Should I or shouldn't I?

[missmyfriend]

My W saw the bike in the garage prior to going to my grandmother's funeral on Friday. Her reaction was something. She could not believe that I was serious about buying it. She is used to me wanting something but choosing something for the family instead or paying off bills.

The whole day she was really fantastic. She was incredibly supportive during the funeral and over at my uncle's house afterwards.

When I saw her today (we went to church and lunch and then came home), she spent more time with me than even the kids. She tried to encourage me to get a tattoo to go with my decision to buy a bike. Having the bike appears to have caused some "interest" for my wife in me. She began to share a lot with me about being excited about her new apartment, which she is nervous about but is doing something on her own, getting her upper ear pierced and teasing me that she had a tattoo (she hasn't gotten it yet). Don't worry, my reaction was "can I see it" with a smile on my face. Do I want her to get a tattoo? No. I don't have anything against tattoos but she has never liked them until the friends she works with showed them theirs.

I just don't want her to get something permanent in her MLC state and regret it later. Of course, there are worse things and if she gets through this and our marriage continues, I could care less if she has a tattoo (as long as it does not have another man's name on her -- which it wont).

Who would have thought that by pursuing something for myself that it might spur interest in me by her? Doesn't matter anyway if it is for the wrong reasons.