How to convince the wife?

[webdiddy]

Not sure I'm in the right forum here but anyways.....

It looks like I'll be getting a Revenge from mars pinball as payment for a job pretty soon and here's my problem.
I live in a small 3 bed apartment with my wife my son and my dog, and really the only place I can have the pin is in the living room, it's really there I prefer to have it because I think it looks beautiful but I´m pretty sure my wife will not agree with me, I believe the she will say it's ugly, loud and takes up to much space. 


I would just LOVE to roll the pin in and place it in the living room and the tell my wife to just deal with it, but I am not ready for a divorce

Any advice on how I can convince her to let me have it? Is there a way to make to bumpers and so on to make less noise?

[lordnacho]

Similiar boat here in an apt.  Another baby on the way, so all the baby crud has to come back out so my spot for a cabinet got shot down.  All I can recommend is to negotiate. 

Had a pinball back in the day, neighbors hated it.  Could only use during the day when we thought they weren't home.

[Dawgz Rule]

My first pin sat in the living room and the wife (girlfriend at the time) didn't really seem to care.   We tended to play together though so I guess that is one strategy.  When the second one arrived, I had one in a bedroom and the other in the living room. 

Any chance of moving it to a bedroom?   I squeezed one of mine in there.   

[lilshawn]

ask first. (even before you think about bringing it home)

source: married.

[Malenko]

Its easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission.

[nickbuol]

ask first. (even before you think about bringing it home)

source: married.

This post would have been funny if it said:

ask first. (even before you think about bringing it home)

source: divorced.

[drventure]

she will say it's ugly, loud and takes up to much space.

Well, she's right on 2 counts (ugly is subjective  )

There's no way it could go in one of those other rooms? How bout drop the legs and put it in the closet for now (till you get more space)?

Unfortunately, I know this pain. A pin really needs a dedicated gameroom, unless you're both enthusiasts. I always thought it could be cool to turn a pin into a coffee table, short legs, a flip down backglass, etc. But you certainly wouldn't want to hack up a nice working pin for that.

So, short answer. Maybe it'd be better to take cash, and leave the pin for a day when you have a little more space (and distance between your neighbors)

[TopJimmyCooks]

got any friends with houses that could accommodate for a while?  with visitation rights?

[webdiddy]

Thanks for the advice guys!

I had a talk with her to today (if you can call it that) and just as I expected she "flipped" out (far fetched pun intended).
I am hoping she will war up to the idea though, she had these kinds of objections when I told her I wanted a movie projector and now she loves it, but if I would ask her she would say that a 32" crt tv will do just as well (liar). But I'm betting she will not come to like the pin but all I need is for her to tolerate it.

[lilshawn]

Tell her the pin2000 machine is smaller than a standard pinball, so it won't take up quite as much room as a regular pinball machine.

if still not, tell her you can get it and if she really doesn't like it you can fix it up and flip it for a profit. 

[UFO]

ugly, loud and takes up to much space. 

This is what my wife says about me.)

Take her for dinner. Get her drunk and tell her in the morning she agreed.

[ed12]

i have worked in that side of the trade all my life
my wife had..note had said no freeign way
pin in living room
welp 1 night cold day/snow..i had no choice
so i brought it in,let it warm a tad,snoozed a tad <usual>
got up and flipped it on,it turned right on....played a game
and she got in,and took over..all it takes is a little nudge some times
same with the sit down video game..no problems any more
a slight nodge dose the trick every time

ed

[jennifer]

  Laughs, and Laughs ,You guys have got some issues.... Buy here some flowers [and you other guys too, Shame on you] and then go by the darn pin before it gets sold....Jennifer gives you permission....

[05SRT4]

My Wife gave you permission to leave it at our place while you guys work it out.

[smartbomb2084]

I guess we all know who wears the pants in your household and it isn't you....

[nickbuol]

I guess we all know who wears the pants in your household and it isn't you....

I guess we know who is either single, has a pin loving spouse, or keeps their spouse locked in their basement behind a steel prison door.... 

[05SRT4]

Recently I have been using my wife's tattoos as an excuse to buy more stuff. She can add more to her tats if I get to buy another Arcade. Its been working out nicely.

[webdiddy]

Believe me, I usually get my way with my wife, it has nothing to do who is wearing the pants I'm just trying to avoid making her pissed and crossing her legs for me for the next coming months.

I think I will just take the pin home and tell her I have to think about what to do with it, the thing is if I take cash for the job instead of trading it for the pin I will get paid about half of what the pin is worth.

Hopefully she'll get annoyed of the big box standing around in the apartment and will agree to unpack it.

[UFO]

Believe me, I usually get my way with my wife, it has nothing to do who is wearing the pants I'm just trying to avoid making her pissed and crossing her legs for me for the next coming months.

I think I will just take the pin home and tell her I have to think about what to do with it, the thing is if I take cash for the job instead of trading it for the pin I will get paid about half of what the pin is worth.

Hopefully she'll get annoyed of the big box standing around in the apartment and will agree to unpack it.

Then just tell her that if it doesn't work out with the pin, then you'll sell it.

Tell her to give it a "trial" period, and most importantly dont piss her off while ahe watches tv and have a drinks night playing - she may love it and you'll not get near it!!

Good luck buddy..

BTW, its not about who wears the trousers, its calles compromise...

[yotsuya]

Like I said on KLOV, tell her that if you can keep the pin, you'll stop bugging her to try anal.

[Dawgz Rule]

 

[smartbomb2084]

That steel cellar door is triple locked too....and feeding is minimal...

[brihyn]

got any friends with houses that could accommodate for a while?  with visitation rights?

Just checking, are you talking about accomodating the wife or the pinball machine?

[TopJimmyCooks]

either way works.

[lilshawn]

When it comes to your wife, there is no winning, only various states of losing.

the best way for anything wife related is to make it her idea.

I wanted a big screen TV in the bedroom. not gonna happen. but, allow me to explain. our TV stopped working. perfect. typical bad caps, not turning on etc. papa wants a new TV...

gotta broken TV honey, need to buy a new one... thumbs up!

Me: (after unpacking the new TV) now what?
Her: (points) you need to get rid of this broken ass TV
M: okay
H: take it out to the garage and then take it out friday (our garbage day)
M: okay

so i drag it out there and change a few caps in it and it fires back up again...

LATER IN THE WEEK:

Her: it's garbage day tomorrow make sure you get that broken TV out there.
Me: right...yeah...I..uhm...took that TV apart and fixed it.
H: wut?
M: yeah.
H: ...
M: ... (stupid look)
H: ... (stupider look)

*proceed to make stupid faces at each other.* (I won)

Her: so...it works?
Me: yeah I suppose you could say it that way.
H: so why the hell did we buy a new TV?!
M: cause the one we had was broken?
H: well...christ!
M: ...
H: so why again did we buy a new TV?!
M: cause the one we had was broken.
H: yeah i got that...
M: a better question is, what the hell are we going to do with that one now?
H: ... *look of disapproval*
M: upgrade? 
H: what are you talking about? why?!
M: because I can. (proceed to place said TV onto my desk as if to hook this ridiculously large "monitor" to my computer...)
H: FORGET IT!
M: what do you suggest then?

and that is how I got a big screen in the bedroom. 

TL:DR: I got what I wanted because it was all her idea.

[webdiddy]

I once was told that "you know that you reached a good compromise when both parties are unhappy" that's what we got here. The wife finally agreed on having the pin in the apartment but I have to keep it in my sons room, I want it in the living room.

At least she finally gave in! I might not get "anything" for a couple of weeks but it will be worth it. 

[lilshawn]

 

[yotsuya]

I once was told that "you know that you reached a good compromise when both parties are unhappy" that's what we got here. The wife finally agreed on having the pin in the apartment but I have to keep it in my sons room, I want it in the living room.

At least she finally gave in! I might not get "anything" for a couple of weeks but it will be worth it. 

"If you need anything, hon, I'll be in the other room playing with my balls. Then playing with my balls."