The "My wife hates that I have an iPad" thread

[absolutic]

my wife would hate it

She already does not like when I sit in front of computer or stare in Iphone when we are talking. She is more of a outdoorsy type and thinks she is competing with all the electronic devices at our house. And she could care less about Apple products, uses blackberry and specifically wanted a PC laptop. I have an iphone and Macbook. I bought her iphone before and had to return it because she did not like it. Then Times magazine comes out with an article last week by a Times writer (a self-admitted fan-boy) who says that once you have an Ipad you will start developing a relationship with it. She reads that. I showed her Ipad at the Apple store - she is not interesting. She feels it is another piece of electronics; instead we need to spend more time outdoors hiking and doing other activities.

 

[chriskzoo]

Unfortunately my wife is anti-tech. The more tech enables us, the more she hates it. She dislikes the iPhone, except of course when I use it to find out where we need to go or something and swears she will never get one. She also hates how much time I spend on the computer, except for right now because I am ripping an audiobook with Audiobook Builder for her to listen to on her Nano. Or when I put music on her SwiMP3 player so she can do laps at the pool and listen to music. Or when I buy her Twilight and New Moon on iTunes so she can watch them and all the iTunes Extras on our Apple TV. Or when we have parties and I can play a nice background playlist on the stereo as well as through the Airport Express with some speakers in the backyard. Or when we have her family over and we can watch pictures on our LCD TV.

She seems to love a lot of the cool things that I can do for her with tech, except for 2 things: a) she doesn't want to learn how to do them herself, and b) if it isn't something she specifically likes, she wants to complain. Well she wants to complain anyway. I spend too much time on the computer or emailing/texting from my iPhone or looking up sports scores on it.

Apparently as a huge early adopter of Apple products and past retail employee, I married the wrong person. She doesn't seem to get me at all. Last week on 4/1, my April Fools joke on her was to ask her if she would be home from the gym on Saturday morning at 9:30 like usual and since we didn't have to go to the Easter Egg hunt with the kids till 1:00 or so, if she wanted to go with me to the mall with the kids (there is a play area) or if I should go and hurry home. She asked me why and I told her to pick up the iPad I reserved. I told her it was paid for, I just had to pick it up. She asked who paid for it and I told her I did. She then looked like she was going to cry. I could barely let it go 60 seconds before I told her she was impossible to play an April Fools joke on and that no matter how much I would want one I certainly wouldn't buy it before I tried it.

The thing that really killed me at the end of it all was it made me realize how much sometimes she doesn't get me. It really wasn't a money thing, we can afford one, more so now that I did our taxes this week and found out what our return is. Truth is she made some comment about me buying some $2,500 thing I didn't need. Hello, it's all over the web, Yahoo, MSN, everywhere, are you that clueless how much they cost. Not that $500 - $700 is small change but still a far cry from two plus grand. Instead she thinks we need to spend our tax return landscaping the backyard which is dirt right now since we completed our renovation and it needs a sprinkler system and sod, etc. But there's still money in our return for an iPad.

My birthday is in July. Either she can buy me an iPad or I will.

Sounds like my wife a bit - she totally understands me, but just doesn't "get it."

I was actually going to hold off on getting one, but then got an unexpected bonus at work with the cost of the iPad being less than 10% of that bonus - had the bonus been 10% less and I didn't buy the iPad, she would have been thrilled - what's the issue, LOL?

As for technology, I'll put my wife in the "I really want to learn, but I'll come up with every excuse as to why I don't have time to" category.

 

[stockcerts]

I love being single!

 

[ngenerator]

She already does not like when I sit in front of computer or stare in Iphone when we are talking. She is more of a outdoorsy type and thinks she is competing with all the electronic devices at our house.

How in the hell do we make them aware of the fact that this is not a competition?!? I constantly have to tell her that it's not a comparison game and that starts another issue

I guess I just have a lot to look forward to in my future...

I love being single!

Live it up chief, you'll throw your life away eventually, lol

 

[supermanx]

How in the hell do we make them aware of the fact that this is not a competition?!? I constantly have to tell her that it's not a comparison game and that starts another issue

I've found its especially difficult to be convincing while staring at porn on it.

 

[dougb256]

She's been doing nothing but starting arguments over the past 5 days because of the iPad. We're 23, are getting married in a year and a half, and she thinks that me keeping this is throwing away money that could be going towards a wedding. Or kid's college (keep in mind, we don't have kids currently). Or a car (for her). She's just been into the whole "his money is now my money" mentality, and when I bring it up she freaks out.

Got yourself a control freak, pal. Do you really want to live the rest of your life like that?

 

[H00513R]

She only hates it when I spend 3 hours on it.

 

[djstarrock]

I feel your pain

My GF is very anti tech and will give me never ending grief until I close the Macbook and go do something. However if I'm reading a book then she sees no problem and will leave me alone for hours.

Fast forward to last night. I climb into bed and cue up my book and start to read on the ipad. "Turn the pad off and go to bed"

Can't win...

But here is my plan.

hollowed out into ipad case

So I can read a book on my pad in my book

Oh well happy wife happy life

Don't forget to turn down the brightness.

 

[absolutic]

She only hates it when I spend 3 hours on it.

yours must be very understanding

 

[ngenerator]

Got yourself a control freak, pal. Do you really want to live the rest of your life like that?

Haha, yay! She'll normal out eventually, right? (Sh*t, who am I kidding?)

 

[ThePope43]

Well, I got the email today.. I took it off of craigslist and put it on amazon (since it's more reliable). Sold it and made a nice $200ish profit, minus seller fees of about $50.

She's been doing nothing but starting arguments over the past 5 days because of the iPad. We're 23, are getting married in a year and a half, and she thinks that me keeping this is throwing away money that could be going towards a wedding. Or kid's college (keep in mind, we don't have kids currently). Or a car (for her). She's just been into the whole "his money is now my money" mentality, and when I bring it up she freaks out.

I bet everyone else is jealous that they don't get this type of drama on their primetime lineup

I should be getting more graduation $ soon, at which time she'll forget about why she was pissy the first time and just shut up and let me keep the next one. Still going to be a 32GB wifi

Good 'nuff! Hey either way you look at it, I mean, it's a win for you. Hell, you made a couple bucks for doing what? Absolutely nothing pretty much, so you can't beat that!

I'm 18, almost 19, and about to graduate college. My girlfriend is 21 and going to graduate the same quarter as me in the same school in the same classes in the same quarter(lol) and I'm getting lectures about stuff way beyond what you're saying lol and we're not even engaged yet!!! So I do feel your pain!

But hey, the iPad isn't going anywhere anytime soon and you might be able to get one that has a better revision like maybe a camera.

 

[stev]

i took the wife to the apple store, where we played with ipads for about an hour. i had to tell her it was time to leave three times before i could get her away from it:

me: what are you playing?

her: dont know

me: how do play it?

her: not sure, but it is strangely addictive.

me: want to just buy one and we can take it home?

her: no, i have enough problems getting things done without having one of these.

she was "playing" some app that involved rotating the ipad to wrap string around some funny shaped item.

so, i continue to wait for my 3g to be released . . . . . . .

 

[stockcerts]

How in the hell do we make them aware of the fact that this is not a competition?!? I constantly have to tell her that it's not a comparison game and that starts another issue

I guess I just have a lot to look forward to in my future...



Live it up chief, you'll throw your life away eventually, lol

Already made that mistake once, won't do it again!

 

[mj1108]

I love being single!

I second this.

 

[ngenerator]

But hey, the iPad isn't going anywhere anytime soon and you might be able to get one that has a better revision like maybe a camera.

Thanks man, it's going to suck not having it, especially since just last night I was learning how to upload .cbr files to my Comic Zeal app (and btw, the Watchmen and V For Vendetta graphic novels looked amazing on it). During the syncing, I got the "Your product has been sold" email from amazon. It was kinda bittersweet.

I was thinking about waiting for the camera, but I have no use for it. I don't iChat (or whatever the kids these days are calling it), and nobody I know uses video chatting either. Having my hands on one of the best mobile computing devices of our time has soured me to anything else. I'll just have to wait a few weeks till I get another Maybe the 64GB this time

 

[roland.g]

Sounds like my wife a bit - she totally understands me, but just doesn't "get it."

I was actually going to hold off on getting one, but then got an unexpected bonus at work with the cost of the iPad being less than 10% of that bonus - had the bonus been 10% less and I didn't buy the iPad, she would have been thrilled - what's the issue, LOL?

As for technology, I'll put my wife in the "I really want to learn, but I'll come up with every excuse as to why I don't have time to" category.

Nope, mine is also the outdoorsy type, she does triathlons, which I think is great and I support her, and while I do things like snowboard and play rec league hockey, she is always saying things like "it is beautiful out, let's go for a walk." What is it with walks and women?

 

[H00513R]

yours must be very understanding

Most of the time hehe. But she knew what she was getting when she married me 10 years ago.

 

[ldobson]

Well, I got the email today.. I took it off of craigslist and put it on amazon (since it's more reliable). Sold it and made a nice $200ish profit, minus seller fees of about $50.

She's been doing nothing but starting arguments over the past 5 days because of the iPad. We're 23, are getting married in a year and a half, and she thinks that me keeping this is throwing away money that could be going towards a wedding. Or kid's college (keep in mind, we don't have kids currently). Or a car (for her). She's just been into the whole "his money is now my money" mentality, and when I bring it up she freaks out.

I bet everyone else is jealous that they don't get this type of drama on their primetime lineup

I should be getting more graduation $ soon, at which time she'll forget about why she was pissy the first time and just shut up and let me keep the next one. Still going to be a 32GB wifi

Simple. Take a video of your girlfriend, and replace her with an iPAD, you have the benefit of looking at your girlfriend, and also having a mute button!

 

[roland.g]

Simple. Take a video of your girlfriend, and replace her with an iPAD, you have the benefit of looking at your girlfriend, and also having a mute button!

Well actually that would be a screen rotation lock button.

 

[mj1108]

Well actually that would be a screen rotation lock button.

No, that would be a mute button.

 

[gwynne]

As much as this thread terrifies me (I feel truly bad for a lot of you, because dang, life is short), I feel I must speak up on behalf of my gender and mention that it is possible to find a tech-friendly/non-neurotic wife.

And even if someone is not into tech, a relationship really needs space for people to pursue their own interests. If your spouse has no interests except getting attention from you, you've already got a bigger problem.

 

[FSUSem1noles]

My wife does like technology and does enjoy using it and having it and she doesn't mind me using or having it, unless I'm spending hours working on repairing computers.

What she DISLIKES is when I buy it! Every so often I can get away with a "but I needed it for work" seeing how I have a computer repair business...

Sure there's always better things that the money can go towards likes home renovations, bills, etc,etc... but with that logic when would you ever "treat" yourself.. There will always be home renovations to be done and bills to pay..

 

[dougb256]

If your spouse has no interests except getting attention from you, you've already got a bigger problem.

+1. Listen up, fellers! Thanks Gwynne

 

[absolutic]

not sure about it

I love being single!

I had been single until I got married until I was 34 to a girl that looks like a model, 11 years younger than me, makes 6 figures income, and takes care of the house. On one hand I want my toy on the other hand I understand that my relationship is much more important. With that in mind I think I'll get one but a little bit later