Wife or watch

Tough one. My wife picked up expensive hobbies, too. She settled on the fact that my expensive watches keep me occupied versus the alternative....expensive women.

Has she said what it is about the hobby she dislikes so much? 

The money? The time? The space? 

I think if you can understand what she has the issue with you talk to eachother about reaching a compromise.

Another question only you and her can answer is 'Is it really just the watches?'

I really hope it works out for you both ❤️

Serious question, serious answer. "my watches are more important than the lifetime we have shared" ... sorry, but I find that truly horrible. No collection of watches should be that important. Watches are easy to find; a good wife isn't.  

I 2nd Eris' comment. 

If you were really serious, you still wouldn’t have noticed that she left three years ago. 

It‘s almost certainly not the watches that has lead to this. Those would be a surface level event that leads to something far deeper. 
 

Best of luck to you. 

I'm sorry folks, It was late at night and I was feeling a little nutty.  This was just my stupid sense of humor.  My wife didn't leave, but I'm trying to make her.  lol.  Hey 30 years of marriage, this is the way we joke.  Seriously those who expressed concern thank you, I hope I didn't offend anyone.  

Thank heavens! That's a relief! ❤️

Don't start with "Serious question..." dude! You get us worried! 😆

There's a great old graphic called "me or the bike" where there are pictures of women standing in driveways with descriptions  that make them read like used vehicles for sale. I surely have it on my home computer.

So you are downsizing the wife collection? Selling or trading in?

I'm sorry.  For the record, I'm hardly ever serious.  lol.  My wife doesn't believe a word that comes out of my mouth, but she loves the challenge of trying to figure out when I'm serious. 

i just wanna say is this a serious question. but after reading a few comment i feel a little bit relief. lol

Thanks for understanding.  I had a crazy night at work (I work from home) and needed a little stress relief.  lol.  

i would say wife over watches. as wise people say happy wife happy life. and if wife is happy then it is fine to get a new watch 😂

Trust me after 30 years of marriage, truer words have never been said.  For the record, I'm one of the lucky ones, I married my best friend and still remain best friends today.  Blessed is an understatement.  

I married up so never had to look for greener pastures.  lol  Besides, if I said trading in, I would seem like a dirty old man.  lol

I am relieved that this was a joke, on soooo many levels

Your post sounded just plausible enough to have been written by a seriously out of touch middle aged man lol. If I may, perhaps a ramp up to more hyperbole would have been in order. For example:

I saw TimexBadger at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.

He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”

I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.

The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.

When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

My wife mostly doesn’t notice the watch on my hand and doesn’t know how many watches I have. i keep some watches at home, some at work and most hidden. But every time she realizes something new in my hand, we go down that discussion on either it’s watches or her. She hasn’t left yet… I think🤔 

Oh that was great and I thoroughly enjoyed it!!  Bravo and thanks for the laugh!

Can't take credit, it's an old copypasta, just what came to mind. But thank you!

My dad wanted a new beneteaux or Juneau sailboat for years. He really wanted to make that his retirement plan. My mom, as much as she loves the sail culture when they go to Newport, Rhode Island, wearing clothes with boats and anchors on it, just didn't wanna spend of her time and money on boat maintenance even though it TOTALLY woulda been worth it. So my mom got cold feet "about the boat" and my dad never got it. I told him "I don't man, sometimes you get a boat; sometimes marriages end in divorce". Sad to say, my parents still happily married and we don't have a boat. But that only means more money for watches!

I don't blame your mom.  Boat's are a lot of maintenance, but I do love Newport.

My mom doesn't have anything else going on and I'm sure my dad wouldn't have put her to too much hard labor. I think she just didn't wanna spend the money on it which is a damn shame.

Yeah, when you are in the 4th quarter of your life, you really should do what makes you happy and forget about the money.

Take care that she doesn't take half of your collection in this divorce!

Dude!  Reading that ‘serious question’ line threw me for a loop.  
Seems like mostly in jest reading onwards, but I’d be careful joking about divorce with her too much.  
It’s like joking about bombs at an airport.  
Things can escalate 

Happily watches are a nice petite size and look all the same to muggles, so there need be no conflict between watch world and wife world.  😉

She has no interest and doesn't like wearing watches.  Sacrilege!

Whew! My suggestion was going to be : Take out the most expensive watch you own (or a picture of the entire collection) Stare at that watch or picture and 1) think of all the $ you spent 2) repeat the matra Cheaper to keep her. Of course, she may already be eying over her handbag and shoe collection thinking "Cheaper to keep him" 🤔