$900 playoff tickets for your SO for their birthday? What if it was "your" team playing?
DH is begging me...
Plus we would need an all day sitter and gear to wear to the game!
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Yeah... No.
But, Dh had already said if the Cubs make it to the World Series, he will be in wrigleyville. Even if he can't get tickets he will be there (we don't live in Chicago). Those kinds of crowds freak me out so he will be on his own.
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900 probably not. I paid 300 for World Series tickets for DH and I and thought that was bad.
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I probably wouldn't... But it would be a really fun experience!!
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We don't have that kind of cash laying around.
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Probably! Assuming we just paid for them out of our regular money and didn't dip into savings/put it on credit!
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If we had the extra money I would consider it but only if it was his team and he was super excited. Right now though it just wouldn't be in the cards.
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For a once in a lifetime thing that would mean a ton to DH, yes. But it would have to really matter to him, not just be something that he'd like to go to.
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If DH really wanted, I would.
We buy everything with our debit card/cash though.
Wouldn't buy them if we had to charge to a cc. -
@HLK208: it's a tough call. My husband has season tickets with his Dad and it kind of makes me sick how much they cost...but at least playoff games are purchased at face value. But then I think about how hard he works and he doesn't spend a lot of money on himself and hardly ever buys clothes/toys...and I realize how much I spend on fun stuff and he never complains...so I feel like that is his one thing he really enjoys A LOT.
Can it be a birthday, anniversary AND Father's Day day gift??? And on those occasions he can get a photo from that day or something else from that day. I just know how much it means for the die hard fans to finally be in the playoffs...but it is a lot of money on one game...tough call. All I know is some guys buy a new gaming system/iPad/iPhone regularly and I'm so glad my husband does not spend money on having the latest new gadget
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@sandy: Yes! That sounds like my husband. He spends so little on himself, and isn't one of those people who needs the latest, greatest, so a splurge like that wouldn't be as big as if he were spending money all the time. And he works so much, he deserves something!
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That's tough.... I don't know if I could stomach spending that much on 1 day!
Are you really set on going? Perhaps if you facilitate a man-date with a friend then you could split the cost and it would only be $450 and no sitter?
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@sunny: good idea!
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Ha! We do not have $900
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@chopsuey: it wouldn't be charged but there's so much $900 could go toward instead, like a new dining room table (ours seats 4 and our third child is on it's way) or a sprinkler system (we're in rainy season right now) so DH doesn't think those things are needed this moment, haha.
@Mrs. Champagne: see, how it usually works for us is that we think we can afford it, use our regular funds and then our car breaks down the next day and we have to dip into savings!
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I bought $500 Monday nt ftball game tix cuz it was the first time ib like 20 yrs that the lions played for dh's 30th bday. Id do it again in a heartbeat! He loved it and wr had so much fun! I had the funds for it so no regrets!
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I would. We spent $1000 to go to the Winter Classic game but that included a hotel stay (2 nights) and our tickets ($400) ..meals ..etc. It was all done for the game though which was really a once in a lifetime opportunity.
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@Reese: we went to the alumni showdown! Amazing!
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That's tough! I would spend it on Superbowl or World Series tickets but I don't know if I would spend that much on playoff tickets.
I'm a sucker though and if he asked realllllyyyy nicely I would probably give in. He has never once told me no to something I really wanted.
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@HLK208: Haha! Okay, I would just send him solo then, or see if he can find a friend to go with. Then throw the $450 towards a new dining set!
Jk. You guys should go and do something fun that your DH wants to do before baby 3 arrives! -
Not a chance...
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@HLK208: no way!!!! Holy crap... maybe if we were loaded
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If I had the cash I would.
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@rahlyrah: that's how I feel - he's never said no to something I really wanted...I mean I'm pretty frugal but if I would like to spend a few hundred on a new handbag or something he doesn't give me a hard time and lets me get what I want.
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If we had the money, heck yeah.
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If we were super rich, yes. We are not super rich
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haha. In our current world, that would be a big, fat "no".
IF we had the extra throw-around money, however, I would totally buy them. As long as he took me with him to the game.
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If it meant A LOT to him, and you had the $....yes!
We spent a pretty penny for my husband to go to the NCAA national basketball championship last year...Michigan lost but in the words of DH "it was a once in a lifetime opportunity".
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@sandy: you are so wise. I see so many ladies on here talk about the super expensive shit they buy. But when it's something the husband wants it's a hell no.
@HLK208: how big of a fan is DH? If he is is 110% hard-core die hard fan I would find a way to make it happen. If our NFL team ever made it to a playoff game I would personally start selling the shit around the house so he can go to the game. He's one of the biggest most loyal fans I know and it will be an experience of a lifetime for him.
But yes, they will be birthday/ father's /Christmas gifts for a few years!!!That to me is worth way more than a danzo bag or high end designer shoes. None of which I have but I know many ladies on here do!
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If it was something DH really wanted, yes I would get it for him!
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Probably not. Something like that in our house would have been saved up for a long time to get. I know you never know when your team will be there but if we were hopeful and decided we wanted to save the money, we would have started a long time ago.
Also, it would be us buying the tickets, not me buying them for him for something that expensive. Yikes. I know once in a lifetime and all that but it's just one day! 5 hours!
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@HLK208: $900 per person or is that for 2 people?
Hmm, if it was my team. Maybe... A
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I would!
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Maybe. I'd pay that kind of money to go to march madness for NCAA, but it would def be a once in lifetime trip kind of thing - vacation budget
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No, but only because DH and I do not agree on NFL teams. Our teams are rivals. We have attended a world series game (and the series games leading up to the world series) pre-child.
We would consider spending that much on other sporting events if it was something one of us (really DH!) really wanted. My DH is also in the camp of doesn't really spend money on much so I don't try to fuss too much when he requests something and we can afford it.
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@sandy: DH has never given me a hard time about my spending too! I feel guilty sometimes and I want him to say no
When he got home tonight I asked him if he would like tickets to go but as I expected, he said he'd rather just watch in our warm living room. He hates the cold! -
We would consider it if he was a big fan. We were seriously considering going to the World Cup if DH's team made it, but then LO came and I am not taking an infant into that craziness.
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I honestly wouldn't because I can go overseas and back on $900. But then again, I'm not football fan.
However, my husband likes to spend money and loves football and has the perspective that he deserves to play hard because he works hard, so he might try to do it; It's all about perspective, I guess. Do what pleases you!My parents took me to FIFA World Cup for my high school graduation gift and it cost 5x that....so for me, I'd say soccer was worth it;)
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No way! Instead, maybe offer to throw an awesome house party? The view (and climate) would be better that way anyway.
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My dh never ask for anything, so if he really wanted them, I would buy them in a heartbeat.
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