I tired my best, but the good lady has kyboshed on the looks front So I’m out. Fantastic price for these btw, I saw a pair on UK HiFi for Sale FB group for £800 about 3 weeks ago.
Don’t want to start another garage thread… but the quicker I get my cave built the better. The veto doesn’t apply out with the borders of the house itself. I’ll be in International waters so to speak.
I did try to explain that but still got a flat no, should have fuelled her on the Sauv Blanc before i asked, schoolboy error. She wants a “nice wooden pair that look classy in the room”.
I can’t believe you asked permission. Always ask forgiveness, after a “drunken eBay purchase” or whatever.
When they arrive, go with the “ooh, they are a bit big, shall I just sell them for a huge loss then?” shit. After a few celibate weeks it’ll all calm down.
Gently start integrating pictures of huge horns into her peripheral view, take a nice holiday —> to japan and take her to every jazz kissa in Tokyo, continue to have huge horns as a screen savers, book marks etc. Start wearing t-shirts with gargantuan horns printed on them - after about 9 months of this show her some tower cat coffins. You will know if you’ve performed the above grooming well when she offers to pay half.