Wife DROPPED my bike!!#@#)(@

[Phaedrus]

I've never been married but I have plenty of experience with women. And I can tell you this:

DO NOT MAKE HER FEEL GUILTY ABOUT IT.

Sure it would be fun and all. For a few minutes. But you will pay for it over and over and over again.

Keep in mind, your odds of doing something incredibly stupid are WAY better than her odds of doing something stupid.  :lol:  You *will* do something far more stupid and she *will* find out and you *will* hear about it. You can't help it; it is in your genes.  :lol:

This is a good opportunity to show how 'sensitive' you are. Tell her you realize it was not her fault, that you love her, and that she is far more important than the bike.

It will earn you mega points, too.  

[JetSwing]

you should have apologize for putting the bike at the wrong spot.

what would you rather have, (broken bike and upset wife) or (broken bike and thankful wife)? that's an obvious choice.

[luksi]

After 25 years married still not an expert but....I agree with the last two posts...mercy & compasion the best policy in this case...maybe not right...but necessary.

[pandy]

Wow...men CAN learn!  

[Badger]

DO NOT MAKE HER FEEL GUILTY ABOUT IT.

+∞
She probably already feels bad enough.

You can't help it; it is in your genes.  :lol:

Damn busted Y chromosome.  :x

Tell her you realize it was not her fault, that you love her, and that she is far more important than the bike.

And:  don't start the very next sentence with, "But..."
:lol:

[octane]

Listen to JamesG. He's a wise man.

You may not want to admit it...but one day you'll accidentally damage something important to her. Your reaction to this will be a determining factor in how she reacts when that happens.

I had my bike custom painted - detailed, expensive job. The tins weren't even on the bike yet, they were sitting on my work bench. My wife was futzing around near the tins, so I moved them. She got annoyed at me for "not trusting her around the stupid motorcycle". I told her I was just being cautious. She was rummaging through the toolbox next to the tins...I moved them again. She got annoyed. Then she reached up to the pegboard above the tank to grab a tool...and knocked a chain off a hook. Right on top of the freshly painted tank. I heard the clank, looked up, she said, "Freaking relax, I didn't scratch your precious bike.", then she looked down and said, "Oh shaZam!" and turned white as a sheet. The links wrapped around the tank and left little dimple chips in the paint...right over the edge of a custom airbrushed skull and flame. Can't fix that.

It gets better though. I was so mad I couldn't talk to her for fear of what might come out of my mouth. So I booted her from the garage and stayed out there working on my car til 4 am. Skipped dinner and everything. The next day she was mad at ME for "abandoning my family". That's rich, huh?

Anyhow, it truly was an accident. That's not to say I wasn't furious about it, but these things happen. The paint chips are still in my tank and I can tell she feels guilty about them every time she looks at the bike. And these days if she needs to work on something in the garage or the little guy wants to be out there, she asks me to put the bike in a safe place first.

And back to my original point. A month or so after that I was cleaning out the attic. I put a few boxes out back on the picnic table until I decided where to put them. I forgot about them overnight and we had an unexpected rain. One of the boxes was full of childrens books and mementos from when her son was a baby and a lot of them were ruined. Of course they're all irreplaceable. She really wasn't even mad at me because she knew it was an accident. She was sad and upset, cried a little bit - and never brought it up again. Of course I still feel a little guilty about it, but accidents happen. Fix the necessary mechanical bits on the bike and forget about it.

[pandy]

It gets better though. I was so mad I couldn't talk to her for fear of what might come out of my mouth. So I booted her from the garage and stayed out there working on my car til 4 am. Skipped dinner and everything. The next day she was mad at ME for "abandoning my family". That's rich, huh?

I completely understand where she's coming from. To me, that "abandonment" is a pain worse than death. I'd rather have bamboo shoots driven under my fingernails than go through the "man shuts down completely/emotional abandonment" stuff.

[The Buddha]

Wow...men CAN learn!  

Um .... no ... men can remember ...    ...
Cool.
Srinath.

[Roadstergal]

Tell her you realize it was not her fault, that you love her, and that she is far more important than the bike.

And:  don't start the very next sentence with, "But..."
:lol:

:lol:  

[pandy]

Um .... no ... men can remember ...    ... Cool.Srinath.

:lol:

[DMac]

Well, guys remember? maybe, but learn seems a bit far yet... If that were true would I have a feeling these posts would be different than they are.

I am younger than most of the ppl on this board (20) so if you want attribute my post to my age.. But I still think that there are accidents and as much as it's painful to see (my bike has been downed by another as well) a dropped bike is fixable and rideable most of the time w/ minimal repairs.
It may not look 100% right away but I don't know about others but I get on the bike to ride and enjoy it, of course I take pride in the condition it's in but that is very secondary.
Out of all the things wrong "MAJOR damage to the tranny, fairing decals, brake lever is BUSTED IN HALF, mirror and blinker all jacked up." fix the brake lever and the rest is pure cosmetics.. Inless I'm missing something.

So I tend to agree w/ Phaedrus, JetSwing, and luksi's and others previous posts.

[pandy]

I am younger than most of the ppl on this board (20) so if you want attribute my post to my age.. But I still think that there are accidents and as much as it's painful to see (my bike has been downed by another as well) a dropped bike is fixable and rideable most of the time w/ minimal repairs.

You might be young, but you've got a good brain between your ears!!!  

[leo]

you should have apologize for putting the bike at the wrong spot.

:lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  Man, this is why I'm still not married and will most likely not get married.

[JetSwing]

you should have apologize for putting the bike at the wrong spot.

:lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  Man, this is why I'm still not married and will most likely not get married.

i'm not married either...but i'm smart  

[Turkina]

I agree with JamesG, just be all down about your bike being damaged, but don't say anything to make her feel guilty.  Hopefully she'll think of something to make it up to you without being prodded, and then all is good

Now, if your wife truly loved you, she would have put her body between the bike and the pavement!  :lol: Nothing speaks of true love better than sacrificing oneself for the motorcycle! (Just ask Pablo!)

[pandy]

you should have apologize for putting the bike at the wrong spot.

:lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  Man, this is why I'm still not married and will most likely not get married.

I think this is the first SMART thing I've ever seen JetSwing say!!  












:lol:  :kiss:

[calamari]

... MAJOR damage to the tranny...

given that english is not my 1st language, I googled for 'tranny' and this is what I got:



how can you damage such a... thing?
what's the tranny anyway  :dunno:

[JetSwing]

... MAJOR damage to the tranny...

given that english is not my 1st language, I googled for 'tranny' and this is what I got:



how can you damage such a... thing?
what's the tranny anyway  :dunno:

that's a hellova tranny alright...  :lol:

i don't know how a drop inflict "major damage" the the transmission  :dunno:

[pandy]

given that english is not my 1st language, I googled for 'tranny' and this is what I got:how can you damage such a... thing? what's the tranny anyway  :dunno:

:lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[natedawg120]

I agree with Phaedrus and Jetswing.  Of course I am trained.  But then again i love my GF and i don't care   .  When she drops my bike i will smile say its alright and run to the bedroom :lol:  :lol:

PS : been merried once, it sucked, but it was the wrong girl.