That would be enough to make me cancel my wife's annual vacation with two of her sisters (if I could figure out how to do it). Lucky for me, my wife wouldn't do such a thing.
Augusta National - Grounds for Divorce? (True Story)
I just see myself looking at her, expressionless and saying to myself with a sigh, "Par for the course". And then say, " huh" and continue what I was doing.
Can't let her know she won.
My wife loves having me out of her hair for 6 hours at a clip. I'll check my mail today.
I'm trying to understand why a wife would do this to her husband. Was she concerned about the cost? Was she upset August National (at the time) wasn't admitting women as members and she was a NOW member? Was she just plain pissed at hubby and this was a 'revenge' move for a transgression? Was she a psycho?
Women I know hate to see a man doing something that brings them happiness.
My wife would say, "Go ahead....we can afford it, can't we?" And I'D have to decide whether we could afford the membership PLUS whatever-the-hell SHE would require in paybacks to keep things "even." I think they take a class in "tactics" in college..... :o(
I guess I hit the lottery.
I buy whatever equipment I want, whenever I want, and she never says a word.
"Hey, I know our anniversary is coming up this weekend, but I have a 2-day tournament up at the club Saturday and Sunday. You mind if we celebrate Friday night or possibly sometime the following week?" She's like, "you go play. We can do something Friday night if you want, or maybe the following week if something comes up."
So we relocate to London for two years, with her job. The club I was looking at was gonna run about $4k to join, about about $5k/year for dues. I ask her to take a look at it. She says, "It ain't up to me - if you like the course and the club - go for it."
We get back from London, and I'm looking at a private club membership at a lush facility about 25 minutes north of where we live. AND also resuming a public club membership at a course about a mile from my house that runs about $1000/year, just so I can get in some twilight golf on occasion and access their practice facility in the evenings without having to drive 25 minutes to the private club practice facility. In other words, a hefty private club membership and a public course membership too.
She's like, "You do whatever you want. You pay the bills, you write the checks, you know if we can afford it."
Lottery winner here.
PA= are you bullshitting us?
Nope. No bs whatsoever. It's one of the things that (imo) has allowed our marriage to work over the years - our independence as it relates to personal recreational enjoyments.
She played collegiate tennis back in the mid-late 80's at West Point, and has always had a sports-driven background in her spare time. She never got into golf because she knew it would require a fairly serious commitment and her career hasn't provided her the free time to devote to it... but she would, imo, be a very good golfer. I've taken her to the range on numerous occasions and as far as her golf swing - she's a natural. The putting and short game - not so much... but again, we're now talking about feel and nuance instead of natural athleticism, which requires a different level of commitment above and beyond the full-swing aspects. And she understands this... And she's never once showed an interest beyond perhaps hitting balls at the range, because she's very much a type-A person and would never embark upon any pastime that she felt she couldn't devote 100% of her attention to. Unfortunately (fortunately for me!) she is so wrapped up in climbing the corporate ladder in her career that she understands she wouldn't have enough spare time to be a complete, competitive player, so she's not interested.
But that doesn't stop her from supporting my extracurricular activities in golf.... in fact - when I lost in the finals of our club championship last summer - she took it much harder than I did! LOL!
She's a keeper. She works out and runs marathons, or the occasional 5k race here locally. She just recently joined a running club back over the winter. She has a race coming up here in about a month and she's training for it in her spare time, and I can't help but be supportive, especially considering all of the support she's offered me in golf (or whatever) over the years.
Of course, we are talking about a woman who donated a kidney to a virtual stranger (her beautician's husband) several years ago, and then (after her recovery period) started training for a marathon in Scranton, PA shortly thereafter. She wasn't pleased with her result in that race but finished in under 4 hours nevertheless. She's run several marathons over the years and just understands the importance of having an active, healthy hobby that provides a much-needed distraction/stress-release from the day-to-day rigamarole.
Like I said - I hit the lottery. 
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I found a keeper too. She plays Golf! She likes to play in her ladies leagues and with me once a week, but never gripes about me heading out to tee it up. We established toy money accounts decades ago. We each deposit the same amount from our income into a personal account. We can spend that money on whatever we want whenever we want and no questions asked. Hookers, gigaloes and blow are off the menu, though.
She saves hers up and buys expensive stuff. Mine burns a hole in my pocket. We don't fight over money tho. 
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Augusta would have rescinded their offer if they would have seen the pic of him golfing with shorts and tubesocks