I talked with my DH about this whole thread before coming here to post. We've been married 22 years. I asked him how he'd feel if I did that. He said it's kind of a toss up between trusting my judgement enough to know that if I ever went out and dropped 2k on anything, it would be because somehow somewhere I had the $$ and trusting me enough to know that I would never do that because he'd want to be part of the process of buying it with me (whatever IT was). He also said he'd hope that I'd trust HIM enough to have a conversation about it and we'd work out together if it was a want or a need.

He's of the mind that if you have a bike that works perfectly fine, why on earth would you need another one. I told him he's entitled to believe that but he shouldn't impose that view on everyone else He said "Oh so now it starts!" LOL I'm already thinking.......hmmmm

Interestingly, later that night.. he said something saucy to me and I said "Thats it, tomorrow I'm going out and buying a bike" He just laughed.. "You don't have an office to stash it in!"

The thing is, everyone's relationship with their SO is personal and unique to them. As long as it worked out in the end, it's all good!!

Especially since she gets to keep the bike!!!