re: Should I buy my wife a peloton bike for Christmas?

After seeing all the Peloton commercials, can we get an update from the OP how it went over for him last Christmas?

It’s the tread from last year. Seeing this new peloton commercial about the hot brunette wife making a video and showing it to her husband to thank him...wondering if the OT has the same experience

Absolutely not!! I see the commercial with the wife so grateful her husband got her a peloton last year because she's healthy, happy, and feeling beautiful.... bull shite! I think "how many divorces is this commercial going to cause?" Don't give her a gift unless she can wear it or look at and think about what a sweetheart you are. Exercise equipment, appliances, even books.... anything that requires her to do anything more than eat a bowl of ice cream is potential for resentment.

If she doesn't exercise, she ain't going to start riding an exercise bike no matter how pretty the LCD screen. If she exercises and you don't, you better start exercising if you expect her to because first ride on the exercise bike her nag instinct is going to kick in and she'll either have your lazy arse going to the gym or in divorce court. People who exercise think people who don't exercise are lazy fat slobs it's just in our DNA. If both you exercise, get the peloton as a mutual purchase don't give it as a gift.

I've been married and divorce three times. I consider myself somewhat of an expert on how to screw a marriage up, no pun intended.

How do you stay married long term? I really can't help with that one, but from what I gather spouses need to understand each other well enough to be good partners in running the household while maintaining a solid friendship.,,,,, and eventually porn but that's another post.

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Update here:

She doesn’t want one

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But did she get one last year?

No, she works out a lot. I just wanted to upgrade my game.

Well, if the commercials are to be believed, she's going to become a self-obsessed attention whore that will be selfying her entire regimen and posting to social medial from day 1.

You clearly have never taken a spin class

We love ours because at any time I wish....I can walk down my hall and take a spin class taught by some of the best spin instructors out there. Some of them professional cyclists who still compete. I can choose from thousands of different classes based on length, difficulty, instructor, music choices, etc. Can race against other people taking the same class on the leaderboard to push myself harder in a class if I wish.

Can see all my metrics and see my progression as a rider. Can interact with others in the various peloton groups on fb to motivate one another to reach our fitness goals.

Also have access to many other types of classes taught off the bike. Yoga, Pilates, boot camp classes, strength training, etc.

Those are fricking great!

Does she come with it?

Unless she has specifically asked for it, I'd go with hell no.