Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope?

Headphones work nicely.

I see no one has posted to this for a while, and forgive me for doing a bit of catching up on these (newbie) but I am LMAO reading this thread... very great material indeed.
My setup is embarassingly humbly compared to what I have seen on A'gon, but my dear wife, who is stone deaf with ringing in one ear, could hear the difference from our previous system. I feel so bad she misses out on most of what hi-fi is all about but she understands clarity, both equipment-wise and in choice of program, so we get along well with it. Adhering to Angela100's criteria, on occasion, has no doubt "greased the wheels" and also we travel to Japan at least twice a year to see her family so there is equlibrium to some extent from that standpoint.
In the case of a wife who was totally unreasonable, well, I guess that is one case where cryo treatment might really do the trick... ;)

Just found this thread. Good question. Someone once said that this is the reason furniture in the rest of the house is for. Talk about expensive! I would hate to match dollar for dollar on chairs vs electronics. Double the cost of everything? But, my advice is to carefully explain the following:
1. It keeps me out of bars.
2. We can have friends over to listen to music after dinner.
3. Electronics can be sold for real money.
Ever try to sell a chair or a lamp??
4. I usually keep my equipment for a long time. Its not
like redecorating.
5. Don't you want me to be happy?
6. Have a slush fund for each of you that is "mad money".

Anyway, sometimes you just go buy it because it makes you happy! Good luck!

this is the funniest thread ive read so far!!! i was married when i was 20,and whenever i tryed to play the stereo ,shed say the music i listened to made her nervous,after a year of not listening to music i got rid of her!and bought a stereo and guitar.is there any single female audiophiles out there?

Luckily I've never had to worry about WAF for audio, flying, pets, guns, bows, musical instruments, bicycles, or any other hobbies or toys, etc.