Just got it in the neck as a Cotic Soul frame arrived this morning.

Even the fact that today is my birthday could stop the flaming.

A couple of saturdays ago I asked my partner to drop me off in the city, a motorcycle shop to be exact.

She still didn't cotton on to the fact that I had bought another motorbike. A supermotard this time (DRZ400 SM).

She was not best pleased. So £3.2k is the most i've spent on an item without the SO having any idea whatsoever.

Old mini cooper s, ex works recce car, £21k. I agreed to buy it and luckily I had a buyer within the week and

turned a small profit, but I did sweat for a few days 😯

smogmonster – he lies the beauty of my ducati obsession – go out on a red one, come back on a red one!

I've bought loads, most recently an s-works epic and a pair of chris king wheels today, but as long as the bills are paid, its all fine.

As per b r , my other half has horses and anything i spend, can easily be doubled on her hobbies!!

Most expensive thing she "didn't" authorise was my Spesh Roubaix – I was accused of all manner of heinous crimes against humanity, threatened with divorce and made to sell the Blur (sob!) to part finance it. She even made me delay my vasectomy in case I might want to start a family with another future MrsSwadey! (Like I'd make that mistake again!)

Reminding her that she had in fact said "Do whatever the hell you like" when I had suggested it did not help!

In her defence, she was dealing with a lot of other things at the time and the bike gave her an opportunity to take it out on someone/something

A house – for the mistress 😉

ChrisA – Member
smogmonster – he lies the beauty of my ducati obsession – go out on a red one, come back on a red one!

Same reason that my bikes are always white 😆

Some good stories, some blatant knob waving – yes I bought a Sunseeker without my wife knowing…etc.

Shark – cool! Our Salcombe Flyer (think Boston Whaler but lighter) was around the same price. Properly nippy little thing! Not really a "proper" ski boat but it works fine.

I'm really surprised at you missing the point, Matt – you should go and google Finn (or maybe google Ben Ainslie).

Oh, and in answer to the OP, I've got no idea given it's not really a big deal what I spend my own money on – sometimes I tell her sometimes I don't. If you were asking what's the biggest thing not authorised, then I suppose that would have to be £10k on my current car, given that's my biggest purchase apart from the joint house. If you're asking about things I try to keep quiet then £100 on a RC heli – I'm busy trying to hide the number of those I'm buying.

Aracer – as you can see, I know naff all about sailing boats… 😳

But to be fair, the answer did sound like it was a ski boat…

Not much waterskiing going on behind this number… 😳 😆

I don't really understand the question. My wife actually trusts me to only spend money if we can actually afford it, so she neither "authorises" nor asks about my expenditure.

What bizarre lives you all must lead.

Mine was a joke – I couldn't afford a tent for the mistress let alone a house! She did wave my willy though, or was that another word that starts with a "w" pmsl

A very drunken friday evening on't internet with the credit card didn't go down well when the new frame turned up. But she let it slide. The trouble really started when the second frame arrived 2 days later. I was feeling indecisive

Let that be a lesson to you all. When you get home from the pub absolutely steaming, by all means surf the interweb. But stick to the porn 😉

I am with druidh I never understand these post, I am fortunate that my wife and I have trust that if either of us wants or needs something and we can afford it then permission either way isn't needed I would find it most odd if either us needed permission or hide purchases.

But I enjoy these posts as i realise how lucky I am 😀

i feel too guilty buying expensive stuff without running it past the missus first, comes from my upbringing

looks like some of you guys would benefit from this 😆

I'm also with druidh on this one.. I think seven pints of Otter Ale is my my guiltiest extravagance..

Stu that's ace

I bought a house at 350k without spouse seeing it. Do I win the prize? Is there a prize?

Couple of years ago I bought a cotic soul that I hadn't told herself about and spent the next month in Coventry, she thought I blew a fortune on that ti frame I always wanted, things got better when she realised that the soul wasn't ti and that I sold my old frame to part cover the cost so I was only spending £100, no more sneaky purchases after that, I was up front when I bought my hummer and it was no problem,
PJ.

Surely all you with transparent marital finances didn't go buying the engagement ring with your missus in tow? It's supposed to be a surprise isn't it?

I bought the engagement ring before she was my missus. YMMV

] watches as another pair of "bargain" shoes appears without warning [

One Trek 1.2 road bike and a Snap-On roll cab. She was a bit upset about the road bike, don't think she ever knew about the tool box. Never mind, not a problem anymore 😀

5 meter rib, got found out a year later when the boat yard left a message on the home answer machine to ask if they could move it, i hadnt even given them the number……….now im on a tight lead!!

Yes, this is an issue here , partly due to Mrs FB coming from thrifty northern stock. What can help here is to explain you have invested the money not spent it, and said item is either a/.appreciating or b/.in such demand that you could easily get your money back any time you wanted. What also can help when you buy must-have but non-approved items, is to promise to recoup some or all of the money by selling an old item on ebay, old item can be of minimal value, its the intention that counts…..

My balls are like shrivelled pine nuts.

I bought a Cove Handjob frame off here for £300. It was blue so could be swapped for my blue Merlin frame without any confrontation. Juan has a blackmail like hold over me to this day, cos he knew about it.

I could die you know. Here, she just found out about a packet of Cheese & Onion crisps I purchased from the local supermarket.