My wife and I cannot decide on a color. Need a neutral system to decide to save our marriage.

[MacDaddyPanda]

Lol Team purple. It’s one of my favorite colors. Basically darker fall colors are generally my favorite colors.

 

[MacLawyer]

This is causing fights every time I bring it up. Just got done arguing about it all
morning and now she is being passive aggressive and isolating.

We plan on purchasing an iMac for the bedroom when the new M4s come out.
My wife wants a cool color… purple, blue, or green. I want a warmer color… red or yellow.
Not orange.

Anyone married that can think of a system of choosing that is neutral and will make us both content? Thanks!

You need to learn the two magic words: yes dear.

 

[ChrisA]

Anyone married that can think of a system of choosing that is neutral and will make us both content? Thanks!

Whoever cares more about color gets to have what they want. Many times I might say "I like blue but don't care too much" while she says "It has to be white". OK if she cares that much we get white.

My opinion: Color is unimportant.

Or you can buy two computers.

 

[Steve121178]

As soon as I got home my wife waved Apple News on her iPhone in my face with the announcement teaser of new iMacs next week. Without even saying hi she said,”a purple one right?”

I couldn’t handle it so I am out on a park bench venting here

Don’t simp for your wife, just sets a precedent for everything. She’ll be picking the next car, the next house, the colour for your next anything.

Stick to your guns and she may end up liking your new dominant side.

Or she’ll move out and go and stay with her parents/friend & file for divorce. Which also sounds a win to be honest.

 

[Richu]

Don’t simp for your wife, just sets a precedent for everything. She’ll be picking the next car, the next house, the colour for your next anything.

Stick to your guns and she may end up liking your new dominant side.

Or she’ll move out and go and stay with her parents/friend & file for divorce. Which also sounds a win to be honest.

Sure, divorce from your life partner seems like a solid response if you’re not able to assert that macho dominance when choosing petty apple gadgets!

 

[bzgnyc2]

As soon as I got home my wife waved Apple News on her iPhone in my face with the announcement teaser of new iMacs next week. Without even saying hi she said,”a purple one right?”

I couldn’t handle it so I am out on a park bench venting here

She's trolling you. You need to regroup and think about what's really underlying all this. And then actually talk to her about it.

 

[niteflyr]

Clearly this has absolutely nothing to do about color. It is a control issue. Go see a marriage counselor.

 

[Steve121178]

Sure, divorce from your life partner seems like a solid response if you’re not able to assert that macho dominance when choosing petty apple gadgets!

You’re missing the point. If your partner has to choose everything in the house and makes life a misery for you when you try to give an opinion then stop laying down for her/him all the time or nothing will change. Just giving in and letting her choose everything isn’t the way to live your life. There needs to be a fair balance.

 

[Cunir]

There is only one solution… let her have the colour she wants

 

[TSE]

The new yellow looks more like an Easter yellow. Am I correct to assume this?

I’m thinking of going green since it’s a bit brighter than the previous version and the wife will be happy with that one.

 

[fisha]

No, she'll be happy with a purple one ... you did read your last post didn't you?

You'll buy a green one, take it home, she'll not be happy, more silent treatment, call you out on it, and you'll end up returning it for a purple one. Then you'll be back on here complaining about how she has reacted, when in reality most of the posters on here will be thinking "told you so".

You're cutting your nose of to spite your face by not accepting this.

 

[TSE]

No, she'll be happy with a purple one ... you did read your last post didn't you?

You'll buy a green one, take it home, she'll not be happy, more silent treatment, call you out on it, and you'll end up returning it for a purple one. Then you'll be back on here complaining about how she has reacted, when in reality most of the posters on here will be thinking "told you so".

You're cutting your nose of to spite your face by not accepting this.

Nothing in the room is purple man no way.

 

[Kendo]

Fellow married poster here (10+ years) - I'd go for whatever the wife wants as long as it isn't a crazy color like pink. Even if you win and get to choose the iMac you want, in the end you really don't win...

Happy wife, happy life is totally a cliche but it's true. There's that meme where a wife yells at a guy for leaving the toilet seat up - meanwhile she leaves hair on the shower wall, all her makeup and crap all over the sink, all 10x worse than a toilet seat, etc. It's just the way the world is. Lastly, 30 years from now when she's sick and on her deathbed, is the color of the iMac really that important?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a proponent for giving a wife everything she wants. But if it is within reason (again, if I buy a car, I won't listen to the wife no matter what if she wants a pink car) - I generally give in. God knows my wife puts up with a ton of crap from my side.

Also, there is that statistic that 50% of marriages end in divorce. Don't listen to the other posters (half in this thread) who are either bachelors or headed towards that 50%.

 

[Night Spring]

Happy wife, happy life is totally a cliche but it's true. There's that meme where a wife yells at a guy for leaving the toilet seat up - meanwhile she leaves hair on the shower wall, all her makeup and crap all over the sink, all 10x worse than a toilet seat, etc.

I disagree. Raised toilet seat is 10x worse! You wake up, have to go NOW, stumble into the bathroom still half asleep, sit down to do your business, and your butt is halfway into the toilet bowl before you realize what's happening. No amount of hair clogging up your drain or makeup stuff getting in your way on the sink could possibly compare to that unpleasantness! 😡

 

[Kendo]

I disagree. Raised toilet seat is 10x worse! You wake up, have to go NOW, stumble into the bathroom still half asleep, sit down to do your business, and your butt is halfway into the toilet bowl before you realize what's happening. No amount of hair clogging up your drain or makeup stuff getting in your way on the sink could possibly compare to that unpleasantness! 😡

Fair enough lol. Btw, I did mean that in jest, and mainly referring to this meme which I got a kick out of.

 

[Night Spring]

Fair enough lol. Btw, I did mean that in jest, and mainly referring to this meme which I got a kick out of.

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Ouch, that's pretty bad.

I did think you meant it in jest, and hope you take my post in the same vein. But I also couldn't resist the opportunity of pointing out the real consequences of the toilet seat being up! Sure, if we are awake and fully alert, it's no big deal to lower it. But when we fail to notice it, which happens more often than you'd think, the result is pretty unpleasant, lol.

 

[trifid]

Nothing in the room is purple man no way.

So marriage saved by the new colors? 😆

Green looks great BTW

 

[Fishrrman]

Wondering if this thread hasn't been "a troll" from the very beginning...?

 

[iMarkypad]

This is causing fights every time I bring it up. Just got done arguing about it all
morning and now she is being passive aggressive and isolating.

We plan on purchasing an iMac for the bedroom when the new M4s come out.
My wife wants a cool color… purple, blue, or green. I want a warmer color… red or yellow.
Not orange.

Anyone married that can think of a system of choosing that is neutral and will make us both content? Thanks!

Maybe the same colour as your main colour of your bedroom interior.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Wondering if this thread hasn't been "a troll" from the very beginning...?

I've been thinking the same, though only through a very obscure train-of-thoughts:

The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare, is called "Troll kan temmes" in Norwegian, which literally can be translated back into English as "Trolls can be tamed", and some in this thread seems to think in Shakespearian terms...

 

[iZac]

if it's not too late, buy one of those LED light strips so you can contrast / compliment the purple with a red hue or something. You don't have to attach them to the iMac necessarily, just mount them at the back edge of the desk.

Voilà warm red desk with a purple highlight.

 

[TSE]

I ordered a yellow one.

 

[wilberforce]

I ordered a yellow one.

Alright, that way it will stand out in the doghouse

 

[JoeG4]

I have no dog in this race, but I like blue, green, and purple the most. I think a better question is: Who's going to be using that computer the most? I think that person should decide the color.

Also I can't really believe people would get in such a heated argument about what color iMac they buy lol.

 

[gilby101]

Who's going to be using that computer the most?

That's another source of argument.