{"id":4030,"date":"2016-12-12T22:13:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T03:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debralwallace.com\/?p=4030"},"modified":"2016-12-12T22:26:04","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T03:26:04","slug":"how-to-convince-your-spouse-to-invest-in-professional-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debralwallace.com\/how-to-convince-your-spouse-to-invest-in-professional-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Convince Your Spouse to Invest in Professional Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"
Recently I received an inquiry from someone who was eager to have professional photos taken but was having trouble getting her husband on board, which is something I hear all the time. \u00a0Generally but not always, it’s the woman who’s eager for portraits and her husband is pulling back the reigns because he doesn’t view the expenditure as more important than his annual Dish subscription.<\/p>\n
I studied counseling for my masters and have been married for a while, so here’s some free marriage advice. You can thank me by scheduling your photo\u00a0session (just kidding… sort of).<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n Only you know your marriage and you know what will and won’t convince your spouse, but often the less convinced spouse doesn’t intrinsically understand the value of photography and needs to have it communicated to them along with some reminders about their own splurges and a financial plan to make it work.<\/p>\n My husband has a bit of a game addiction. \u00a0He loves to buy games. \u00a0He doesn’t play all of them so they’re more like a collection that he looks at and sorts through and opens and then puts back. \u00a0Some of them get played but most don’t. \u00a0He spends lots and lots of money on games. \u00a0His parents give him money for his birthday and Christmas and he spends it two or three times.<\/p>\nDiscuss the Give and Take Dynamic in Your Marriage<\/h3>\n