She seemed pretty convincing that it was more about being hypocritical about money (controlling her then spending freely myself) than about me getting a life. Don't get me wrong, I'm still glad I bought it and I'll use it a lot. She just seems pretty pissed off that I would go and spend that kind of money on myself when I kept a pretty tight lid on spending while we were together.


Me: 31, W: 29
T: 4 M: 2
Kids: 3 (SS: 7, SD: 4, D: 3)
Separated, still living together: Nov 2013
Separate bedrooms: Feb 2014
W working away; kids with me: Nov 2014