Selling/Convincing the Wife on Acq of the Cybertruck

[Mini2nut]

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[hemiarch]

In fairness, it was actually my wife’s idea to turo the thing. I think she thought it was going to convince me NOT to buy one.

 

[koolio]

I had to sell my wife on the Cybertruck….but not on what you’d think. She liked the Cybertruck and thought it looked cool without ever being in one. she was against the size of it, feeling like it’d dominate the garage and she didn’t want to go in the garage and feel like she’d have to squeeze by the truck (our garage is 23 feet deep so it fits with enough space to move around.

Ultimately, what sold her was:
1. I’d try to rearrange the garage and swap parking spots with her Model 3 (this hasn’t had to happen)
2. She’s an avid gardener, so I told her about the utility of having a truck being able to haul things for her gardening needs.

After I got it, she admitted that the truck doesn’t dominate the garage as much as she thought and she loves how we have the freedom to haul things with the truck. ?

My advice is not to give up and find out what would resonate with her or what about the Cybertruck she doesn’t like (or thinks she doesn’t like).

 

[hemiarch]

https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...-advantages-running-list.42820/#post-30587515

 

[ABILISK]

As a married person, I can tell you that it's never about permission, it's just selling someone on something so they're happy. You put in effort so they feel loved and it goes both ways.

It's very much the basics of any relationship.

Basically sounds like the whole point of this thread: how can I manipulate someone’s mind into letting me buy what I want.

Not knocking you married folks, just saying I can have whatever I want whenever I want so I don’t see any hint of a slight upside into putting a ring on anyone.

 

[SCTesla]

Basically sounds like the whole point of this thread: how can I manipulate someone’s mind into letting me buy what I want.

Not knocking you married folks, just saying I can have whatever I want whenever I want so I don’t see any hint of a slight upside into putting a ring on anyone.

Except marital sex, but sure.

 

[hemiarch]

Basically sounds like the whole point of this thread: how can I manipulate someone’s mind into letting me buy what I want.

Not knocking you married folks, just saying I can have whatever I want whenever I want so I don’t see any hint of a slight upside into putting a ring on anyone.

Discussion for another time and place but that’s a gross oversimplification I personally cannot agree with.

 

[Fugue]

You just gotta get pumped on it and talk about it everyday, she'll want you to get your dreams.

That was my story. She didn't care about the truck since she already had a Model Y, but she knew it was important to me.

Then she was impressed when our power was out for a day and my truck was powering all the essentials in our house.

 

[CTofLosGatos]

To the point, what tips can you providing to convincing the wife to approve a couple's acquisition of a Cybertruck?
She's been in one, but not driven yet, says "its ok"
Help is appreciated

<most of the above> +
- 5 Star Safety for passengers
- Safety when driving through unsafe neighborhoods
- hauling furniture, garden stuff...
....

 

[Black306]

I just encouraged my wife into driving with me to “pickup a car part at the dealership” and a CT was there with my name on it. Weird. ?‍

 

[ABILISK]

Except marital sex, but sure.

Whoopee, same chick for all eternity and no CT. Sounds outstanding…

Discussion for another time and place but that’s a gross oversimplification I personally cannot agree with.

You can’t agree that it’s manipulating someone’s mind? Or that a single person can have whatever they want whenever they want? Either way my point seems solid to me ?‍

 

[hemiarch]

Whoopee, same chick for all eternity and no CT. Sounds outstanding…

You can’t agree that it’s manipulating someone’s mind? Or that a single person can have whatever they want whenever they want? Either way my point seems solid to me ?‍

Both. Reaching consensus as a couple isn’t manipulation. When you’re truly part of a team, the best decisions are made together and listening to each other can temper rushed incomplete thoughts and overall makes both of you stronger not weaker. Relationships that work well are ones where people care enough about what the other one thinks to want to persuade them. Manipulation sounds nefarious and at least in my case I know that not to be true. I just know that anything I do for “us” makes me much happier than anything I do for “me” and it’s worth some extra effort to make that decision be by mutual agreement. Chock it up to experience I guess.

As for single people getting whatever they want whenever they want, that’s also not true in my opinion. Most of them can’t have a meaningful interaction with someone who knows them better than they know themselves whenever they want. Maybe sometimes, but they are not side by side with that person always. They also typically can’t have a sense of belonging to a small family that loves them unconditionally whenever they want. Or have children whenever they want (tricky one and not always true), or be with someone who recognizes when they need a pickup without being prompted and does that for them whenever they want and on and on.
While what you are saying may seem true at the material or surface level, most of us end up in love and marriage because we dig a little past that surface level.
I’m not disputing that your point may be “solid” for you. Recognize though that there are many people who don’t see life the same way you do and that doesn’t make them chumps. More likely it makes them people who have understood something you might one day also understand if you keep an open mind.
Personally, I don’t feel like I give up any freedom by being part of a whole that’s greater than just me.

 

[JohnRougeux]

Both. Reaching consensus as a couple isn’t manipulation. When you’re truly part of a team, the best decisions are made together and listening to each other can temper rushed incomplete thoughts and overall makes both of you stronger not weaker. Relationships that work well are ones where people care enough about what the other one thinks to want to persuade them. Manipulation sounds nefarious and at least in my case I know that not to be true. I just know that anything I do for “us” makes me much happier than anything I do for “me” and it’s worth some extra effort to make that decision be by mutual agreement. Chock it up to experience I guess.

As for single people getting whatever they want whenever they want, that’s also not true in my opinion. Most of them can’t have a meaningful interaction with someone who knows them better than they know themselves whenever they want. Maybe sometimes, but they are not side by side with that person always. They also typically can’t have a sense of belonging to a small family that loves them unconditionally whenever they want. Or have children whenever they want (tricky one and not always true), or find someone who recognizes when they need a pickup without being prompted and does that for them whenever they want and on and on. While what you are saying may seem true at the material or surface level, most of us end up in love and marriage because we dig a little past that surface level.
I’m not disputing that your point may be “solid” for you. Recognize though that there are many people who don’t see life the same way you do and that doesn’t make them chumps. More likely it makes them people who have understood something you might one day also understand if you keep an open mind.
Personally, I don’t feel like I give up any freedom by being part of a whole that’s greater than just me.

best response ever. As a married man who was single up until 40, I whole heartedly agree with this. Thank you

 

[JMIA]

the thing that worked for me was telling her that the car can be a backup if your house loses power.

I tried that to which my GF responded “we live in a miami high rise”

 

[hemiarch]

I tried that to which my GF responded “we live in a miami high rise”

Hurricane argument then ?

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