Originally posted by Blackcoog:
I know I have really gotten into my car lately because of an SVT swap,
Chris
I'm in the same situation. Excpet for me, myself and my Finace just moved into a new house to. This meant painting, decorating, etc etc, the usual stuff you have to do to a new house. Well, that's when I started to work on the car as I finally had a garage to work in and it needed doing. But so did the house!
I spent a full 2 weeks straight in the garage working on my car for the swap etc. Right after I would get home from work, I would be in there until 11-12 at night. Then all day & nights at the weekend. This left my finace doing all the stuff to the house on her own.
We had many fights over it. I tried real hard to stop and stay away form the car and help out more around the house but I always made some excuse to get in there and work on it (which I regret toatly now!)
We sat down a had a real talk about it and we both came to a decision on how to handle it. She knows how much my car means to me, it's my only hobbie really. It gets frustrating for both of us sometimes but we just look at the big picture, as alot have already said, there are more important things in this world, and your spouse should be #1. I learnt that the hard way (after many hours of arguing/fighting).
I am SURE that your wife knows how much your car means to you. That's why she said not to sell it right. I don't think you should sell the car. That's not going to solve anything. It could end up in you recenting her for it(now or later). Work on the car in moderation. I found that telling my finace WHEN I was going to work on the car alot better then just disapearing off and not saying anything to her. Plan some alone time with her on a regular basis. It's fine to spend time away from your spouse but you have to make sure that they KNOW thier still #1 in your life. That's the key. "It's always the little things that count" is what my fiance tells me, And it really does! You can "say" I love you until your blue in the face but it doesn't mean jack if they don't "feel" it.
If you do need anything, don't hesitate to ask!
Good luck with everything.
