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My wife and I cannot decide on a color. Need a neutral system to decide to save our marriage.
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Red is not a choice, but Pink is. Is it the one you're referring to? She doesn't like it?
What color is your walls, your furniture, your bed cover ? You should make it fit somehow, otherwise it'll be strange IMO.
It's been proven that the more purple you put in your bedroom, the more action you're gonna get. Can't be a wrong choice. 😉
I would go back one step -- why are you putting an iMac in the bedroom? Does someone want to sit at a desk while the other sleeps? I am generally against TV and computers in the bedroom and would just leave computers to the office, den, etc.
Second, now that this has become a thing, what do you think the future will hold when everytime either of you go into the bedroom you will see this object with all this emotional baggage and one of you actively dislikes?
Third, is everything in your home decided equally or does each have their domains? Often I see women get kitchens and bathrooms, the bedroom, and the living room and/or dining room. Don't worry you get the garage and possibly an office or den or basement and probably the mortgage. Seriously, a lot of women intertwine their identities and their home/decor. How much of your identity is tied to the color of this iMac? On the other hand, did she already decorate the bedroom? If so don't make a giant inkspot on her painting.
But at this point especially I would reboot the conversation and take this whole idea of the computer out of the bedroom.
The iMac is available is seven colours.
Both of you write down your top four colours.
The overlapping colour wins.
Both of you write down your top four colours.
The overlapping colour wins.
We have all the colors at work. The pink and orange are very similar. Most people at work call them both pink, although the orange is more of a salmon.
There's no true red.
So that may help.
Green is my favorite. It just brings the calm. I like the blue too.
There's no true red.
So that may help.
Green is my favorite. It just brings the calm. I like the blue too.
Actually I don’t think Apple is going to release iMac M4 this year.
I think they skip the iMac M4 and releasing iMac M5 next year, or whenever it comes.
I think they skip the iMac M4 and releasing iMac M5 next year, or whenever it comes.
...The "fun" being repeating the fight, when you need to upgrade!Let her have this one, but get a coupon for something fun you can redeem later.
Ssshhh... This is a fun thread.
I can’t tell if this is a real post or joke?!
nope only thing me and my wife have in common is we both got married on the same day
I'll like to solve the puzzle Alex: Mac mini and external monitor of your choice.
I’ve heard of marriages breaking up for all kinds of silly reasons but never about the “color” of a computer that hasn’t even been released.
Brings some things into perspective.
Brings some things into perspective.
I don’t think his missus understands the term fun.Let her have this one, but get a coupon for something fun you can redeem later.
not necessarily spineless, but that just shows that the relationship is not equal and therefore flawed.
I think I might actually have the solution though...if you already have a neutral iMac somewhere else in the house; move it into your bedroom. then buy a different color for the room you took it from.
Function over form, my friend. Function over form. Let her choose the color, and you spec it the way you want it. The only time I'm picky about colors if it's going to be solely mine to use.
Now, wading into controversy: I loathe the phrase, "Happy wife, happy life". That's a recipe for a one-sided marriage, something I (and many others) have little interest in. Compromise is the key to a good marriage, not caving in to her (or his) every demand. Like others said, choose your battles wisely. This one doesn't seem that significant to me.
(Thirty-four years of marriage here, for the record)
Now, wading into controversy: I loathe the phrase, "Happy wife, happy life". That's a recipe for a one-sided marriage, something I (and many others) have little interest in. Compromise is the key to a good marriage, not caving in to her (or his) every demand. Like others said, choose your battles wisely. This one doesn't seem that significant to me.
(Thirty-four years of marriage here, for the record)
