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It certainly helps if your wife is interested in astronomy, and if there are a few extra pennies floating around unaccounted for.....
My wife has NIL interest in our great sport, fortunately there is the odd bit of spare change lying around now and again, so usually the occasional purchase does not cause too much grief.
I only once made the mistake of not consulting my wife on a major astronomy purchase: $900 worth of eyepieces. Nina found out because of a thread I was subscribed to on this forum: someone emailed some recommendations to me about what would be a good buy, I went out and made a purchase and before having a chance to mention it to Nina, she greeted me at home with words to the effect, "Honey, I am a bit concerned about an email someone sent you.....I hope you are not thinking of buying some eyepieces, we have some other major expenses at the moment....(etc)".
Well, I 'fessed up to the purchase immediately, she was VERY cranky, and we had a very good session with a therapist! All is well as we have now established some clear ground rules for BOTH of us about any major purchases. Fortunately we recognise the benefit, alluded to by several other correspondents, that it is best if both partners can get at least some of what they want most of the time.
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