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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]with granite installed running between 63 - 99 per square foot. My kitchen has 60 square feet of counter which is between 3780 - 5940 for granite. That is not "inconsequential" amount of money. Consider that at 200 - 250K of income your take home (after all deductions: fed, state tax, retirement, etc.) then your husband has to earn 8,000 - 12,000 in order for you to have new counter tops.  That is about half a months work for him. something like 4 - 5% of your annual income. That is not "inconsequential." 4% here... 5% there.... "its only a few thousand... we make over 200k...." so on and so on.... [/quote]

This.  Your new granite countertops mean that your DH literally will have to postpone retirement by 2 weeks.  And next year it's something else, and then something else. So you are asking your DH to work more. It seems that he should have a pretty big veto option on this decision, then.

I always laugh when people talk about how there is no consequence to spending X$ since they already paid mortgage, debts etc.  But just because money isn't allocated for a specific pot (car payment, mortgage, 10% savings) doesn't mean there aren't consequences to spending it.

Also, lots of my male friends with Sah wives are technically supportive of the arrangement, but it doesn't mean they don't resent that they're the only ones working.

Suggest the OP get a job or stop asking for granite. [/quote]

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