Quote Originally Posted by Medianox View Post
It seems pretty obvious that he sees the replacement of my original bike as a slam against him in some way, but I can't fathom the workings of the male mind enough to fix that.
This is an important point that most of the discussion has glossed over. His main problem isn't the expense, it's that he feels threatened in some way. I suspect that his problem is that he bought her the first bike, so her wanting to replace that is a bit like saying the bike he bought her wasn't good enough.

Let us know how it all turns out. I'm really interested now.