Men. Women. Money. What Could Go Wrong?

Wives: Here’s What Might Really Be Going On

And wives, when he says he wants to “think about” buying a new fridge versus waiting and taking the risk with the old one, it’s not because he is indecisive or doesn’t care. And he doesn’t want you to go through a day of torture. He probably doesn’t even know it is torture!

For most men (although not all), a fairly substantial decision (especially a purchasing decision!) simply requires time to think. Where your female brain is more likely to want to think something through by talking it through (“do you think we can risk losing all that food? We have the party in two days . . .”) his male brain is more likely to require time when he is not talking about it. He needs to process the decision and understand what he’s thinking—and he is intending to come back to you in some reasonable period of time, because he understands that there’s a limit on that sale, too!