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How much input in decision making does your spouse have?

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  • ALLFARMER
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2002
    • 1640

    How much input in decision making does your spouse have?

    My neighbor has a emotional controlling wife who
    phones my wife when she feels and is shut out.
    Seems he mentioned to her, as he walked out of
    the house that he and his farm partner were
    buying a combine together. Not a happy situation.

    I would say I have 60/40 decision making process
    with my wife. She knows what's going on, what's
    the plan, what the financial/farm priorities are. I
    have bought cattle though when she didn't want
    to. I have also bought a tractor without her
    knowing. The deal with the salesman was it went
    back if the wife thru a fuss.

    The wife knows we're land rich so I try and throw
    a few dollars her way to keep her happy. Ex.
    House renovations and trips she wants. O ya I
    decided to build a new shop when she was in
    Mexico once.
  • JDGreen
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2008
    • 865

    #2
    What you said pretty much sums it up in this household as well.

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    • bucket
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2008
      • 17035

      #3
      Since my wife puts more hours on the combine than I do, she helps make the decision about them. Tells me what she likes and doesn't about them.

      I ask her about tractors but mainly keep her with a new yard tractor and the toys for it. She loves it. Just bought a box sc****r for it and she played for hours.

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      • sumdumguy
        Senior Member
        • Mar 2007
        • 12018

        #4
        Depends if I want to take all the blame.

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        • crusher
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2001
          • 1189

          #5
          My wife takes care of the house. We were just about done harvest when she said "is that a new combine"? Try my best to keep her in the lifestyle she's accustomed to.

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          • bucket
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2008
            • 17035

            #6
            Although having combines with yield monitors doesn't help since she carries a calculator with her. Its a new kitchen kick now.

            Gotta find a way to recalibrate what the monitor says. I do the trucking so I can figure out the yields without the staff knowing.

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            • SASKFARMER3
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2006
              • 14485

              #7
              95-10
              I don't mess with her work and she doesn't mess
              with the farm.

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              • LEP
                Senior Member
                • Feb 2007
                • 2529

                #8
                I hope she checks your adding when you are done. HA.

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                • ALLFARMER
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2002
                  • 1640

                  #9
                  Definitely have to have a different balance sheet
                  for the banker and for the wife.

                  How many wives know where all their land is
                  anymore?

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                  • mcfarms
                    Senior Member
                    • Nov 2004
                    • 1689

                    #10
                    I'll her what to say and get back to you.

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