Controversial...

[DisneyWalker44]

would have to use *ahem* strong persuasion to get him to sign.

As a husband, I want to go on the record and being highly in favor of "strong persuasion." Assuming we are thinking of the same kind of persuasion The whole think sounds like a great plan to me.

Note to DIS posters - Seriously folks, please read what somebody says before blasting them. We have 4 pages of posts criticizing the OP for thinking of buying a timeshare without discussing it with her husband. Go back and see what she actually wrote.

 

[Dean]

As a husband, I want to go on the record and being highly in favor of "strong persuasion." Assuming we are thinking of the same kind of persuasion The whole think sounds like a great plan to me.

Note to DIS posters - Seriously folks, please read what somebody says before blasting them. We have 4 pages of posts criticizing the OP for thinking of buying a timeshare without discussing it with her husband. Go back and see what she actually wrote.

I can't speak for others. At your suggestion, I did go back and read it again, confirmed my first impression that it was not something my wife or I would do and would not be appropriate in our marriage. I think there has been very little criticism and a lot of "I would not do that and here's why" type of posts.

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Nevermind.

 

[Disney_Villain]

We just bought BLT shortly after the OP posted this. Fortunately, this time my DH didn't need much arm-twisting. Even so, I kept at hand my 3 recommended "methods of persuasion:

1. The Suggestion: Let him in on it. Tell him he has the final say on the purchase decision. Then go quiet for a while. See if he bites.
2. The Itimidation: Threaten to deep-six his teddy bear (in a kindly voice).
3. The Ultimatum: Show him the cost of a divorce - and how a DVC purchase is way cheaper in comparison. Speadheets help.

I wouldn't use option 3 myself, but I have resorted to option 2.

 

[Hunclemarco]

Concerning our situation.... My wife comes home from work as i have a huge grin on my face...

DW: What did you do?
Me: I talked with Humberto today!
DW: I see... you added 100 pts.
Me: No...I added 200!!!
DW:

She has come home to this conversation 4 times now. I'll end this by saying that we talk about everything together, so she knows she may come home to these conversations.

 

[Simba's Mom]

Concerning our situation.... My wife comes home from work as i have a huge grin on my face...

DW: What did you do?
Me: I talked with Humberto today!
DW: I see... you added 100 pts.
Me: No...I added 200!!!
DW:

She has come home to this conversation 4 times now. I'll end this by saying that we talk about everything together, so she knows she may come home to these conversations.

Wow, when it comes to DVC, your DW is soo lucky! Mine doesn't even know who our guide is, and wouldn't recognize him if he (literally) ran into him. I even took the DVC tour alone-DH didn't care about it one way or another. His response to my desire for a recent add on? "Can we afford? Yes, we can afford!"

 

[ACDSNY]

Wow, when it comes to DVC, your DW is soo lucky! Mine doesn't even know who our guide is, and wouldn't recognize him if he (literally) ran into him. I even took the DVC tour alone-DH didn't care about it one way or another. His response to my desire for a recent add on? "Can we afford? Yes, we can afford!"

I think our DH must be related...mine wouldn't know our guide either, but he learned how to sign by the mouse and date by the palm trees very well.

 

[anna08]

A happy update - he got an email about the current incentives and asked me if we should be taking advantage of them!! No strong persuasion needed
We'll be adding on after our upcoming trip I believe Thanks for everyone's input. It made for some interesting reading in an otherwise routine DVC Dis board lately!

 

[Hunclemarco]

Congrats! He may still like the "ahem" strong pursuasion!!

 

[DisDaydreamer]

A happy update - he got an email about the current incentives and asked me if we should be taking advantage of them!! No strong persuasion needed
We'll be adding on after our upcoming trip I believe Thanks for everyone's input. It made for some interesting reading in an otherwise routine DVC Dis board lately!

Very lucky...

 

[kent285]

A happy update - he got an email about the current incentives and asked me if we should be taking advantage of them!!

Awww...that was just too easy! Congratulations!! FWIW-I've really been enjoying this thread-thanks OP.

 

[momx2]

I understand what you are explaining and hope I didn't offend you. I guess we're strange birds. Our roles are completely non traditional and quite mixed up. We both make the income... MB pays the bills and does the taxes, I do the laundry (ironing icluded) and housecleaning, MB does the groceries and making of meals, I do the dishes, yard work, and gardening. MB does the gift purchasing and wrapping (including Christmas). We didn't really come up with any plan it has just worked out this way.

Sorry to the Op for sidetracking her thread.

OMG! Finally a set up like my DH and mine. We have the exact same division of labor and it just happened, fell into place that way. I was just thinking this weekend how odd we are and that maybe I should do more, but feel much better now. Also, he works less than me and works from home, so it really makes sense to us.