blueman wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@consult.pretender:
I NEVER tell her I'm saving money with a new tool. She would wonder which aliens took over my body.
I tell her that the new tool will do the job exactly as it should be done, and with considerably greater safety than the other methods.
She is far less fearful of running out of money than she is of having to be my primary caregiver. I'm a real PITA when I'm hurting. Or so I'm told.
I never notice it.
Patriarch