On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 04:35:55 GMT, "ameijers"
wrote:



Read this group for a few days, and you will see the acronym, SWMBO. She Who
Must Be Obeyed. In the case of an impulse purchase of a dishwasher, the
answer is probably somewhere in the middle- I doubt the payback will be as
short as a couple of years, but the PITA factor of a flood and a emergency
purchase,

I agree with your post, especiallly the last line, but I can't imagine
the lack of a dishwasher to be an emergency.

and perhaps an overtime plumber (if it turns out to be too weird
to switch out yourself), are worth something too. But all that is water
under the dam at this point- if it was on sale you probably can't return it
anyway, especially if it is uncrated or has had water through it. So grovel
a bit, say 'Yes Dear', install it, and start leaving catalogs laying around
for stuff she likes. (And for future reference, most females regard the
kitchen as 'their' space, even if they hate cooking. Old social traditions
like that die hard. She is likely mad because she wasn't involved, as much
as about the money.)

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