1) Exorbitant pet of their choice, the more ridiculous, the better.
For example, my wife told my kids after our dog died a few months that we wouldn't get a new dog for at least a year, and when we did, it would have to be a small-to-medium sized one. Keep in mind that our house is a 2.5 story Victorian. Now that she is in her MLC loveshack, which is a small lake rental, she bought a puppy "for the kids" - a Rottweiler - Italian Mastiff mix that when grown, should be 120-130 lbs.
2) Exorbitant motorized toy of choice.
Wife and her "ten-years-younger-than-her" boyfriend bought a boat to go wakeboarding. According to my friend Dave, there's a few problems. First off, the boat they snagged (which cost them all they could afford) is barely able to pull a wakeboarder. Secondly, they have no idea how fuel-inefficient boats are and how much $$$ they're going to be pouring into their gastank. Thirdly, according to boating rules, the two of them CAN'T go wakeboarding, b/c they are required to have a dedicated "spotter" to watch the person wakeboarding in case they fall. So, basically, wife and her schmuck boyfriend spent too much money on a toy they can't really afford to run to do something they need a third person to help them with. Outstanding.
And yet, wife doesn't she that she's the frigging posterchild for MLC.
Me: 47 Kids: 2 boys, 14 & 8 Bomb: 5/5/08 Married: 16 years, together 20 Divorce final 8/11/10 I remarried, to an amazing woman: 3/17/12... "Once in awhile, in an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale"
