How To Talk Your Wife Out Of Buying A Horse
Author: RON PETRACEK

Many couples who have been married for any length of time know
that any marriage is based on compromise. For example, this is
when the husband informs his wife that he needs a new set of
golf clubs to improve his golf game. This is when the wife will
ask how much and the husband responds $800. This is when the
wife will respond "not in your dreams!" After some debate, the
couple will agree that he can purchase new golf clubs, but he is
only allowed to spend $400.

Married couples go through this routine on a daily basis about
many different things that happen in their lives and now your
wife thinks that she will have some leverage over you and tells
you that she has dreamed of owning a horse since she was a child
and she wants to purchase a horse of her very own.

You know that owning a horse will be much more expensive than
purchasing golf clubs; after all, golf clubs do not eat. This is
when you decide to put your foot down and tell your wife that
she cannot purchase a horse, but before you inform your wife of
this decision, you need to have some reasons prepared to defend
your position because she is going to argue with you.

The first point that you can use to defend your decision is
that horses are too expensive to own. You can tell your wife
that unlike purchasing golf clubs, purchasing a horse is not a
one time expense. Besides paying a high price for a horse that
is safe, you will also have to pay for monthly expenses like
feed and board. You will also have to purchase all of the
necessary grooming supplies and a saddle and bridle so that your
wife will be able to ride the horse.

Another valid reason that you can use to defend your point of
not purchasing a horse is that your wife will be driving every
day to where the horse is boarded to take care of it. This means
that she will have to fill up her gas tank more often and with
the rising cost of gas this could be a very costly expense. Your
wife will also be putting a lot more miles on her car driving to
take care of the horse. This means that there will also be more
routine maintenance expenses that you will have to pay for.

You can also argue that the two of you will not be able to
spend as much time together as you do now because the horse is
going to take up all of her extra time. This means that the two
of you will not be able to do some of the things that you enjoy
together like going to the movies.

You will have to be prepared to stand your ground on this issue
because a woman that wants a horse can be very persistent. You
should also start saving your money because even though you have
many valid reasons against purchasing a horse, this is one
battle that you will lose and before you know it and your wife
will be the proud owner of her very first horse!

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About The Author: Ron Petracek was raised in Souther Idaho,with
a black morgan as his adventure companion. His Love for horses
has expanded into the largest equine classified network on the
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